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Thomas Harding was transported on the Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann, departing 31st Dec 1790 and arriving 9th Jul 1791 with 1264 passengers.
The Third Fleet consisted of 11 Vessels. Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Gorgon, Mary Ann, Matilda, Queen (from Ireland) Salamander and William and Ann. These vessels were provided by a private company; Camden, Calvert and King to ship convicts to the colony.
Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 121 (62) |
| 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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Old Bailey Online THOMAS HARDY. Theft; grand larceny (to 1827). 8th December 1790. Text type Trial account Defendants THOMAS HARDY Offences Theft > Grand larceny Session Date 8th December 1790 Reference Number t17901208-43 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 43. THOMAS HARDY was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 17th of November , a pair of linen sheets, value 6 s. and a quarter of a pound weight of linen rags, in a linen bag, value 1 d. the goods of William Barnett . ANN BARNETT sworn. I am wife to William Barnett ; I was sitting in my kitchen, about nine o'clock in the morning, the 17th of last month, the door was open; I had sent my daughter on an errand; the prisoner came in through a long garden into my parlour, immediately he went into a closet in the parlour, and took out these sheets, (the sheets produced) and put them into a leather bag, which was likewise in the closet; the publick house boy happening to come to the door for the pots; I went up stairs to give it him, and hearing a noise in the parlour, I immediately went in, and did not see any body; the stair case of the bed-chamber comes into the parlour, and looking up the stair case, there I saw the prisoner almost into my bed chamber; I screamed out immediately, and ran into the garden; my daughter coming back, and hearing me scream ran up stairs; as soon as we got into the garden, the prisoner came down the steps and told us, he was looking for a dyer; the neighbours came in and advised me to go back into the parlour, and see if I missed any thing; upon this I went into the parlour, and found these sheets packed up in this bag, which had before been in the closet, and they were found upon a trunk; my daughter secured the prisoner. CHARLOTTE BARNETT sworn. These sheets I folded up and put into the cupboard, and about three minutes after, I went to the next door on an errand, and while I went there I heard Mamma scream out. WILLIAM WINDER sworn. The prosecutor sent to my house for an officer, and I went immediately; I took them into the parlour, and they shewed me the things that he had robbed them off, wrapped up in a bag; he was standing inside the garden gate. (The sheets deposed to by Mrs. Barnett.) PRISONER's DEFENCE. I was out of work, and I was informed that one Mr. Johnson a dyer, lived there; a young lad came out, and I asked him that question, and immediately the gentlewoman came up, and accused me of thieving. GUILTY , (Aged 17.) Transported for seven years . Tried by the first Middlesex Jury before Mr. Justice ASHURST.
Thomas’s surname was Hardy in the Old Bailey trial but in transportation records it changes to Harding, spelling/transcribe error