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Transportation
Thomas Coad Truscott was transported on the John Barry, departing 30th Apr 1819 and arriving 26th Sep 1819 with 147 passengers.
John Barry (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 145 (74) |
| 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
The John Barry had arrived at Portsmouth on 16 April 1819 and on 20 April, 60 male convicts were embarked from the hulk Laurel and 80 from the hulk Leviathan in Portsmouth harbour. On 23 April 1819 two more convicts were sent on board the John Barry from the Leviathan. One of the passengers on board the John Barry was John Thomas Bigge, New South Wales’ first Royal Commissioner. The John Barry finally arrived at Port Jackson on Sunday 26 September 1819 (See my book The Campbelltown Convicts).
Thomas Coad Truscott was tried at Bodmin Sessions on 20 October 1818. Thomas Coad Truscott and Charles Taylor both of St Stephen in Brannel, labourers, indicted for taking a wheaten loaf, property of John Truscott: Thomas Coad Truscott found guilty. Charles Taylor acquitted. Both indicted for taking a woollen shirt property of Thomas Crowl: Thomas Coad Truscott transported for 7 years. Charles Taylor received three months in house of correction at Bodmin. Occupation: Maltster/labourer. 27/11/1818: Received onbaord the prison hulk 'Captivity' moored at Portsmouth. Thomas was 22 years old on arrival, 5'9¾" tall, fair ruddy complexion, light brown hair, hazel eyes. Native Place: Cornwall. 9/2/1826: COF 23/3/1846: Married Ellen Boddington, wife of convict Edward Boddington (Moffatt 1836). Ellen and Edward had a daughter, Lucy, born 1835. (Edward got his COF 19/10/1842 - found no death date for Edward). Thomas and Ellen had 2 children before they married - births not listed on the NSW BDM. 1889: Thomas Truscott died and was buried at the Bonnington/Blowes property of Woodvale Park, Curban near Gilgandra, NSW - registered at Silverton, NSW. He was 93. Parents listed as Thomas and Grace on NSW BDM.
Baptized in St Stephen in Brannel 6th November 1796 Father William Truscott Mother Grace Coad they married in St Stephen in Brannel 10th July 1795