BATSON John Gibson
| Name | John Gibson BATSON |
| Country Of Origin | England |
| Born | 1785 |
| Died | unknown |
| Birth/Baptism | Born approx. 1785, Lancashire, England |
| Parents | unknown |
| Apprenticeship | unknown |
| Skills | Watchmaker |
| Work Locations | No record found working in his trade in Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) |
| Marriage/Spouse | |
| Trial | 13 January 1819, Stafford Quarter Sessions, Staffordshire 20 July 1825, Hobart Supreme Court |
| Sentence | 1819: Seven years transportation for stealing 1825: Seven years transportation for stealing two watches and other articles, the property of Henry Clayton. |
| Arrival | 10 January 1820, Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) on the convict ship, Dromedary |
| Police Number | 240 |
| Convict Assignment | Public Works |
| Ticket of Leave | |
| Conditional Pardon | |
| Other | May 1820: Embezzled watches, punished with 50 lashes and six months on a convict gang.
1825: Colonial conviction, seven year sentence, sent to Macquarie Harbour. 12 August 1832: Free Certificate. |
| Death | unknown |
| References | |
| TAHO: CON31/1/1, CON23/1/1 B225-258, CON13/1/2, SC32/1/1 1825 Court [John Baston]. Web: Findmypast, England & Wales, Crime, Prisons & Punishments 1819; Ancestry: New South Wales & Tasmania Convict Muster 1826; Founders & Survivors convict database. Stafford Advertiser 17 April 1819 [British Newspaper Archive]; Colonist and Van Diemen’s Land Commercial & Agricultural Advertiser 10 August 1832. |
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