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Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
William Thomas was transported on the Batavia, departing 30th Sep 1817 and arriving 5th Apr 1818 with 220 passengers.
Batavia (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 385 (194) |
| 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
Wednesday se’nnight the following male convicts were removed from Newgate and put on board the Justitia Hulk at Woolwich viz: John Mewes, alias Andrew Wood, John Greenslade, John Wilkins, Thomas Skinner, Wm Kingman, Wm Chandler, Wm Thomas, Wm Davis, John Wainwright, Richard Frost. Bristol Times and Mirror, 19 July 1817. Hulk Records. HO-9-4-(2 p 23) (Justitia at Sheerness) Received 10 July 1817. William Thomas, age 19, G. Larceny, Tried City of Bristol, 12 Apr 1817. 7 years. Transp 3 Oct 1817
William Thomas, Aged: 21 years Born at Liverpool, ENG; Employment: Chandler; Height in feet & inches: 5/6 1/2; Complexion: Fair Ruddy; Hair: Light Brown; Eyes: Hazel; Trial Court: Tried: 12 Apr 1817; Tried at Bristol, ENG, Trial Sentence: 7 years; Embarked from: England; ENG; Ship of arrival: Batavia 5 Apr 1818; at Sydney; Certificate of Freedom April 1824
Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: [Ref T0574] Thomas, William, 28, FS, Batavia, 1818 , 7 years, Farmer, Assigned to Mrs Bowerman. [Ref T0575], Thomas, Mary Ann, 3, BC. (This is a daughter of the couple, who later took the name Mary Ann Bowerman. See: [Ref B1792] Bowerman, Mary, 30, BC, Landholder, Field Of Mars. 40 acres, 30 cleared and cultivated, 1 horse. [Ref B1793] Bowerman, George, 10, BC. (This is a son from the first marriage. [Ref B1794] Bowerman, Richard, 4, BC. (This is a son to William and Mary - born 4 years after the husband was executed!) They had a further 4 children.
In the colony; William had a de facto relationship with Mary Bowerman (nèe Partridge). Mary was the daughter of the First Fleet convict couple, Richard Partridge and Mary Greenwood. Mary's only husband George Bowerman whom she married in 1814 was hanged for highway robbery in 1820, but subsequently found, on the evidence of one of his 'accomplices', to be innocent. William Thomas was assigned by the government to work Mary's property as compensation for the wrongful hanging of her husband George Bowerman. All the 6 children born to Mary and William, kept Mary's married name of Bowerman.