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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Thomas Williamson was transported on the Prince Regent, departing 17th Sep 1819 and arriving 27th Jan 1820 with 162 passengers.
Prince Regent, 1820-21. On Tuesday arrived from Ireland, the ship Prince Regent, Captain Clifford. She left the Cove of Cork the 19th of September last, and brings, in excellent health, 144 male prisoners. Surgeon Superintendent, Dr. Taylor, R. N. The guard comprises 30 men of the 1st Foot (Royals), under orders of Lieut. Lewis. Sydney Gazette, 13 Jan 1821.
Prince Regent (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 233 (118) |
| 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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"Thomas Williamson is my 4th Great Grandfather"
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Convict Notes
Thomas Williamson was assigned to Constable Dransfield in the Wollongong area of New South Wales. He married the widow of William Francis Weston in 1830. The couple had two children. Unfortunately it appears that Thomas could not control his temper when tipsy. He violated the terms of his ticket of leave and was subsequently charged with what amounted to armed robbery, having absconded from his assigned master, Archibald Bell in 1838. He was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was sent to Norfolk Island and subsequently to Van Dieman's Land per the Lady Franklin in October 1844. His career after that is somewhat obscure, but he did manage to return to the Illawarra, the home of his children. His wife, Elizabeth Weston, nee Crouch died in 1853 and is buried with her first husband in St Luke's Cemetery, Dapto. Thomas is also buried there. He died in 1883.
Lancaster Assizes. The following list, in addition to that which we gave in our last, will complete the calendar of the prisoners and their sentences. … John Goulden, William Smith, Robert Williams, John Carter, Thomas Williamson, and Isaac Williamson, for highway robbery, at Winwick with Hulme. Smith and Thos. Williamson. death; Goulden admitted evidence; the others acquitted. . … In passing sentence of death upon the forty-four prisoners capitally convicted, the Lord Chief Baron Richards commented on their various offences, and allowed 38 of them to entertain hopes of mercy as there were no circumstances of atrocious violence connected with their guilt; but to six of them he forbad any expectation of forgiveness its this world. Liverpool Mercury, 9 Apr 1819.