Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Willm [William] Thomson was transported on the Earl Spencer, departing 30th Apr 1813 and arriving 9th Oct 1813 with 203 passengers.
Built 1803, London - Thames, 672 ton required 56 crew and mounted with 16 guns.
Earl Spencer (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 102 New South Wales, Australia, Convict Registers of Conditional and Absolute Pardons New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849 State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4004]; Microfiche: 634 New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849 http://www.inverarayjail.co.uk/the-jails-story/prison-records.aspx National records of scotlan |
| 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
William Thompson was one of two men with the same name transported on the Earl Spencer in 1813. This William Thompson was a Scot and the servant of a surgeon named as 'John Stobe of Windyhall, Bute' Scotland. He was convicted of breaking into a shop and theft on 23 April 1812 then sent to the Retribution Hulk arriving 24 August 1812, later transferred to the Earl Spencer on 5 April 1813. On arrival in NSW was described as a medical compounder. He worked as a servant on the farm of William Bellamy of Pennant Hills. He received an Absolute Pardon on 31 Jan 1818 and applied for a land grant that year. In the General muster document of 1822 William Thompson pardoned convict, sentenced to 14 years and transported on the Earl Spencer appears as a ‘landholder’. The 1825 Muster places him in the Castle Hill area as a landholder Currently no further information is available however it should be noted that he was not the William Thompson who married Ellen Molloy ( per Janus) in 1821.