Convict name: Brooksbank, Abraham.
sentence_details:
Convicted at York, Bradford Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years on 30 June 1840.
vessel: Somersetshire
date_of_departure: 30 November 1841.
place_of_arrival: Van Diemen's Land.
source:
Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 416
title:
Abraham Brooksbank, one of 219 convicts transported on the Somersetshire, 30 November 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.
: australia-genealogy
Connected with Brooksbank, Abraham.
Ashworth, Joseph.
Convicted at Nottingham Town Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years on 05 April 1841.
Transported by Barossa (27 August 1841.).
Brown, James.
Convicted at Somerset, Wells Quarter Sessions for a term of 15 years on 29 March 1841.
Transported by Tortoise (28 September 1841.).
Clements, Mary Ann.
Convicted at Lancashire Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years on 01 March 1841.
Transported by Garland Grove (14 June 1841.).
Crawley, Michael.
Convicted at Leicestershire Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 29 June 1840.
Transported by Asia (12 April 1841.).
Efford, John.
Convicted at Southampton, Boro' of Portsmouth Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 12 April 1841.
Transported by Tortoise (28 September 1841.).
Heald, Betsy.
Convicted at Lancaster Session of the Peace for a term of 10 years on 28 August 1840.
Transported by Rajah (01 April 1841.).
Jones, George.
Convicted at Sussex Quarter Sessions for a term of 15 years on 07 January 1841.
Transported by Asia (12 April 1841.).
Lewin, J.--(John)
Convicted at Leicestershire Assizes for a term of 10 years on 20 March 1840.
Transported by Layton (06 April 1841.).
Major, William.
Convicted at Devon General Sessions for a term of 14 years on 23 February 1841.
Transported by Somersetshire (30 November 1841.).
Porter, Joseph.
Convicted at Central Criminal Court for a term of life on 05 April 1841. Escaped in Plymouth Sound. [Name crossed out]
Transported by Tortoise (28 September 1841.).
Rainbow, Thomas.
Convicted at Bristol Quarter Sessions for a term of life on 14 July 1841.
Transported by Somersetshire (30 November 1841.).
Roberts, John.
Convicted at Middlesex Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 05 April 1841.
Transported by Lord Goderich (26 June 1841.).
