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Transportation
Samuel Spreadborough was transported on the Tortoise, departing 28th Sep 1841 and arriving 19th Feb 1842 with 401 passengers.
Rig: HMS 1000 tons Voyage 1841/1842 from Plymouth, England to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) Australia. Capt J. Hood. Surgeon: Thomas Brownrigg. 394 - 400 male convicts listed.
Tortoise (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 392. Tasmanian Archives - convicts http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON33-1-17,411,336,L,80. |
| 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
Samuel Spreadborough was convicted at Sussex on 16/09/1840, together with his wife Esther, for stealing clothes. 7yr sentence. Samuel transported to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) on the 'Tortoise', arriving 19/02/1842. (Esther was transported on the 'Rajah' 1841.) Hulk Report: Good Ship Surgeon's Report: honest, good. Married, wife Esther. 2 children. No details are given on either Conduct Record if children accompanied mother. Father: James (deceased) Mother: Sarah Aged 26yrs; Protestant; read & write; bricklayer & plasterer; 5'11"; sallow complexion; dk brown hair; brown eyes. Native Place: b. abt 1815 Madras, East Indies. Assignments in Colony. 1yr Probation, Browns River. Remarks: "quiet", "good", "good mason work". Northern districts of Tasmania - Deloraine, Westbury, Launceston. Ticket of Leave 22/08/1845 Free, by servitude 16/09/1847 Certificate 20/09/1847 (Listing on Colonial Families of a Samuel Spreadborough married at Longford, Tasmania 1857 to Ann Isabel Nicholas.) (There is also an Esther Spreadborough who married in 1888 at Westbury to Charles Stevens.)