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Voyage
Transportation
Thomas Manson was transported on the Adele Marquard, departing 10th Dec 1840 and arriving 27th Mar 1841 with 13 passengers.
A barque, 221 tons, Sailed from Calcutta via Madras 10/12/1840 with 1,000 bags of wheat and 13 Male Prisoners of the British Crown.
Adele MarquardReferences
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Convict Notes
July, 1844: Absconded -- sentenced to 12 months' hard labour, to be sent to Port Arthur (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON35-1-1$init=CON35-1-1p402). 16 June, 1845: Transferred to Glenorchy, and downgraded to 2nd Class. 22 September, 1846: Received a Ticket of Leave. 24 October, 1848: Petition for revision of sentence refused. 6 February, 1859: Free Certificate issued (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON35-1-1$init=CON35-1-1p402). --00--
14 June, 1844: Classified as a 3rd Class convict. Note: Under the Probation system, three classes of pass were issued to convicts "varying in degrees of restriction and wages... The Probation System was an experiment in penal discipline unique to Van Diemen’s Land. Introduced in 1839, it was modified several times from 1846 until it was abandoned altogether following the abolition of transportation to the colony in 1853… All convicts were to be subjected to successive stages of punishment, commencing with a period of confinement and labour in gangs: at a penal settlement for life-sentenced prisoners, or at a probation station for all others. If they progressed satisfactorily through several stages of decreasing severity, they received a probation pass and became available for hire to the settlers. Gangs of passholders awaiting employment remained at the stations and continued to labour on public works. Sustained good conduct eventually led to a ticket-of-leave or a pardon. More than eighty probation stations operated in various locations, for varying periods, throughout the settled districts. Often hastily and poorly built, few remain, and most of those in ruins.” (“The companion to Tasmanian history: Probation system” at https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian). —00—
His VDL record expands on the forgery charge, in his own words: "Forging another clerk's name for 200 rupees, invoiced it to a native and gave him the cheque for the amount". 9 February, 1842: Absconded -- original sentence extended by two years (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON35-1-1$init=CON35-1-1p402). --0--
IN VDL: 16 April, 1841: On arrival in VDL, Thomas Manson was listed as #2008, a clerk, 22 years old, single, literate, Church of England; native place Rio De Janeiro, of English parents; family—father Alexander, a retired merchant now living at Brixton, Surrey, with two sisters Lucy and Emma, and brother Alexander at school (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON16-1-1$init=CON16-1-1P166). --0--
TRANSPORTATION: 27 March, 1841: He arrived in NSW per the Adelia Marqueda (aka Adele Marquard, and aka Adelina Marqude in some VDL records). — 29 May, 1841: He was one of six convicted men, who had arrived per the Adelia Marqueda two months previously, and who were sent aboard the Abercrombie to be transported to VDL. — “DEPARTURES. For Hobart Town, on Saturday last, the schooner Abercrombie, Captain Douglass, with sundries. Passengers-Miss Donnell, three steerage, five convicts, and guard.” (Sydney Herald, 31 May, 1841, p 2 at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12869367). [Six convicts are listed as received from the Abercrombie; see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON16-1-1$init=CON16-1-1P166). —0—
CONVICTED AT: 14 August, 1840: Thomas MANSON was tried and convicted at CALCUTTA, India—not MADRAS, as listed above (because Calcutta does not appear in the options). He was sentenced to 7 years’ transportation for forging another clerk's name for 200 rupees (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON16-1-1$init=CON16-1-1P166). --0--