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Convicts Transported on the Juliana - England to Van Diemen's Land - 1820 1 of 4 Convicts transported on the Juliana - England to Van Diemen's Land - 1820 1 of 4 ID FullName Term Conviction AJCP 120468 Aylward, Peter 7 Convicted at Suffolk Quarter Session for a term of 7 years. Page Number 390 105738 Baker, John 7 Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of 7 years. Page Number 388 114601 Barnes, Thomas 7 Convicted at Lancaster Quarter Session for a term of 7 years. Page Number 386 12933 Barrett, George Life Convicted at Surrey Southwark Quarter Session for a term of life. Page Number 390 103248 Barry, Charles Life Convicted at Somerset Assizes for a term of life. Page Number 390 12387 Bellowes, John Life Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of life. Page Number 388 109608 Bennett, John 14 Convicted at Suffolk Bury St Edmunds Assizes for a term of 14 years. Page Number 391(197) 12456 Birtles, George 7 Convicted at Lancaster Quarter Session for a term of 7 years. Page Number 386 108610 Boham, Ambrose 7 Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of 7 years. Page Number 389 (196) 105768 Bollands, John 7 Convicted at York Pontefract Quarter Session for a term of 7 years on 10 January 1820 Page Number 392 123495 Booth, William 7 Convicted at Lancaster Quarter Session for a term of 7 years. Page Number 387 (195) 120502 Bready, Matthew 7 Convicted at Lancaster Quarter Session for a term of 7 years. Page Number 386 112130 Briggs, Alexander 7 Convicted at Lancaster Quarter Session for a term of 7 years. Page Number 386 123389 Brimble, Samuel 14 Convicted at Devon Assizes for a term of 14 years. Page Number 385 (194) 12389 Brooks, William Life Convicted at London Gaol Delivery for a term of life. Page Number 387 (195) 114602 Byrne, John 7 Convicted at Lancaster Liverpool Quarter Session for a term of 7 years. Page Number 386 123390 Catlin, William 7 Convicted at Hertford Assizes for a term of 7 years. Page Number 386 103670 Chandler, William Life Convicted at London Gaol Delivery for a term of life. Page Number 387 (195) 11968 Clare, Joseph 7 Convicted at Stafford Assizes for a term of 7 years. Page Number 390 12383 Clarke, George 14 Convicted at Stafford Assizes for a term of 14 years. Page Number 390 105733 Clarke, James 14 Convicted at Warwick Assizes for a term of 14 years. Page Number 391 (197) 109661 Clarke, John 7 Convicted at Lancaster (Liverpool) Quarter Session for a term of 7 years. Page Number 387 (195) 13312 Cole, John 7 Convicted at Lancaster Quarter Session for a term of 7 years. Page Number 387 (195) 109218 Cornelius, Matthew Life Convicted at Devon Assizes for a term of life. Page Number 385 (194) 122784 Cowen, Thomas 7 Convicted at Lancaster Quarter Session for a term of 7 years. Page Number 386 105735 Crocker, Charles 7 Convicted at Southampton Assizes for a term of 7 years. Page Number 390 13888 Crocker, George 7 Convicted at Southampton Assizes for a term of 7 years. Page Number 390 109628 Cummings, Daniel 14 Convicted at London Gaol Delivery for a term of 14 years. Page Number 387 (195) 69521 Cunningham, William George 7 Convicted at Southampton Portesmouth Boro Quarter Session for a term of 7 years. Page Number 390 14383 Dagnal, Richard Life Convicted at Lancaster Assizes for a term of life. Page Number 386 104271 Davis, James 14 Convicted at Warwick Assizes for a term of 14 years. Page Number 391 (197) 11992 Dennison, Samuel Life Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of life. Page Number 389 (196) 69088 Dicker, Arthur 7 Convicted at Sussex Quarter Session for a term of 7 years. Page Number 391 (197) 11991 Dodd, William Life Convicted at Warwick City of Coventry Assizes for a term of life. Page Number 391 (197) 105736 Downes, James 14 Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of 14 years. Page Number 389 (196) 106241 Dunn, John 14 Convicted at Cambridge Assizes for a term of 14 years. Page Number 385 (194) 69091 Evans, Daniel Life Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of life. Page Number 388 69522 Evans, Robert Life Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of life. Page Number 387 (195) 11967 Everitt, Edward 7 Convicted at Suffolk Quarter Session for a term of 7 years. Page Number 390 13311 Fazakerley, Thomas 7 Convicted at Lancaster Quarter Session for a term of 7 years. Page Number 386 105739 Fitzgerald, John Life Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of life. Page Number 388 103642 Flack, John 14 Convicted at Suffolk Bury St Edmunds Assizes for a term of 14 years. Page Number 390 Tasmanian Dictionary of Biography Original data sourced from the