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Thomas Waite

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Summary

Born
Jan 1787
Conviction
Fraud
Departure
Feb 1814
Arrival
Oct 1814
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: Thomas Waite
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1787
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown

Crime

Crime: Fraud
Convicted at: Middlesex Session of Peace
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 28th Feb 1814
Ship: Somersetshire
Arrival: 16th Oct 1814
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

Thomas Waite was transported on the Somersetshire, departing 28th Feb 1814 and arriving 16th Oct 1814 with 201 passengers.

SomersetshireSomersetshire (generic)

References

Primary SourceEngland & Wales Criminal Registers HO26/18, page 116. UK Prison Hulk Registers HO9/8. State Archives NSW (Indents: NRS 12188; Item 4/4005; Microfiche 635)&(Butts of COF, NRS 12210, Archive Roll 604). Ancestry. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 157 (80)
Source DescriptionThis 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 SourceGreat Britain. Home Office
Compiled ByState Library of Queensland
Database SourceBritish convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database

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Convict Notes

Maureen Withey avatar
341
on 5th May 2022

Colonial Secretary Index. WAITE, Thomas. Per "Somersetshire", 1814. 1814 Oct 25 On list of convicts disembarked from the "Somersetshire" & forwarded to Windsor for distribution (Reel 6004; 4/3493 p.346) 1820 Jun 15-Aug 5 To be transported to Newcastle for seven years. In reports of prisoners tried at Court of Criminal Jurisdiction (Reel 6023; X820 p.11) 1820 Jul 27 On list of prisoners transported to Newcastle per "Princess Charlotte" (Reel 6007; 4/3502 p.146)

Iris Dunne avatar
174
on 29th December 2021

Criminal Registers: aged 25 Offence: Fraud Prison Hulk ship Perseus moored at Portsmouth Received 14 May 1813

Iris Dunne avatar
174
on 29th December 2021

Bound Indentures: aged 26 Year of birth about 1786 Conviction 4 December 1812 Native Place: London Certificate of Freedom No. 27/578 dated 2 July 1827 Trade: Cook & midshipman Conviction 15 June 1820 in Sydney Criminal Court aged 39, year of birth about 1788

Peter Fox avatar
43
on 29th December 2021

Charged in 1820 alongside Jane Mitchell with breaking and entering a dwelling and taking certain property. Convicted and both received a penalty of 7 years. Sydney Gazette 1 Jul 1820 & Return of Convicts convicted in the colonial courts 1810 - 1823