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
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).