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Voyage
Transportation
John Thorne was transported on the Proteus, departing 12th Apr 1831 and arriving 3rd Aug 1831 with 112 passengers.
Proteus (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 86 |
| 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
HO 17/54/94. 1831 Jan 25. Record held at The National Archives, Kew. England Prisoner name: Jeremiah New, John Thorne, David Gee and Worthy Gee. Prisoner occupation: All road menders. Worthy Gee formerly a ploughboy in 1828. Court and date of trial: Wells Special Assize, December 1830. Crime: Robbery [during a riotous assembly] on 22 November 1830. Initial sentence: (All) Death, commuted to seven years transportation. Petitioner(s): Lord Radnor. Grounds for clemency: Previous good character. Other papers: Letter of character from James Spicer, fellow parishioner known to the four convicts. Letter of character on behalf of Worthy Gee from John Johnson, former employer, of Little Hinton, Wiltshire. Additional Information: The convicts had been working on the roads for the parish on pay of 3/- per week.
Name THORN(E), John Age 22 I Trade / Calling Shepherd •• - - Offence / Sentence Machine breaking (a threshing machine). Sentenced to death, commuted to transportation for 7 years. County Wiltshire I Transport Proteus Remarks Single. . _ Convict Conduct Record in VDL Aug 15, 1832 - Disobedience - reprimanded. Aug 22, 1832 - Falsely accusing his master (John Archer) of allowing him insufficient rations. -Reprimanded. ' Narrative of life in VDL Upon arrival, Thorne was assigned to Lewis Gillis but by 1832 was working on the farm of John Archer, with whom he stayed until he received his ticket of leave in 1835. He received his free pardon on 3 February 1836 and departed from Launceston on the Industry for Port Phillip on 29 August 1839. Death / Final record Probably died in Victoria in 1892. References Thesis Bruce Brown on Machine Breakers from Wiltshire held by library of University of Tasmania