PAYNE James
Name | James PAYNE |
Country Of Origin | England |
Born | 1809 |
Died | 1838 |
Birth/Baptism | Born approx. 1809, London, England |
Parents | unknown |
Apprenticeship | unknown |
Skills | Watchmaker |
Work Locations | Hobart |
Street Address |
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Marriage/Spouse | Wife Margaret and one child in London |
Trial | 7 January 1835, Shrewsbury Town Session, Shropshire. |
Sentence | Seven years transportation for stealing a gold watch and a silver watch, the property of his employer, watchmaker, Mr James Webster of St. Chad, Shrewsbury. |
Arrival | 28 August 1835 on the convict ship, Norfolk |
Police Number | 1149 |
Convict Assignment | David Barclay, watchmaker, Hobart |
Ticket of Leave | |
Conditional Pardon | |
Other | On arrival, James was recorded as 5’4”, and his left leg was shorter than the right because it had been broken. He stated his brother John Payne was in London, living in a house he owned, paying £45 a year rent. His wife received the rent.
March 1838: While assigned to David Barclay, James absconded and 12 months was added to his sentence. |
Death | 26 December 1838, His Majesty’s Colonial Hospital, Hobart |
References | |
TAHO: CON31/1/35, CON13/1/7, CON18/1/18, RGD34/1/1 no5500 Burial Hobart 1838. Web: Ancestry: England & Wales, Criminal Registers 1835; Founders & Survivors convict database. Shrewsbury Chronicle 19 December 1834; Salopian Journal 14 January 1835 (British Newspaper Archive). |
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