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Transportation
James Tilly was transported on the Lord Eldon, departing 31st Mar 1817 and arriving 30th Sep 1817 with 220 passengers.
Lord Eldon (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 325 (164); Oxford University and City Herald - Saturday 25 January 1817, p2. |
| 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
Granted a land grant upon return to NSW in 1825 per Colonial Secretary's Correspondence. https://search.records.nsw.gov.au/permalink/f/1e5kcq1/INDEX2489766
James Tilley(Tilly) was my 3x grandfather. His crime in Bristol was receiving stolen goods. In Australia he was allocated to work for William Redfern, himself formerly a prisoner, but later pardoned and both a surgeon and an important colonist in early Sydney history. He supported James in applying for an early pardon, which was granted in September 1821. Redfern was entrusted with a petition on behalf of the emancipists of Sydney to apply to the King and Parliament in England for a change of law affecting the land rights of pardoned felons in the colony. In October 1821 he departed by sea, and James Tilley accompanied him as a servant. Redfern was successful in his errant. James reunited with his wife and sons in England. In 1824 he travelled back to Australia on the "Alfred" in company with Redfern and a small group of other colonists. This time James came as a free man. He and his family (one further son born in Sydney) gradually made their way from Sydney down through New South Wales and finally settled in Bacchus Marsh in Victoria, where his heirs established many families.
James Tilly was sentenced to 14 years' transportation in the January 1817 Bristol Quarter Sessions for receiving stolen goods. His wife was then immediately preyed on by a swindler: "The wife of James Tilly, who was tried at the Bristol Quarter Sessions, on Tuesday sen'nihght, for receiving stolen goods, keeps a small shop in Thunderbolt St, Bristol. "When the verdict was pronounced against her husband, a man who was present in court, immediately proceeded to the poor woman's house and told her that Tilly had been acquitted and wanted only 8 [shillings] to pay his fees and he would be discharged. Overjoyed at the news she gave the fellow 8 shillings with which he decamped. "In a few minutes afterwards she discovered that she had been the dupe of an artful impostor, her husband having been found guilty and sentenced to fourteen years' transportation." (Oxford University and City Herald - Saturday 25 January 1817, p2.) _____________________________________-