Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Thomas Watkins was transported on the Baring, departing 31st Mar 1815 and arriving 7th Sep 1815 with 302 passengers.
Baring (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 198 |
| 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
Gloucester Assizes. —The business these Assizes was not finished till Tuesday morning. Monday afternoon the following sentences were passed upon the prisoners;— Thos. Watkins, for stealing a horse, the property of James Nichols, of St. George’s; ... were found guilty, and received sentence of death, but were all reprieved. Oxford University and City Herald, 23 Apr 1814.
Convict Index, 1791-1873. Thomas Watkins, Baring 1815, Ticket of Leave, 26/241. District, Sydney; Born Bristol 1796; Trade, labourer; Tried, Glouc. 1814.
married Sarah Lewis 1819;held publican's licences for the Talbot Inn George Stand later the Cross Keys Inn, cnr Market and Sussex St in Sydney; settled at Mangrove Creek in the Hawkesbury Region in 1840s.Eldest son Thomas purchased the "Ruth" locally built coastal vessel in 1839.