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Transportation
Thomas Witherwick was transported on the Lord Lyndoch, departing 30th May 1833 and arriving 18th Oct 1833 with 330 passengers.
1838 Voyage - Lord Lyndoch. Surgeon Superintendence; Doctor Pineo, From the Surgeons Notes; " Total Embarked; 330 Male Convicts. 19 Died on Passage. 8 Died of Scurvy, 11 of Old age and diseases contracted previously to embarked which could not be detected ...... An accident occurred whereby 16 men were dreadfully scolded with boiling tea. many of them from the shoulders down to their knees.. 112 were sent to the Sydney Hospital on arrival "
Lord Lyndoch (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 136 |
| 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
Yorkshire Spring Assizes. BURGLARY AT BEWERLEY HALL. THOMAS WiTHERWICK, (20), and GEO. WITHERWICK, (23), charged with burglariously entering the mansion-house of John York, Esq. stealing therefrom a quantity of wearing apparel,  some gold medals and seals, and other property, amounting in the whole  in value from 800£. to 1000£.  Yorkshire Gazette, 9 March 1833.
Absconded. Witherwick Thomas, Lord Lyndock, No. 33-2387, 21, Yorkshire, in-door servant and groom, 5 feet 9 inches, brown comp. light brown hair, blue eyes, from Phœnix Hulk in irons, since 1st January. NSW Govt Gazette, 4 Nov 1835.