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Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
John Vernon was transported on the Marquis Of Hastings, departing 16th Mar 1839 and arriving 23rd Jul 1839 with 241 passengers.
Marquis Of Hastings (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 10 Canadian census, 1851-71 American census, 1900 |
| 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
Colonial Secretary’s Office, Nov. 27, 1844. The Queen has been pleased to grant Absolute Pardons to the undermentioned Prisoners, who were convicted at Courts Martial held in Upper Canada in the year 1838, of piratically invading that province, and sentenced to death, but commuted to transportation for life :-- J. M. Aitcheson, Buffalo ; Henry V. Barnum, ditto ; John Cronkliste, ditto ; Leonard Delano, ditto ; Moses A. Dutcher, ditto ; Elon Fellows, ditto; James De Witt Fero, ditto; Gideon A. Goodrich, ditto ; Nelson S. Griggs, ditto ; Jerry Griggs, ditto ; Emanuel Garrison, ditto ; Daniel D. Henstis, ditto ; David House, or Howth, ditto ; Garrett Hicks, ditto ; Robert Marsh, ditto ; Elizur or Eleazer Stevens, ditto ; Chauncey Sheldon, ditto ; Alvin B. Sweet, ditto ; John G. Swanberg, ditto; Samuel Snow, ditto; Joseph Thompson, ditto; John Vernon, Marquis of Hastings ; Nathan Whiting, Buffalo. By His Excellency's Command, J. E. BICHENO. Colonial Times (Hobart) 3 Dec 1844.
Birth date varies. Niagara Gaol records, July 18, 1838 say he was 28 at the time of his arrest. Returned to Canada and settled in Glen Allan, Ontario. In early 1880s, moved to Colorado, USA and died at Ouray, Colorado, 1905.
Liverpool, Monday.— This morning, in consequence of information having been received that the Captain Ross has arrived with prisoners from Quebec, a great number of persons were congregated on the St. George's Pier. The Captain Ross anchored in Bootle Bay, and a steamer was sent out to bring back the convicts, who arrived about four o'clock, and were immediately conveyed to the Liverpool Borough Jail. A desperate attempt was made to mutiny during the passage home, but it was happily frustrated by the determination of Captain Morton, who placed the whole of the prisoners in heavy irons. Names of the prisoners brought by the Captain Ross, which sailed from Quebec, 22nd ultimo. — Alexander McLeod, T. Malcolm, John Grant, J. McNulty, B. West, John Vernon, N. Mellory, Paul Bedford, J. Wagoner, S. Chandler, L. Watson, W. Reynolds, L. W. Miller, William Alves, Robert Walker, James Gammell, George Cooly, Jacob Benut, G. Van Camp, James Brown, Ira Anderson, Randal Wilson, —— F. Farnell, James Lynn, B. O'Hare, Joseph Langwys, Joseph Hamel, James Thompson, Agnes Provost, Isidore Paré, Charles McLeod, Thomas Oliver, John G. Parker, and Baptiste Cadien. Eleven of the prisoners are heavily ironed.— (Correspondent.) Globe, Dec. 18. Launceston Advertiser, 9 May 1839.