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Details for the convict Thomas Gill (1829)

Convict Name:Thomas Gill
Trial Place:London Gaol Delivery
Trial Date:9 April 1829
Sentence:Life
Notes:
 
Arrival Details
Ship:Sarah (1)
Arrival Year:1829
 
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Thomas was born on March 30, 1807 in Kirton in Holland Lincolnshire, England, was baptised on April 4, 1807 in Kirton in Holland Lincolnshire, England, died on November 19, 1895 in Springsure, QLD 247 at age 88, and was buried in Springsure, QLD.

Notes: Thomas George GILL was a convict with a Life Sentence for theft and transported to NSW, left UK August 22, 1829 on the "Sarah". Granted a Conditional Pardon on August 13, 1845.

Old Bailey Proceedings Online (http://www.oldbaileyonline.org,version 8.0, 09 October 2019), April 1829, trial of THOMAS GILL (t18290409-134).



813. THOMAS GILL was indicted for stealing, on the 15th of March , at St. Andrew, Holborn , in the dwelling-house of Daniel Stubbs , his master, 1 tin-box, value 5s.; 1 pair of ear-rings, value 2s.; 3 rings, value 20s.; one 30l. and two 5l. Bank notes; 1 bill of exchange, for payment of and value 69l. 17s. 6d., and 1 order, for payment of and value 15l., his property ; against the Statute.

Two witnesses gave the prisoner a good character.

GUILTY - DEATH . Aged 22.

Recommended to mercy by the Prosecutor and Jury, on account of the sudden temptation and previous good character, the prosecutor stating that he was left alone in the house.

Married Martha Malvinia Matilda Love on 16 Nov 1855

Pambula, New South Wales, Australia

5 Children:

Eleanor Martha GILL 1856-1913

George Thomas GILL 1857-1940

Mary Anne GILL 1859-1921

Dalitha Lochhart GILL 1863-1950

Esther GILL 1867-1936

Thomas Gill was listed as 22 years old on arrival.

Occupation: Linen dealer.

Thomas was 5’9½” tall, ruddy freckled complexion, brown hair, dark blue eyes.

Assigned to Elizabeth Weston, Illawarra.

Martha Gill died in 1899. (QLD BDM).

ADM 101/66/5 Medical and surgical journal of His Majesty’s convict ship Sarah for 29 July to 19 of December 1829 by Alick Osborne, Surgeon, during which time the said ship was employed in a voyage to New South Wales.



Folios 8-9: Thomas Gill, aged 25, convict; disease or hurt, pneumonia. Put on sick list, 22 November 1829, at sea. Discharged cured, 30 November 1829.
Submitted by Researcher (Michaella Martinelli) on 1 February 2021

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Sources

  • The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/7, p.183

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