The Eliza
The Convict Ship Eliza
The Eliza was the first of the ships carrying the Swing Rioters to leave England. She sailed from Portsmouth on the 6th February 1831, on board were 224 male convicts, all of them Swing Rioters and arrived at Hobart Town, Tasmania (or Van Diemen’s Land as it wascalled them) on the 29th May 1831, after a voyage of 112 days.
The Eliza had been built at India in 1806, and this was the third voyage she had made as a convict transport ship. The master on this voyage was John S Groves. Groves made three voyages as master of a transport, two on the Eliza. The Surgeons-Superintendent on this voyage was William Anderson. This was his second voyage in charge of prisoners.
Unfortunately no Surgeon’s Superintendent’s Journal appears to have survived for the 1831 voyage of the Eliza but in the Archives Office of Tasmania there are some letters and documents relating to the Crew and stores carried by the ship, together with a numerical return of the convicts on board.
Numerical Return of Convicts on board the Eliza
(AOTAS - CSO 1/524/11376)
Crew List of the Eliza, 1831
(AOTAS - CSO 1/524/11376)
List of Surplus Stores landed from the Eliza
(AOTAS - CSO 1/524/11376)
List of Surplus Stores landed from the Eliza
(AOTAS - CSO 1/524/11376)
Looking at the List of Surplus Stores, and knowing the number of convicts on board (224), it is possible to guess at the clothes each prisoner was issued with when boarding the Eliza. This would appear to be, 1 Cloth Jacket, 1 Waistcoat, 1 pair of Duck Trousers, 2 Cotton Shirts, 1 Woollen Cap, 1 pair of Men’s Shoes, and 1 Handkerchief (it is recorded that the handkerchiefs were ‘slightly damaged by salt water’ by the end of the voyage).
We also learn that there were 224 pairs of Leg Irons and 42 pairs of Handcuffs on board, and that they were “Used during the Voyage”.
The following list gives the name, age, place & date of trial, and sentence of those on board. Further information on the men from Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, and Wiltshire can be found in the appropriate county book, see Publications, or full details of an individual person can be ordered from www.genfair.co.uk
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NAME |
AGE |
TRIED |
SENTENCE |
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ABERY Thomas |
32 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
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Alexander Joseph |
25 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
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Alexander Matthias |
18 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
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Allen John, 51 |
51 |
Winchester 18 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Amor Shadrach |
21 |
Winchester 18 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Andrews Henry |
23 |
Kent QS 25 November 1830 |
7y |
|
Arney William |
27 |
Winchester 18 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Atkins Joseph |
33 |
Oxford QS 3 January 1831 |
14y |
|
Baker David |
29 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Baker Henry |
36 |
Essex Special GD 6 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Baker William |
27 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
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Ball George |
23 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Ball Robert |
22 |
Gloucester Quarter Sessions 4 January 1831 |
7y |
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Banstone Samuel alias MACEY |
41 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Barrett John |
24 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Barrett Robert |
26 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Barrett Samuel |
30 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Barrow George |
26 |
Kent Special Gaol Delivery 13 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Bartlett David |
24 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Bartlett William |
30 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Bates Daniel |
25 |
Reading 27 December 1830 |
Life |
|
Beale John |
38 |
Kent Special Gaol Delivery 13 December 1830 |
7y |
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Beckingham Richard |
26 |
Winchester 18 December 1830 |
7y |
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Beckley Charles alias GIDDINGS |
20 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Beminster Joseph or BEAMINSTER |
26 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Binstead Arthur |
48 |
Sussex Quarter Sessions 3 January 1831 |
14y |
|
Binstead George |
18 |
Sussex Quarter Sessions 3 January 1831 |
14y |
|
Bishop Thomas |
28 |
Gloucester Quarter Sessions 4 January 1831 |
14y |
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Blake Robert |
25 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Blandford James |
28 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
14y |
|
Boyes John |
50 |
Winchester 18 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Boxall Thomas |
24 |
Sussex Quarter Sessions 3 January 1831 |
14y |
|
Brind Thomas |
38 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Broadway Henry |
33 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Brown Thomas |
19 |
Sussex Special Gaol delivery 18 December 1830 |
Life |
|
Brown William |
33 |
Kent (Dover) Quarter Sessions 21 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Burden James |
36 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Burge Charles |
19 |
Sussex Quarter Sessions 3 January 1831 |
14y |
|
Burt Thomas |
26 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Bushell Stephen |
28 |
Kent (Dover) Quarter Sessions 21 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Bushell William |
17 |
Kent (Dover) Quarter Sessions 21 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Camel Edward |
33 |
Oxford Quarter Sessions 3 January 1831 |
7y |
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Case James alias KASS |
47 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
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Champ David |
21 |
Winchester 18 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Chubb Joseph alias HARVEY |
32 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
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Cole Richard |
37 |
Gloucester Quarter Sessions 4 January 1831 |
7y |
|
Cole William |
46 |
Essex Special Gaol Delivery 6 December 1830 |
7y |
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Collins George |
24 |
Winchester 18 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Collins John |
33 |
Winchester 18 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Cook William |
38 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Cooper James |
29 |
Winchester 18 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Compton Henry |
25 |
Gloucester Quarter Sessions 4 January 1831 |
14y |
|
Cowley Robert |
24 |
Gloucester Quarter Sessions 4 January 1831 |
7y |
|
Crockford Hurlock |
27 |
Sussex Special Gaol Delivery 18 December 1830 |
Life |
|
Cullender Robert |
18 |
Essex Special Gaol Delivery 6 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Curtis William |
28 |
Essex Special Gaol Delivery 6 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Davey George |
28 |
Essex Special Gaol Delivery 6 December 1830 |
14y |
|
Dicketts Henry |
19 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Dorey James |
Sussex Quarter Sessions 3 January 1831 |
7y |
|
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Duke John |
20 |
Winchester 18 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Dunk James |
35 |
Kent Special Gaol Delivery 13 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Dunnett Charles |
