Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Thomas Stapleton was transported on the Proteus, departing 12th Apr 1831 and arriving 3rd Aug 1831 with 112 passengers.
Proteus (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 83 (44) |
| 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 |
Claims
"Thomas Stapleton is my 5 times grandfather. He was deported to Austrian 1831 for destroying farm machinery."
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Convict Notes
Thomas received a full pardon early into his sentence. He never returned home to his wife and 8 children in England.
Huntingdon, Thursday. John Simon Clark, Thomas Stapleton, William Colley, and John Buck, were next called up for judgment; and, alter a suitable admonition from the Judge, in which he described to-day as a melancholy day for the county of Huntingdon, the two former were  sentenced to fourteen years' transportation, and the two latter to seven years each. English Chronicle, 12 March 1831. Six of the unfortunate men who were convicted at our assizes of machine breaking—viz. John Simon Clark and Thomas Stapleton, for 14 years; William Colley, William Hughes, William Homer, and Wm. Page Wells, for seven years, were removed yesterday se'nnight, in the custody of the governor of the gaol, to Gosport, to be put on board the York Hulk for their several destinations. Star, 31 March 1831.
Married - Mary with 5 children, Huntingdonshire, England
National Archives - Medical Journal by Thomas Logan, Surgeon of Convict Ship Proteus, 6 April - 8 Aug 1831. ADM 101/62/2/3 Thomas Stapleton, aged 38; sick or hurt, contusio; put on sick list, 17 July 1831. Discharged 26 July 1831 sent to hospital.