James Wilkins

James Wilkins, one of 400 convicts transported on the Tortoise, 28 September 1841

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	James Wilkins
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1810
Occupation:	-
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 51 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to Life

Crime:	Assault
Convicted at:	Somerset, Wells Quarter Sessions
Sentence term:	Life
Ship:	Tortoise
Departure date:	28th September, 1841
Arrival date:	19th February, 1842
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 400 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 388
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 Project.

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Community Contributions

Maureen Withey on 2nd June, 2020 wrote:

Wells Sessions.
The following is summary of the sentences of the prisoners:— Transportation for Life. —James Wilkins, assault and robbery —Fifteen years.
Dorset County Chronicle, 8 April 1841.

Convict Changes History

Ann Marie Gould on 2nd June, 2020 made the following changes:

date of birth: 1810 (prev. 0000), gender: m, crime