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Voyage
Transportation
John Stewart was transported on the Marquis Of Hastings, departing 16th Mar 1839 and arriving 23rd Jul 1839 with 241 passengers.
Marquis Of Hastings (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 7. (5). Tasmanian Archives. |
| 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
John STEWART was convicted at Suffolk, England on 8 Jan 1839 for setting fire to a barn. Previous convictions. Life sentence. Transported to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) per the ship 'Marquis of Hastings' arriving 18 July 1839. Ship Surgeon's Report: "orderly". Married man - wife Sarah, at native place. VDL: Assigned to the Van Diemen's Land Company to work. Dec 1839: insolent & neglect of duty. 24 lashes. Assigned to other work places. 1839: at Circular Head (far north west of Colony) 1841: at Launceston 1842: at Ross 1846: at Antill Ponds APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO MARRY: (note remarriages were permitted, if approved by the Govt., as most convicts were not able to return to their home country or have the funds to bring their family out to the Colony) 31 Aug 1845 - John STEWART per 'Marquis of Hastings' to Elizabeth DAVIS, free (or free by servitude, not stated). Approved. MARRIAGE (in Colony of VDL): 6 Dec 1845 at Hobart, St. George's Church of England. John STEWART, aged 25 yrs, labourer to Eliza DAVIS, aged 29 yrs, spinster. (ref. 37/1/4 no. 1685)