SUMNERS John
| Name | John SUMNERS |
| Country Of Origin | England |
| Born | 1815 |
| Died | 1879 |
| Birth/Baptism | Born approx. 1815, Coventry, Warwickshire, 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 | 28 March 1838, Court Martial, Jamaica 22 July 1862, Hobart Town Supreme Court |
| Sentence | 1838: Transportation for life for mutiny and striking a sergeant 1862: Sentenced to be hanged, commuted to penal servitude for life for committing an ‘unnatural crime’. |
| Arrival | 12 January 1840 on the convict ship, Canton |
| Police Number | 2762 |
| Convict Assignment | |
| Ticket of Leave | 11 March 1851, and revoked and reissued |
| Conditional Pardon | 26 May 1857 |
| Other | 1840: On arrival in Van Diemen’s Land, John was recorded as having been a watchmaker for four years.
1840s: Absconded a few times; punishments handed out were hard labour in chains, and in 1848, he was sent to Norfolk Island for two years. 22 July 1862 Hobart Town: Sentence to be hanged commuted to penal servitude for life. He was sent to Port Arthur and noted on his convict record is: 1877: Possibly issued a ticket-of-leave and may be the John Sumners, who died in 1879 at the Brickfields Pauper Establishment, recorded as a 65-year- old labourer, born in England. |
| Death | 6 July 1879, Hobart
Burial: 8 July 1879, pauper’s grave, Hobart Town Public Cemetery |
| References | |
| TAHO: CON31/1/41, CON37/1/9, CON18/1/5, CON27/1/8, CON34/1/9, AB693/1/1 & SC32/1/8 1862, RGD35/1/9 no1971 Death 1879, AF35/1/1 (BU2526) 1879. Web: Founders & Survivors convict database. Britannia & Trades’ Advocate 11 June 1846. |
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