Name: | James Stanmore Watkins |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1776 |
Occupation: | - |
Date of Death: | - |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 57 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
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 |
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. |
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.
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
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