British Convict Transportation Registers Collated by John Horton Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3 Convicts transported on the Juliana - England to Van Diemen's Land - 1820 2 of 4 ID FullName Term Conviction AJCP 62546 Foulkes, George 14 Convicted at Devon Assizes for a term of 14 years. Page Number 385 (194) 105712 Fuller, Edward Life Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of life. Page Number 387 (195) 68092 Garret, William Life Convicted at York Assizes for a term of life on 04 March 1820 Page Number 392 103246 Gillard, Robert 14 Convicted at Warwick Assizes for a term of 14 years. Page Number 391 (197) 84395 Glover, Benjamin 14 Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of 14 years. Page Number 389 (196) 120469 Godwin, Andrew 7 Convicted at Southampton Assizes for a term of 7 years. Page Number 390 103251 Greenoss, Joseph 14 Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of 14 years. Page Number 389 (196) 123494 Gregory, John 14 Convicted at Devon Assizes for a term of 14 years. Page Number 385 (194) 109217 Griffiths, Thomas Hopkins 7 Convicted at Bristol Quarter Session for a term of 7 years. Page Number 385 (194) 108611 Haines, Henry Life Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of life. Page Number 388 12382 Hartley, Henry 7 Convicted at Sussex Quarter Session for a term of 7 years. Page Number 391(197) 105204 Hartley, John 7 Convicted at Lancaster Quarter Session for a term of 7 years. Page Number 387 (195) 19069 Hartley, Thomas 7 Convicted at Cornwall Quarter Session for a term of 7 years. Page Number 385 (194) 12386 Hayes, Gilbert Life Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of life. Page Number 388 109659 Hayes, James Life Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of life. Page Number 388 62002 Henry, William 14 Convicted at York City Quarter Session for a term of 14 years. Page Number 392 68062 Henwright, Charles Life Convicted at Warwick Assizes for a term of life. Page Number 391 (197) 62003 Hewitt, Abraham 14 Convicted at York Assizes for a term of 14 years. Page Number 392 11969 Hickson, Richard 7 Convicted at Lancaster Quarter Session for a term of 7 years. Page Number 387 (195) 113791 Hilton, James 7 Convicted at Lancaster Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years. Page Number 386 105737 Hinnegan, James 14 Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of 14 years. Page Number 389 (196) 14579 Hollinsworth, Thomas 7 Convicted at Lancaster Quarter Session for a term of 7 years. Page Number 387 (195) 11993 Howard, William 7 Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of 7 years. Page Number 388 13859 Hunt, Francis Life Convicted at Nova Scotia Supreme Court of Judicature for a term of life. Page Number 392 106242 Jackson, Anthony 7 Convicted at Lancaster Quarter Session for a term of 7 years. Page Number 387 (195) 109609 Johnson, Philip 14 Convicted at London Gaol Delivery for a term of 14 years. Page Number 387 (195) 103272 Jones, George Life Convicted at Wilts Assizes for a term of life. Page Number 391 (197) 13890 Jones, William Life Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of life. Page Number 388 17396 Jones, William 7 Convicted at Lancaster Quarter Session for a term of 7 years. Page Number 386 84396 Joy, Alfred Caesar Life Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of life. Page Number 389 (196) 13863 Judson, Daniel Life Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of life. Page Number 389 (196) 114603 Knockton, Thomas 7 Convicted at Lancaster Quarter Session for a term of 7 years. Page Number 386 18359 Lawrence, William Life Convicted at Berks Assizes for a term of life. Page Number 385 (194) 14384 Leigh, Thomas 7 Convicted at Lancaster Quarter Session for a term of 7 years. Page Number 386 105770 Lock, John 7 Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of 7 years. Page Number 388 19071 Lomas, Thomas 7 Convicted at Lancaster Quarter Session for a term of 7 years. Page Number 386 13862 Mackay, Charles 14 Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of 14 years. Page Number 389 (196) 103667 Manby, William 7 Convicted at Suffolk Bury St Edmunds Assizes for a term of 7 years. Page Number 391(197) 68519 Martin, George 7 Convicted at Warwick Assizes for a term of 7 years. Page Number 391 (197) 12385 Matthews, Thomas 7 Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of 7 years. Page Number 388 103250 Matthews, Thomas 14 Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of 14 years. Page Number 389 (196) 68065 May, William 7 Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of 7 years.
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