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Crime
Transportation
Thomas Wilson was transported on the Henry, departing 31st Mar 1823 and arriving 26th Aug 1823 with 161 passengers.
Henry 1825. The ship Henry, Captain Ferrier, arrived at Hobart Town, on the 9th ult. with 79 female prisoners, all whom were landed with the exception of two. There were also on board 25 free women, and 33 children, who came out, at the expence of Government, to join their husbands and parents. Sydney Gazette, 3 Mar 1825.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 16 |
| 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
Sessions Intelligence. The Somerset Sessions commenced at Wells on the .. There were 130 prisoner for trial; .... The sentences were as follows: … Thos. Wilson, for stealing a pocket-book from W. Tudor, esq ; … Bath Chronicle, 24 Jan 1822. SOMERSET EPIPHANY SESSIONS, The following are the Sentences the Prisoners who were tried at the Somerset Sessions, held at Wells, and which did not terminate until Saturday, in consequence of the heaviness of the calendar: Seven Years’ Transportation. ... T Wilson, for stealing book from W Tudor, ... Taunton Courier, 23 Jan 1822. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary Index. WILSON, Thomas. Per "Henry", 1823; two convicts of this name by this ship 1823 Aug 29 On list of prisoners landed from the "Henry" and forwarded to Minto for distribution (Reel 6011; 4/3509 p.136) 1823 Sep 20-1824 Feb 13 On list of prisoners assigned (Fiche 3291; 4/4570D pp.132, 133) 1823 Dec 1,4 Re permission to marry at Sydney (Reel 6011; 4/3509 p.656) 1825 Oct 18 Of Pitt Street. Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3253; 4/1875 p.245) 1825 Nov 26 To be granted a ticket of leave; listed as Milson (Fiche 3292; 4/6974.1 p.49) --------------------------------------------------------------- Prisoners Assigned Sept 20 1823, Thomas Willson, per Henry, Assigned to Mary Foreman, resident Geo. St. Remark: Oct 15 transd to Ball. Oct 15 1823, Thomas Willson, per Henry, Assigned to Andrew Ball, George St. Dec 29 1823, Thomas Willson, per Henry, assigned to Elizth. Willson, Cumb. St. Feb 13, Thomas Willson, per Henry, assigned to Wm Fain, Catth St. --------------------------------------------------------------- Request for Permission to Marry. Sydney. 4 Dec 1823. Thomas Wilson, convict per Henry and Elizth. Josephs, Free. Requested by Rev Wm Cowper, Sydney. ---------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 1828 Census Index. Thomas Wilson, age 40, TL, Henry, 1823, 7 years, protestant. Grocer?(?) York Street, Sydney. Has 4 horses. Elizabeth Wilson, 27, C.F. Ld Wellington, 1820, protestant. James Wilson, age 7, BC Eliza Wilson, age 3, BC. Susannah Wilson, age ½, BC. ------------------------------------------------------------- 18 October 1825. The Petition of Thomas Wilson, Pitt Street. Respectfully sheweth That your Excellency’s Memorialist came to this Colony per the Ship Henry, having been tried at Wells in Somersetshire in January 1821 and sentenced to Transportation for seven years. That your Excellency’s Memorialist is possessed of considerable property which he has embarked in a respectable line of business in Sydney, and which has been acquired by honesty and industry. That your Excellency’s Memorialist is married in the Colony, and has a young family for whose future welfare he is most solicitous and being anxious to become respectable again, supplicates Your Excellency to take his case into your humane consideration. And most earnestly and respectfully prays that your Excellency will be graciously pleased to consider him a fit object of your Excellency’s clemency, and that after a period of nearly four years atonement for a single deviation from rectitude, your excellency would grant him such mitigation of sentence as in your wisdom you may deem him worthy of, and memorialist as in duty bound will ever pray. Thos. Wilson. Recommended. (Signed) ? , JP. ---------------------------------------------------------------- NSW Convict Index. Thomas Wilson, per Henry, 1823, Ticket of Leave, No 25/659. District, Sydney; Born, Highgate, 1788; Trade, Packer; Tried, Som, 1822. Thomas Wilson, per Henry, 1823, Certificate of Freedom, 16 Jan 1829, No 29/0015. TL 659/2133.
Real name James Woollard, son of Thomas Woollard.