BOYD William

Name	William BOYD
Country Of Origin	Scotland
Born	1805
Died	1880
Birth/Baptism	Born approx. 1805, Dumfries, Scotland
Parents	unknown
Apprenticeship	unknown
Skills	Clockmaker, Watchmaker
Work Locations	No record found working in his trade in Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania)
Marriage/Spouse	unknown
Trial	24 December 1828, Glasgow, Scotland
Sentence	Life transportation for burglary and theft (Note: previously convicted in 1823 for theft)
Arrival	28 July 1829, Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) on the convict ship, Lady Harewood
Police Number	1185
Convict Assignment
Ticket of Leave	24 February 1840, 15 July 1845, 30 August 1853
Conditional Pardon	12 August 1856
Other	Other skills: Labourer. William had an extensive convict conduct record. His first offence was documented in November 1829, when he absconded from the service of Mrs Patterson and was subsequently apprehended by December 1829. The Hobart Town Gazette 14 November 1829: 1185. William Boyd, height 5 feet 7 inches, dark complexion, dark brown hair, dark hazel eyes, age 24, a clockmaker, tried at Glasgow in December 1828, life, per Lady Harewood, native of Dumfries. WB. AB. 1823, Mary Kirkwood, on left arm. Absconded from the service of Mrs Patterson, Bothwell, 9^th Nov. 1829. Reward L.2. 1843: Public Works, Swan Island 1846: Three years hard labour in chains at Port Arthur for forgery 1878: Invalid Depot, Brickfields, Hobart, unable to work.
Death	6 July 1880, New Town Pauper Institute, Hobart Burial: 9 July 1880, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart (pauper section)
References
TAHO: CON31/1/1, CON32/1/2, CON18/1/12, CON23/1/1, CON27/1/4, POL709/1/15 1878, RGD35/1/9 no2623 Death 1880. Web: Founders & Survivors convict database; Millingtons Record No. 1B 2982, 1880. The Hobart Town Gazette 14 November 1829; The Hobart Town Courier and Van Diemen’s Land Gazette 6 March 1840; Cornwall Chronicle 16 August 1856.