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Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
John Swan was transported on the Coromandel And Experiment, departing 31st Oct 1803 and arriving 7th May 1804 with 338 passengers.
Coromandel And Experiment (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 351 (175) |
| 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
Tuesday was committed to St. Dunstan’s gaol, John Swan, charged with stealing a silver watch, the property of William Long. Kentish Weekly Post, Fri, 26 Nov 1802. -------------------------------------------------- John Swan, for stealing a silver watch, the property of William Long — DEATH.— Reprieved. Kentish Weekly Post, 22 March 1803. -------------------------------------------------- Sunday morning the following convicts set off in a coach and four, properly guarded and secured, from Maidstone gaol, for Portsmouth, there to be put on board a transport destined to New South Wales, viz. John Smith, Thomas Padley, James Camm, John Wait, George Crouche, John Swan, James Stanton, William Roberts, John n, Edmund Johnson, William Lay, John Burr, James Skuse, William Delton, and Florence Perry. Kentish Weekly Post,6 May 1803.
The above date is a date of his baptism at Marden in Kent. The Indictment for this crime is dated 22 November 1802 for a crime committed on 19 November 1802 and involved the theft of a silver watch from William Long, value £2:10s:0d. John Swan was described as of Stockbury in Kent, a labourer.