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Thomas Watson was transported on the Lord Lyndoch, departing 30th May 1833 and arriving 18th Oct 1833 with 330 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 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 134 |
| 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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National Archives, HO-9-1_5. Cumberland Hulk Records. Page 35. Received from York, 3 December 1832. Thomas Watson, age 21, Robbery, Tried York 27 Aug 1832, Life, NSW 24 May 1833.
Yorkshire Summer Assizes. HIGHWAY ROBBERY. EDWARD HIRST, and THOMAS WATSON, were charged with robbing Mr. Sharpe on the Bradford and Bowling road, of 10s. 8d., his watch, and a black lead pencil The Jury found Hirst Not Guilty. Watson Guilty. Sentence was not passed. Leeds Intelligencer, 6, Sept 1832. Baron Dolland proceeded to give judgment upon the following convicts, who were not sentenced at the time of trials:— Thomas Watson, for highway robbery at Bradford. had judgment of death recorded against him. . Leeds Patriot, 15 Sep 1832. Halifax Express, 8 Sep 1832. Convicts.—On Saturday, the following Convicts left York Castle, to be delivered on board the Hulks at Chatham, to undergo their respective sentences of transportation :—Thomas Watson, Joseph Lister, William Bartrim, John Whittam, Thomas Walker, James Lindley, Joseph Tatham, Gideon Fearnley, John Ownas. James Macdonaught, William Lawson John Hinchliffe, Henry Aldred, John Boraugh, John Fawcett, and Henry Spurr, to be transported for life. Thomas Hallewell, and James Arrundale, each for the term seven years. Yorkshire Gazette, 8 Dec 1832.
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Indent No; 256 Name; Thomas Watson Age; 21 Native Place; Yorkshire Trade or calling; Boatman, stableman Offence; Highway Robbery Height; 5 ft. 7 in Eyes; Hazel Hair; Brown Completion; Ruddy Remarks; KILLED by a dray passing over him, in the service of James D..., Kissing Point. 1836 New South Wales, Australia, Convict Death Register Name: Thomas Watson Date of Death: 5 Apr 1836 District: Accidentally Killed .... By a Dray Wheel Passing over him ----------------