John Thom (1811 - 1836)

Born 1811 in Antigua and Barbuda

Died 23 Nov 1836 at about age 25 in His Majesty's Colonial Hospital, Van Diemen's Land, Australia

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Africans transported from the Caribbean to Australia

Biography

John Thom has African ancestry.

John Thom was a convict after the Third Fleet transported to Van Diemen's Land

John was born in Antigua in the West Indies in 1811. He was of African ancestry. On 1st December 1835 John Thom was tried in Tobago ^[1] and charged with the offence of "rape on a black girl named Nancy." For this crime John was sentenced to 14 years as a convict in Van Diemen's Land. In 1836 John was one of 286 male convicts transported on the Lady Nugent ^{[2] [3]} He departed Sheerness on 14th July 1836, travelled via the Cape and arrived at Van Diemen's Land on on 12th November 1836, a voyage of 121 days.

GAOL REPORT: None

HULK REPORT: Orderly

DESCRIPTION –Police No: Number 997,
Trade: Labourer and Baker,
Height: 5’ 4”,
Age: 25,
Complexion: Black,
Head: Oval,
Hair: Black to grey, woolly,
Whiskers: None, “DEAD”,
Visage: Long,
Forehead: High,
Eyebrows: Black, ,
Eyes: Black,
Nose: Broad,
Mouth: Wide, lips thick,
Chin: Medium long,
Remarks: none. ^[4]

TASMANIAN CONDUCT RECORD can be found: ^[5]

John passed away in 1836 in His Majesty's Colonial Hospital. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Convict Records - John Thom [1]
2. ↑ The Digital Panopticon John Thom, VDL Founders and Survivors Convicts, 1st December 1835, Record ID fasai69873 (https://www.digitalpanopticon.org/life?id=fasai69873). Version 1.2.1, consulted 27th February 2022.
3. ↑ Convict Ship - Lady Nugent (1836) [2]
4. ↑ Government of Tasmania, Online Archives [3]
5. ↑ Tasmanian Government Archives, Image Viewer [4]
6. ↑ Founders and Survivors [5]