Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Lewis Wickham was transported on the Westmoreland, departing 3rd Mar 1835 and arriving 15th Jul 1835 with 221 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 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 7 ( 5) |
| 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
'At Yass, 6 August 1844, Wickham was charged for being in receipt of stolen property. Due to overcrowding of Yass gaol, Wickham was held in Berrima gaol, probably walking the 191.5 km distance. A gaol entrance description reveals he had grown two inches but lost 2 teeth. 4 Months later he was found not guilty and discharged; and 2 years later, in 1846, granted a Ticket of Leave Passport allowing him to remain in the Murrumbidgee in the service of J A Broughton. In 1850, almost 16 years after sentencing, Wickham received his Certificate of Freedom which gave his calling as a labourer'. From Lewis Wickham, A Case Study, From Bath to Botany Bay, 2016, Louise Parker, compiled for UTAS Dip. Family History. References included. http://louisevparker.blogspot.com.au/
Lewis Wickham & Henry Pittard were convicted of stealing a handkerchief from Mr Lewis of Batheaston, Bath, Somerset. They were described as notorious thieves.
Lewis Wickham was a plasterer's boy from Milk Street, Bath, Somerset who was twice convicted of larceny from a person in 1834. He was first sentenced to 14 days and whipped but a few months later when caught stealing a handkerchief he was sentenced to 14 years and transported to Sydney, He first spent 5 months on the prison hulk moored at Woolwich then sailed on the Westmoreland to Sydney where he would have had to walk to Berrima Gaol through heavy bush for weeks on end. Although sentenced for 14 years he did not gain his pardon until 1850.He married a poor Irish girl from County Clare who as a 9 year old endured an horrific journey to Australia with her father and mother who died on board the Eleanor. These two tried to pan for gold at Beechworth Victoria where Lucy and Catherine Wickham were born. Lewis' mark is on Catherine's birth certificate. There is no record of what befell Lewis Wickham or his daughter Catherine though Mary Fall remarried and bore 3 more children. Lucy Wickham married John Calvin Hume from Nova Scotia, Canada and became a part of the enormous Hume family tree.