Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Alfred Wells was transported on the Westmoreland, departing 15th May 1841 and arriving 12th Sep 1841 with 204 passengers.
The Westmoreland was a 405-ton sailing ship built in 1832 at Lynn, Norfolk, England. Four (4) sailings listed for her to transport convicts (and some free settlers and soldiers) to Australia - New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). (Voyage in 1838 from Ireland to NSW is currently being compiled, incomplete list of persons to date.)
Westmoreland (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 314 |
| 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
FOOTNOTE: Family records suggest this was a short absence, with Alfred having been married in 1852, to Martha Griffin. They had nine children. He died on 23 November, 1903, at Latrobe, Tasmania.
EXIT VDL: 3 September, 1852: Alfred Wells, free by servitude (per Westmoreland), a steerage passenger, left Launceston on the Ariel bound for Melbourne (https://stors.tas.gov.au/POL220-1-1). --0--
27 April, 1847: He received a Ticket of Leave. Note: Horace Blades died in 1847 -- see his bio at https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/blades/horace/14296. --0-- 10 August, 1852: Alfred Wells was issued with a Certificate of Freedom (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON33-1-11$init=CON33-1-11p201). --0--
IN VDL: 12 September, 1841: On arrival, Alfred Wells, #2665, was listed as 19 years old, single, Protestant, literate, a farm labourer from Stamford. He had several previous convictions with jail terms -- once for 12 months for stealing a shirt; once 1 month for trespass and 2 months for same, and 2 months again for a similar offence; vagrancy 2 months (http://foundersandsurvivors.org/pubsearch/convict/chain/ai74589). Family: Brothers Thadeus, John, Lewis, Daniel and Edmund; a sister Harriet (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON14-1-10$init=CON14-1-10P51). --0--
NEWSPAPER report of the trial: Alfred Wells, aged 17, and Horace Blades, aged 18, both of Stamford, charged with slaughtering a lamb, the property of Mr. Thomas Standwell, of the Hotel, in a field at Wothorpe, on the night of Good Friday, were both committed for trial. It appeared that, after the animal was killed, part of it was taken to hovel in another field, occupied by Mark Wilson Jackson, Esq., surgeon, where a fire was made, and it was broiled for supper: the remainder of the lamb (a very fine one) was left in a ditch in the close where it was slaughtered, and of course it was rendered worthless." (Stamford Mercury, 24 April, 1840, p3) --00--
TRIAL: 1 July, 1840: Alfred Wells and Horace Blades were convicted and sentenced to transportation for 10 years for killing a lamb (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON33-1-11$init=CON33-1-11p201). Both were sent to VDL per the Westmoreland. --00--