James Stanmore Watkins

James Stanmore Watkins, one of 176 convicts transported on the Manlius, 16 July 1828

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	James Stanmore Watkins
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1776
Occupation:	-
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 61 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 14 years

Crime:	House breaking
Convicted at:	Edinburgh Court of Justiciary
Sentence term:	14 years
Ship:	Manlius
Departure date:	16th July, 1828
Arrival date:	9th November, 1828
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 175 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 453 (228). Tasmanian Archives
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 Project.

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Community Contributions

Nell Murphy on 14th October, 2018 wrote:

James Stanmore WATKINS was convicted at Edinburgh, Scotland on 25 Feb 1828 for housebreaking. Gaol report: “character & connections bad. Former course of life irregular”. 14 yr transportation sentence. Hulk Report: “orderly’. Sent to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania), Australia per the ship ‘Manlius’ 1828.

Recorded as a single man BUT had 2 children, he had left at the West Port Poor House. He had last worked in Edinburgh.
Aged 52yrs; plasterer; dark complexion; grey hair; Hazel eyes; slightly lame, gun shot wound.
Native place of birth given as Abingdon, Berks.

Colony of VDL:
Assigned to public works.
1830: Charged with stealing 1 bag of lime. Dismissed.
1831: Being out an an improper hour. 1 mth imprisonment, with hard labour.
1832: Being out at night. 6 weeks imprisonment, with hard labour.
Passholder status granted.

Convict Changes History

Nell Murphy on 14th October, 2018 made the following changes:

source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 453 (228). Tasmanian Archives (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 453 (228)), date