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Voyage
Transportation
Thomas Willis was transported on the Minerva, departing 26th Jul 1821 and arriving 16th Dec 1821 with 172 passengers.
The Minerva was built at Lancaster, England in 1804. 4 voyages bringing convict transportees to Australia.
Minerva (generic)References
| Primary Source | Old Bailey - online. England & Wales Criminal Registers HO26/26, page 214. UK Prison Hulk Registers HO9/7. Ancestry. Maitland Burial Register, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/82311#idx208324 |
| 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
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey: Theft: grand larceny 6th December 1820 117. THOMAS WILLIS was indicted for stealing, on the 30th of October , 28 yards of stuff, value 20 s. , the goods of Lionel Mayhew . JAMES KENTISH . I am servant to Mr. Lionel Mayhew , a linen-draper , who lives at Hackney . This stuff hung by the door. On the 28th of October in the evening, I saw it moving, jumped over the counter, and saw the prisoner with it under his arm; I followed, and he dropped it; I secured and brought him back. He said he would fall on his knees, and beg my pardon. (Property produced and sworn to.) GUILTY . Aged 17. Transported for Seven Years . First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Baron Garrow . https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t18201206-116-defend1127&div=t18201206-116&terms=thomas_willis#highlight
Criminal Registers: aged 18, Offence: Larceny Prison Hulk ship Bellerophon moored at Woolwich, received from Newgate 27 December 1820, convicted 6 December 1820, aged 18, Offence Stealing a piece of Stuff[?], Disposed of 21 July 1821 to Minerva NSW