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Transportation
Farewell Whitaker was transported on the Proteus, departing 12th Apr 1831 and arriving 3rd Aug 1831 with 112 passengers.
Proteus (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 83 (44) Tasmanian Names Index - Conduct record |
| 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
Farewell left behind a wife and six children when he was transported to Tasmania.
Farewell Whittaker was a witness in a case against William Wilmore tried at the quarter sessions in Hobart in July 1841. Farewell states that he lodged with the prisoner at Allen's house at New Town. Reported in The Courrier (Hobart) 9 July 1841.
Norfolk Sessions News George Howes, Farewell Whittaker, Thomas Gibbs, Wm. Thain, Wm. Turner, James Thain, and Christmas Whittaker charged with breaking a threshing machine, belonging to John Freeman, of Hickling, on the 25th of November last, were acquitted. The same prisoners together with James Pollard and James Eady, stood further charged with breaking, on the same day, a threshing machine, the property of Mr. Abraham Beaumont. Abraham Beaumont stated, that on the night the of 25th November, Mr. Slipper came to his house and told him the mob were coming to break his machine. Farewell Whittaker was cutting it with a saw. George Howes was there. Abraham Beaumont, the younger, identified Farewell Whittaker and James Pollard as being present, and assisting in breaking the machine. John Foreman proved that Wm. Thain, George Howes, and Wm. Turner, and Christmas Whittaker were present when the machine was destroyed. The prisoners were, with the exception of James Thain and Christmas Whittaker, found guilty and sentenced as follows viz.: Farewell Whittaker, seven years transportation, George Howes, three months imprisonment in the Castle, Wm. Thain, do., Wm. Turner, two months do., James Pollard, three months do., and Thomas Gibbs, do. All the above prisoners received exceedingly good characters from many very respectable witnesses. Norfolk Chronicle, 15 Jan 1831
Tasmanian Conduct Record https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-46$init=CON31-1-46p109 Married, six or 7 children, wife Frances, with children at Hickling. Note- June 11 1831, Ret. to P.W. being it is believed, insane. Free pardon No 164, 3 Feb 1836.