WILSON John
Name | John WILSON |
Country Of Origin | England |
Born | 1793 |
Died | unknown |
Birth/Baptism | Born approx. 1793, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England |
Parents | unknown |
Apprenticeship | unknown |
Skills | Watchmaker, Chronometer Maker, Watch Finisher |
Work Locations | Possibly Hobart – according to John’s letter to the editor of The Sydney Monitor in May 1837, he was appointed Government clockmaker on arrival in Van Diemen’s Land, and two other prisoners were under his guidance. |
Marriage/Spouse | |
Trial | 18 September 1820, Central Criminal Court, London |
Sentence | Transportation for life for pickpocketing a pocketbook and banknote, the property of John Dean. |
Arrival | 13 March 1821 on the convict ship, Medway (1) |
Police Number | 271 |
Convict Assignment | James Robertson and James Oatley (clockmakers), Sydney, New South Wales |
Ticket of Leave | |
Conditional Pardon | |
Other | ‘To His Excellency Sir Thos. Brisbane, Sir, Having made application for a watch or clockmaker per ship Mary and finding that no such person has arrived in that vessel, I beg leave to trouble your Excellency by applying for John Wilson watchmaker, a prisoner by the ship Medway and now residing at the Derwent. I am your Excellency’s obliged and obt. servt. James Robertson, Sydney, 29 Jany 1822.’ Clockmaker James Robertson senior arrived in New South Wales in 1822 and was a friend of Sir Thomas Brisbane. He was appointed Superintendent of Government clocks in Sydney. 30 June 1822: John departed Hobart for Port Jackson, New South Wales, on the ship Emerald. From approx. 1826: Assigned to former convict, and clock and watchmaker James Oatley, Sydney, New South Wales The Sydney Monitor, 31 May 1837: |
Death | unknown |
References | |
Trenton Firth to Graham Mulligan, December 2022. TAHO: CON31/1/45, CON23/1/3, CSO1/1/69, CUS33/1/3 Departure 1822. Web: Old Bailey Online, Reference t18200918-297, 18 September 1820; Ancestry: London, England, Newgate Calendar of Prisoners 1820; England & Wales, Criminal Register 1820; New South Wales, Colonial Secretary’s Papers, Main Series of Letters Received 1822. The Sydney Gazette & New South Wales Advertiser 12 July 1822, 19 January 1826. |
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