WILLIAMSON William

Name William WILLIAMSON
Country Of Origin England
Born 1802
Died unknown
Birth/Baptism Born approx. 1802, Somersetshire, England
Parents unknown
Apprenticeship unknown
Skills Watchmaker’s Apprentice
Work Locations No record found working in his trade in Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania)
Marriage/Spouse
Trial 9 August 1819, Cornwall Assizes
Sentence Transportation for life for pickpocketing a red pocket book containing papers and £130.
Arrival March 1820 on the convict ship, Coromandel
Police Number 1832
Convict Assignment
Ticket of Leave By December 1830
Conditional Pardon 1832
Other 1827: Convict constable
10 February 1840: Free Pardon
December 1841: Absolute pardon
Death unknown
References
TAHO: CON31/1/45, CON23/1/3.
Web: Founders & Survivors convict database; Cornwall Online Parish Clerks, https://opc-cornwall.org.
Royal Cornwall Gazette 7 & 14 August 1819 (British Newspaper Archive); Hobart Town Courier 8 December 1827, 8 June 1832, 21 February 1840; The Courier Hobart 17 December 1841.