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Voyage
Transportation
Thomas Withall was transported on the Marquis Of Wellington, departing 31st Jul 1814 and arriving 27th Jan 1815 with 202 passengers.
Marquis Of Wellington (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 173 (88) |
| 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
6 Oct 1817, Requesting permission to be married, Thos Whittle, convict per ship Marquis Wellington & Margaret Brough, convict per ship Mary Ann. The humble petition of Thomas Whithall sheweth That Petitioner arrived in this colony in the ship Marquis of Wellington, Captain Beetham, labouring under the heavy sentence of Transportation for Life. That petitioner has been in the employ of John Johnson the potter ever since his arrival in this Colony and has uniformly supported a most fair and unblemished character for diligence, honesty and sobriety. May it therefore please your Excellency to take Petitioners good character into consideration and be graciously pleased to grant him a Ticket of Leave, And petitioner, as in duty bound will ever pray,… Thomas Whithall Botany Bay district, December 1818. I believe the petitioner to be a steady and industrious man, Signed, Thomas Moore.
Colonial Secretary Index. WHITHALL, Thomas. Per "Marquis of Wellington", 1815 1817 Oct 6,11 Re permission to marry at Sydney; appears as Whittle (Reel 6005; 4/3497 pp.91-2) 1818 Dec Of Botany Bay district; servant to John Johnson, potter. Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3191; 4/1856 p.291)
At STAFFORD assizes ten prisoners received sentence of death, three of whom are left for execution, viz. ...and Wm. Cox, aged 51, and Peter Howell, aged 30 for breaking into the dwelling house of Bernard Wilkes, at Sedgley, and stealing divers goods, his property. B. Cox, aged 57, and Thomas Whithall, aged 19, for being concerned in the said offence, were condemned, but reprieved (Morgan, an accomplice, was admitted King's evidence); … Aris’s Birmingham Gazette, 23 Aug 1813. Hulk Record. HO 9/8 (Captivity) Page 33 Received from Stafford, 17 May 1814. Thomas Whithall, age 20, Burglary, Tried, Stafford, 5 Aug 1813, Life. NSW Aug 1814. Benjn. Cox, age 57, Burglary, Tried, Stafford, 5 Aug 1813, Life. NSW 13 Sep 1814.