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Convict name: Brooks, John.

name_alias_1: Thornton, Robert Brooks (Alias)

sentence_details:
Convicted at Oxford Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 19 October 1841. Disembarked. 63/14. [Name crossed out]

vessel: Tortoise

date_of_departure: 28 September 1841.

place_of_arrival: Van Diemen's Land.

source:
Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 387 (195)

title:
John Brooks, one of 400 convicts transported on the Tortoise, 28 September 1841.

publication_details:
Canberra [A.C.T.] :Australian Joint Copying Project,[1948-1990]

original_version_note:
This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP).

topical_subject_heading: Convicts--Australia--Registers.

neographic_subject_heading: Australia--Genealogy.

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Connected with Brooks, John.

Allen, Edward.

Convicted at Bath Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years on 14 October 1840.
Transported by Layton (06 April 1841.).

Bennett, Thomas.

Convicted at Essex Assizes for a term of 10 years on 19 July 1841.
Transported by Tortoise (28 September 1841.).

Jackson, Mary.

Convicted at Lancashire Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 01 March 1841.
Transported by Garland Grove (14 June 1841.).

Marr, Helen.

Convicted at Jedburgh Court of Justiciary for a term of 7 years on 20 September 1840.
Transported by Rajah (01 April 1841.).

Moore, Joshua.

Convicted at Norfolk Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years on 27 March 1840.
Transported by Layton (06 April 1841.).

Munday, Daniel.

Convicted at Central Criminal Court for a term of 15 years on 01 March 1841.
Transported by Somersetshire (30 November 1841.).

Newham, William.

Convicted at Portman Street Barracks Court Martial for a term of 7 years on 22 October 1840.
Transported by Layton (06 April 1841.).

Redding, John.

Convicted at Central Criminal Court for a term of 10 years on 01 February 1841.
Transported by Tortoise (28 September 1841.).

Seton, Henry.

Convicted at Surrey, Croydon Sessions for a term of 15 years on 09 August 1841.
Transported by Tortoise (28 September 1841.).

Shepherd, George.

Convicted at Worcestershire Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years on 05 April 1841.
Transported by David Clarke (03 June 1841.).

Smart, Peter.

Convicted at Staffordshire Assizes for a term of 15 years on 10 March 1841.
Transported by David Clarke (03 June 1841.).

Terry, Thomas.

Convicted at Maidstone, Kent Quarter Sessions for a term of 15 years on 07 January 1841.
Transported by Barossa (27 August 1841.).

Worsley, Henry.

Convicted at Derby Borough Quarter Sessions for a term of 14 years on 26 July 1841. Died 2 April 1842.
Transported by Somersetshire (30 November 1841.).

Wynne, Ellen.

Convicted at Lancaster, Liverpool Quarter Sessions for a term of 15 years on 25 October 1841.
Transported by Emma Eugenia (16 November 1841.).

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