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THOMAS TILYARD

Convict Number 7749 2

Ship Name “Sir Godfrey Webster”

Departure date: 1.09.1823

Departure port: London

Conduct Record Con 31/42

Description List Con 23/3

A thank you to Rod Tilyard for the following notes

Thomas Tilyard was born 7^th April 1803 in Cripplegate, London . He was baptized in St. Giles without Cripplegate, London 3^rd. May 1807. Thomas Tilyard was living at home with his mother and father in Shoreditch, when, a few days before his 20^th birthday, he was involved in an attempt to steal a deal box (a box made from pine or fir) in Friday Street, London .

He was subsequently tried on the 9^th. April 1823 at the Old Bailey, found guilty and sentenced to transportation.

Thomas was transported on the “Sir Godfrey Webster” which sailed from the port of Sheerness in London on the 8^th August 1823 arriving in Hobart on the 27^th. December 1823.

On arrival in Tasmania Thomas was assigned to Mr. Thomas Anstey where his conduct record shows he was well behaved for the first five years, the first misbehaviour occurring on the 15^th December 1828 when Thomas went absent from the Sunday afternoon muster in St. Peter’s Pass. For this misdemeanor he was sentenced to 14 days in the chain gang. On the 21^st January 1829 he again absconded and was absent for many hours which gave him 3 calendar months in the chain gang. On the same date it appeared he stole a striped shirt the property of George Ives and then burnt it to avoid detection. For this he had his original sentence extended by 2 years.

On 18^th May 1830 he was tried for indecent exposure of his person and sentenced to serve the remainder of his sentence at Macquarie Harbour .

Thomas served out the remainder of his sentence and was declared a free man in 1832.

Two years later Thomas filed a petition for marriage which was approved on the 24^th November 1834. Thomas Tilyard married Ann Holmes at St. David’s Church, Hobart on 24^th November 1834. They went on to have 13 children between 1835 and 1858

After marrying, Thomas lived out his life in Glenorchy where the family home was at 8 Kensington Street .

Click here for Trial of Thomas Tilyard Click here for the times Wednesday Dec 18 1822

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