Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Eleanor Tomlinson was transported on the Wanstead, departing 31st Jul 1813 and arriving 9th Jan 1814 with 120 passengers.
Wanstead (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 108 |
| 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 |
Claims
"Eleanor Tomlinson was my GGG Grandmother."
"My 4th Great Grandmother through William Cribbs Watts and his son James Andrew Watts"
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Convict Notes
List of persons asking permission to be married. 3 June 1823. Revd. Henry Fulton, Asst. Chaplain, Castlereagh. Richard Watts, Free, and Eleanor Thomson, Convict per Wanstead. -------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary Index. WATTS, Richard. 1823 Jun 3 Re permission to marry at Castlereagh (Reel 6010; 4/3508 p.436) WATTS, Richard. Per "Anne", 1810. 1817 Jun 24 Sent to Lachlan River with horses & provisions; received issue of shoes (Reel 6046; 4/1737 p.329) 1818 Jan Labourer. On list of persons to accompany John Oxley on his second expedition of discovery (Reel 6065; 4/1798 p.106) 1818 Dec 12 Government and General Order re granting of conditional pardon to for his services on Oxley's expedition (Reel 6038; SZ759 pp.543-4)
1828 NSW Census Index. Richard Watts, age 29, C.P. Anne 2, 1810, Life, protestant, Farmer, Richmond district. Has 30 acres of land, all cleared and cultivated. Has 2 horses and 6 cattle. Eleanor Watts, FS, Wanstead, 1811, 14 years, protestant. William Watts, age 2, B.C. James Watts, age 1, B.C.
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 29 January 2023), January 1813, trial of ELEANOR TOMLINSON (t18130113-31). ELEANOR TOMLINSON, Royal Offences > coining offences, 13th January 1813. 159. ELEANOR TOMLINSON was indicted, for that she, on the 21st of November , feloniously, and without lawful excuse, had in her custody and possession divers forged bank-notes, that is to say, two forged Bank notes of 2 £. each, she knowing them to be false and forged . SECOND COUNT, that she had in her possession a certain other forged note, for the payment of 2 £. she knowing it to be forged. To this indictment the prisoner pleaded GUILTY . Transported for Fourteen Years . First Middlesex jury, before Mr. Recorder. Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 29 January 2023), January 1813, trial of ELEANOR TOMLINSON (t18130113-32). ELEANOR TOMLINSON, Royal Offences > coining offences, 13th January 1813. 160. ELEANOR TOMLINSON was indicted for feloniously forging, on the 21st of November , a bank-note for the payment of 2 l. with intention to defraud the Governor and Company of the Bank of England. SECOND COUNT, for disposing of and putting away a like forged note, she knowing it to be forged, with the same intention. Mr. Knapp, counsel for the prosecution, declining to offer any evidence, the prisoner, of this charge, was ACQUITTED . First Middlesex jury, before Mr. Recorder. -------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary Index. TOMLINSON, Eleanor. Per "Wanstead", 1814. 1814 Jun 7 On list of prisoners to be sent to Newcastle per "Lady Nelson" (Reel 6004; 4/3493 p.183) 1814 Jul 25 Prisoner at Newcastle. Re permission to return to Sydney (Reel 6004; 4/3493 p.225) 1818 Dec 19 On list of prisoners sent to Newcastle per "Lady Nelson" (Reel 6006; 4/3499 p.215) ------------------------------------------------- 7 June 1814. On list of prisoners to be sent to Newcastle per "Lady Nelson" Eleanor Tomlinson, per Wanstead, convict, Convicted by order of the Governor, Sentence, Governor’s pleasure; Tried 7 June 1814. -------------------------------------------------- 25 July 1814. Extract from Letter to Commandant at Newcastle, Lt. Thompson, from J.T. Campbell, Sec. ... Eleanor Tomlinson, who was sent to Newcastle some short time ago for attempting to make her escape from this Colony in the Brig James Hay, is to be permitted to return hither in the Lady Nelson, His Excellency the Governor having been pleased to remit the remainder of her sentence thither on that account. ---------------------------------------------------
Immediate Family husband Richard Watts - also convict 1792–1878 married 11 july 1823 Eleanor Tomlinson –14 may 1868 burried in st peters cemetery richmond nsw son William Cribb Watts 1826–1905 son James Andrew Watts 1828–1920 son George Francis Watts 1829– daughter Mary Ann Watts 1830–1903 daughter Eliza Jane Watts - married Thomas Thorpe Biddle his second wife 1832–1915 son Richard Henry Watts 1836–1906