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Transportation
Henry Smart was transported on the Lord Lyndoch, departing 20th Jul 1831 and arriving 18th Nov 1831 with 266 passengers.
1838 Voyage - Lord Lyndoch. Surgeon Superintendence; Doctor Pineo, From the Surgeons Notes; " Total Embarked; 330 Male Convicts. 19 Died on Passage. 8 Died of Scurvy, 11 of Old age and diseases contracted previously to embarked which could not be detected ...... An accident occurred whereby 16 men were dreadfully scolded with boiling tea. many of them from the shoulders down to their knees.. 112 were sent to the Sydney Hospital on arrival "
Lord Lyndoch (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 144 Lent Assizes 1831 |
| 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 Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
Henry Smart (1806-1887) Married Sarah Blandford 12 Sep 1825 Stroud, St Lawrence, Gloucestershire. Convicted 29th April 1831 at the Gloucester Assizes for 14 years of sheep stealing (Three wether South-down sheep the property of Maurice Butler of Tetbury, Butcher) and condemned to death, commuted to transportation for life. His wife Sarah was also charged but found not guilty of sheep stealing Lent Assizes 1831 describe him as; Brown hair, light brown eyebrows, dark grey eyes, long face, large nose, scar left cheekbone, scar on the nose, scar on the side of the nose, sandy whiskers mole left side of the neck, small red mark above it. Elbow two small moles left side of the back large mole left side small of the back three scars from body on buttock large mark left thigh. Read not write. height 5’ 3 1/2”. Butcher. Departed 20th July 1831 abord the “Lord Lynedoch Luscombe” Arrived 18th November, 1831 at Van Diemen’s Land. Received a pardon in 18421866 Purchased 58 acres in the vicinity of Stinking Creek in the County of Wellington Tasmania. His daughter Fanny Smart married John Thomas Chandler in 1853 in Stroud Gloucestershire and emigrated to Australia as assisted immigrants in 1854, setting in Jamberoo NSW.