SMITH William
Name | William SMITH |
Country Of Origin | England |
Born | 1774 |
Died | unknown |
Birth/Baptism | Born approx. 1774, Cripplegate, London, England |
Parents | unknown |
Apprenticeship | unknown |
Skills | Watchmaker |
Work Locations | Hobart |
Street Address |
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Marriage/Spouse | |
Trial | 3 December 1829, London, England |
Sentence | Seven years transportation for stealing two pewter quarts pots, the value of one shilling. |
Arrival | 18 December 1830 on the convict ship, Clyde |
Police Number | 1254 |
Convict Assignment | On arrival: David Barclay, Hobart watchmaker |
Ticket of Leave | By 1835 |
Conditional Pardon | |
Other | 1830: On arrival, William was recorded as a 56-year-old widower with four children and having had a paralytic stroke that affected his whole body.
Other skills recorded: Boatman, waterman. July 1836: Hard labour for 12 months for ‘making away with three watches entrusted to his charge, the value of nine pounds.’ The last entry on William’s convict conduct record: |
Death | unknown |
References | |
TAHO: CON31/1/39, CON23/1/3, CON27/1/4. Web: Old Bailey Online, 3 December 1829, Ref. t18291203-132; Founders & Survivors convict database. |
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