Name: | Thomas Shekleton |
Aliases: | Shackleton, Skekelton |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1781 |
Occupation: | - |
Date of Death: | 1827 |
Age: | 46 years |
Life Span
Male median life span was 56 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 14 years
Crime: | Deception |
Convicted at: | Middlesex Gaol Delivery |
Sentence term: | 14 years |
Ship: | Prince of Orange |
Departure date: | 1st April, 1822 |
Arrival date: | 23rd July, 1822 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 135 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 140 |
Source description: | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project. |
D Wong on 26th May, 2018 wrote:
Old Bailey:
THOMAS SKEKELTON, ROBERT DAVIS.
Deception: forgery.
9th January 1822
Verdict Guilty > pleaded guilty
Sentence Transportation
THOMAS SKEKELTON and ROBERT DAVIS were indicted for feloniously exposing to sale, nine rings, having a forged mark on them, purporting to be the mark used by the Goldsmith’s Company.
The prisoners pleaded GUILTY.
Transported for Fourteen Years.
Robert Davis arrived NSW per ‘Guildford’ 1822.
Occupation: Goldsmith.
Thomas was listed as ‘Shekleton’ on arrival in VDL - also as Shackleton., he was 40 years old and was born in Clerkenwell.
Thomas was 5’6” tall, dark brown hair and eyes, AS on rt arm & AL on left pockpitted.
Wife at No.12 Fetter Lane.
From 1824-1826 was a Clerk at the Hospital - then embezzled some tea from the hospital and was sent back to Public Works.
10/12/1827: Burial date for Thomas ‘Shackleton’, aged 40 - died Hobart Town.
D Wong on 26th May, 2018 made the following changes:
alias1: Shackleton, alias2: Skekelton, date of birth: 1781 (prev. 0000), date of death: 1827 (prev. 0000), gender: m, crime
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