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Transportation
Joseph Willmott was transported on the Layton, departing 26th Aug 1835 and arriving 10th Dec 1835 with 272 passengers.
1829 Voyage - Source; The Sydney Monitor. Sat 14 Nov 1829. Page 3. Shipping Intelligence. Arrivals.- On Sunday the Layton from Sheerness, with 190 male prisoners, Surgeon Superintendent Dr. James Osborne, R. N. Lieutenant Miller, 40th Regt; and 29 soldiers of different corps, 4 women and 3 children. Mustered; 188. Died on Voyage; 2. Total 190 Embarked.
Layton (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 127 (66) |
| 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
Joseph Willmot, a maniacal looking man, was convicted of stealing a coat. He had been twice convicted before of felony, and once transported. He was now transported for life. South Eastern Gazette, 8 July 1834.
Hulk Report HO-9-2_3 Recived fromMaidstone, 10 July 1834. Joseph Wilmott, age 23, Stealing a coat, tried 3 July 1834, at Maidstone, Life, To VDL 21 Aug 1835.
Conduct Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-47$init=CON31-1-47p133 2013. Joseph Wilmott, per Layton (2) 10 Dec 1835. Tried at Kent Q.S. 3 July 1834, Life. Transported for stealing a Coat. Gaol report, Char. (character) very bad. Transported 7 years since, comm. of a felony & Impd. Hulk report, Orderly. Married, 3 children. Stated this offence: To be worked on the public Roads by order of the Secretary of State. The other entries on this record have been crossed out. Written in margin: ? should stand against 783 Joseph Wilmott. -------------------------------------------------- Conduct Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON34-1-6$init=CON34-1-6P63 2013. Joseph Wilmot, Arrived 10 Dec 1835. Tried Kent Q.S., 3 July 1834. Life. To be worked on the public roads by order of the Secretary of State, 3rd Class, 30/7/47. Died New Norfolk, 24 April 1847. -------------------------------------------------- From the initial Conduct record, it appears that Joseph was unable to speak for himself to enable the clerk to complete any information which was personal, ie, Statement of offence. There is a reference to Joseph Wilmot , No 783, who was a convict transported on Layton 7 years earlier,a nd it appears that the two convicts have been confused. The Joseph Wilmot who arrived earlier, committed mainly offences involving forgery, uttering, obraining good though false pretences, etc, and had several other colonial convictions, was sentenced to hard labour on the roads, etc. Teh Joseph Wilmott
Description Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON18-1-13$init=CON18-1-13p133 2013, Joseph Wilmott, height 5ft 4, pale complexion, lt reddish brown hair, hazel grey eyes, Remarks: an Ideot. Appropriation Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON27-1-2$init=CON27-1-2p39 Joseph Wilmott, Tried at Kent, Life, How Appropriated? Idiotic. (Added below in a different handwriting) Ordered to be worked on the Roads. Parts of the record are left blank. -------------------------------------------------- Hospital Admissions Book, New Norfolk Hospital. Joseph Wilmott, no 2013, per Layton, April 1841, from 1st to 30th, disease, Mania, Admitted Feb 5 1836. Still there in Aug 1842.
Joseph Wilmott. felony at Chatham; South Eastern Gazette, 3 June 1834. ---------------------------------------------------- Thursday week, removed from the County Gaol, and put on board the Fortitude Hulk, at Chatham, James Lambert, Edward Charlton, Joseph Wilmott— Transported for life, ... South Eastern Gazette, 22 July 1834. ---------------------------------------------------