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Voyage
Transportation
William Waters was transported on the Lord Lyndoch, departing 7th Sep 1840 and arriving 5th Feb 1841 with 322 passengers.
1838 Voyage - Lord Lyndoch. Surgeon Superintendence; Doctor Pineo, From the Surgeons Notes; " Total Embarked; 330 Male Convicts. 19 Died on Passage. 8 Died of Scurvy, 11 of Old age and diseases contracted previously to embarked which could not be detected ...... An accident occurred whereby 16 men were dreadfully scolded with boiling tea. many of them from the shoulders down to their knees.. 112 were sent to the Sydney Hospital on arrival "
Lord Lyndoch (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 218 |
| 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
"Brother of my ancestor, another convict Charles Waters"
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Convict Notes
Northamptonshire Lent Assizes.  Wm. Waters & Thomas Williams were charged with having feloniously stolen two fowls, the property of John at Warkworth. A servant to the prosecutor deposed to the loss of the fowls on the 11th February, and the fowls being brought through into the court, the witness identified them. Morgan, the constable, saw the fowls at Mrs. Kilby's, near Banbury, on the 13tb February, and took the prisoners into custody the same day.  ln his defence Waters said, that he carried the fowls at the request of Williams. Williams said he bought them in Banbury market. Verdict, Guilty. previous conviction for felony being put in against Waters, his lordship sentenced him to be Transported for Life. Sentence upon Williams, Calendar Months' Imprisonment and Hard Labour. Northampton Mercury, 7 March 1840.  The under-mentioned convicts have been removed from our Gaol to the York Hulk, Gosport :— William Waters, under sentence of transportation for life ; John Blencowe, Charles Foundling, & Samuel Kirk, respectively for 14 years; and Robert Carr & Thomas Liddington, respectively for 10 years. Northampton Mercury, 30 May 1840.
Brother of Charles Waters who arrived aboard Henry Porcher
William Waters was 23 years old on arrival in VDL and was transported for "Stealing 2 fowls" the property of John Wadey. He had been convicted of felony before. William was married with 1 child, 5'6" tall, grey eyes, brown hair, sallow complexion and a scar under his chin. There is nothing recorded on his conduct record. 1849: TOL March 1851: Recommended for a CP.
William Waters Was A Clerk, At A Shop Called " My Reason", He Was Sentenced To Jail For His Whole Life For House Breaking.