Convict name: Porter, James.
sentence_details:
Convicted at Gloucestershire Assizes for a term of life on 31 March 1841.
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 384
title:
James Porter, 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.
: australia-genealogy
Connected with Porter, James.
Belcher, John.
Convicted at Hertfordshire Assizes for a term of life on 15 July 1840.
Transported by Asia (12 April 1841.).
Burrows, George.
Convicted at Lincolnshire Quarter Sessions for the Parts of Holland for a term of 14 years on 29 June 1840.
Transported by Westmoreland (15 May 1841.).
Case, William.
Convicted at Cambridgeshire Assizes for a term of life on 18 March 1840.
Transported by Asia (12 April 1841.).
Davis, John.
Convicted at Surrey, Kingston upon Thames General Sessions for a term of 10 years on 29 March 1841.
Transported by Tortoise (28 September 1841.).
Elliott, Samuel.
Convicted at Devonshire Assizes for a term of 10 years on 23 July 1840.
Transported by David Clarke (03 June 1841.).
Foot, William.
Convicted at Devon Quarter Sessions for a term of 15 years on 05 January 1840.
Transported by Somersetshire (30 November 1841.).
Gagnon, Pierre.
Convicted at Quebec, Lower Canada Criminal Court for a term of life on 30 March 1839.
Transported by Layton (06 April 1841.).
Jones, William.
Convicted at Central Criminal Court for a term of 10 years on 20 September 1841. Died on voyage.
Transported by John Brewer (01 December 1841.).
Lyon, Mary.
Convicted at Central Criminal Court for a term of 7 years on 17 August 1840.
Transported by Rajah (01 April 1841.).
Millward, Elizabeth.
Convicted at Warwick Assizes for a term of 15 years on 12 August 1840.
Transported by Rajah (01 April 1841.).
Richardson, George.
Convicted at Buckingham Assizes for a term of 15 years on 10 July 1841.
Transported by Tortoise (28 September 1841.).
Robertson, John.
Convicted at Inverness for a term of 7 years on 22 A[pril 1840.
Transported by Barossa (27 August 1841.).
Stevenson, Henry.
Convicted at Canada, Montreal General Court Martial for a term of life on 17 August 1840.
Transported by Tortoise (28 September 1841.).
Taylor, Richard.
Convicted at Gloucestershire Assizes for a term of life on 15 August 1840.
Transported by Tortoise (28 September 1841.).
