John Taylor

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Summary

Born
Unknown
Conviction
Burglary (house breaking)
Departure
Jul 1817
Arrival
Nov 1817
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: John Taylor
Gender: Male
Born: Unknown
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown

Crime

Convicted at: York Assizes
Sentence term: 99 years

Voyage

Departed: 24th Jul 1817
Ship: Larkins
Arrival: 22nd Nov 1817
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

John Taylor was transported on the Larkins, departing 24th Jul 1817 and arriving 22nd Nov 1817 with 250 passengers.

1829 Voyage - Ship; Larkins, Captain Campbell, from Cork the 10th August, with 195 male prisoners. A Surgeon Superintendent, P. Sprout, Esquire. Arrived; 22 December 1829. Recapitulation; Mustered; 196. Died on Voyage; 3. Disembarked; 1. Total; 200

LarkinsLarkins (generic)

References

Primary SourceAustralian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 368
Source DescriptionThis 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 SourceGreat Britain. Home Office
Compiled ByState Library of Queensland
Database SourceBritish convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database

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Convict Notes

Maureen Withey avatar
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on 22nd November 2025

Wm. Millington. John Taylor, Benjamin Gartside, and Josiah Smithurst, charged with stealing a large quantity of gold and silver coin, silver plate and other articles, the property of Edmund Shaw, of Lingards, and John Hanson, of Boothroyd. Leeds Intelligencer, 10 March 1817. Two of them (Micklethlwaite & Gartside) were hanged at the last York assizes, and three of them (Millington, Taylor and Smithurst were transported. Leeds Mercury, 31 May 1817.

Maureen Withey avatar
342
on 10th November 2025

Assize Intelligence. YORK. The following are the prisoners who have been capitally convicted, and who have received sentence of death :— John Taylor, … for burglary, … The two first in this sad enumeration were executed on Monday the 17th inst.— ... the rest are reprieved.   Manchester Mercury, 1 April 1817.  The following male convicts left the Castle,  on Monday morning, to be delivered on board the Retribution Hulk at Sheerness, up the river Medway, viz.— John Taylor, … to be severally transported for life. York Herald, 17 May 1817.