44 |
Essex Special Gaol Delivery 6 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Durham William |
22 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Edgeworth James |
26 |
Gloucester Quarter Sessions 4 January 1831 – 7y |
7y |
|
Edgington Joseph |
42 |
Gloucester Quarter Sessions 4 January 1831 – 7y |
7y |
|
Eldridge Henry |
22 |
Gloucester Quarter Sessions 4 January 1831 – 7y |
7y |
|
Elton William, the younger |
23 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Eyres John |
35 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Fielder Arthur |
43 |
Winchester 18 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Fisher Joseph |
22 |
Oxford Quarter Sessions 3 January 1831 |
7y |
|
Foot Thomas |
30 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Ford James |
19 |
Winchester 18 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Fribbens Robert |
23 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Gange Thomas alias John GANGE |
20 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Goble Edward, 41 |
41 |
Sussex Quarter Sessions 3 January 1831 |
14y |
|
Grant James |
31 |
Essex Special Gaol Delivery 6 December 1830 |
14y |
|
Grant John |
25 |
Essex Special Gaol Delivery 6 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Grant Thomas |
29 |
Essex Special Gaol Delivery 6 December 1830 |
14y |
|
Groves Richard |
21 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Hale James |
28 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Harford Samuel |
22 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Hart John |
24 |
Essex Special Gaol Delivery 6 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Hawkins David |
39 |
Reading 27 December 1830 |
Life |
|
Hayhoe Samuel |
34 |
Essex Special Gaol Delivery 6 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Hayter William |
28 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Hayward John |
20 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Heath David |
20 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Heath David |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
|
Heighes Thomas |
28 |
Winchester 18 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Hepburn Thomas alias Winterbourn |
30 |
Kent (Dover) Quarter Sessions 21 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Herrington Henry |
40 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Hibberd William |
44 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Hill William |
25 |
Winchester 18 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Hillier Arthur |
22 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Hillier William |
25 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Hillman William |
30 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Hiscocks John |
23 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Hollands George |
28 |
Kent Special Gaol Delivery 13 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Holmes William |
27 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Holt William |
19 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Hopgood John |
30 |
Winchester 18 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Hotson John |
33 |
Winchester 18 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Houghton Peter |
34 |
Winchester 18 December 1830 |
7y |
|
House James |
23 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Hulks Henry |
23 |
Kent Quarter Sessions 25 November 1830 |
7y |
|
Hunt John |
20 |
Gloucester Quarter Sessions 4 January 1831 |
7y |
|
Hunt Joseph |
20 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Hutchinson Barnabas |
19 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Ingram John |
24 |
Essex Special Gaol Delivery 6 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Jacobs John |
28 |
Oxford Quarter Sessions 3 January 1831 |
7y |
|
Jefferies William |
20 |
Gloucester Quarter Sessions 4 January 1831 |
7y |
|
Jeffries William |
45 |
Essex Special Gaol Delivery 6 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Jenman George |
20 |
Winchester 18 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Jenman William |
21 |
Winchester 18 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Kettle Elias, alias Kiddle |
18 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Kibblewhite William |
20 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Kimmer James, alias Kimber |
18 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Lane Charles |
18 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Lane James |
36 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
14y |
|
Liddiard Joseph |
24 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Light Thomas |
48 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Looker Edward |
19 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Mann Worthy |
22 |
Gloucester Quarter Sessions 4 January 1831 |
7y |
|
Marsh William, or Maish |
25 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Matthews Richard |
21 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Moore George |
22 |
Maidstone Special Assize 13 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Morey Samuel |
19 |
Winchester 18 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Millard Levi |
26 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Mitchell John |
25 |
Gloucester Quarter Sessions 4 January 1831 |
7y |
|
Moon John |
26 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Moon Stephen |
24 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Morgan Abraham |
28 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Mould James, of Hatch |
39 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Mould James, of Tisbury |
23 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Munday William |
38 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Musto Edward |
29 |
Gloucester Quarter Sessions 4 January 1831 |
7y |
|
Newcombe John |
28 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Newman John, |
33 |
Winchester 18 December 1830 |
Life |
|
Norris Francis |
45 |
Reading 27 December 1830 |
Life |
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North Daniel |
28 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
North Samuel |
30 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
North William |
22 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Olden John |
28 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Oliphant Richard |
26 |
Kent (Dover) Quarter Sessions 21 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Overy Thomas |
23 |
Kent (Dover) Quarter Sessions 21 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Pagden John |
18 |
Sussex Special Gaol Delivery 18 December 1830 |
14y |
|
Paice George |
23 |
Winchester 18 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Palmer George |
37 |
Winchester 18 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Pearce John |
20 |
Sussex Quarter Sessions 3 January 1831 |
7y |
|
Perry John |
49 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Pinchin John |
26 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Pinchin Joseph |
45 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Pitman Richard |
29 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Pointer James |
30 |
Kent Special Gaol Delivery 13 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Ponting Christopher |
43 |
Gloucester Quarter Sessions 4 January 1831 |
7y |
|
Poole John |
28 |
Gloucester Quarter Sessions 4 January 1831 |
7y |
|
Porter Thomas |
18 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Potticary Henry |
30 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Pudney John |
27 |
Essex Special Gaol Delivery 6 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Radway William |
31 |
Oxford Quarter Sessions 3 January 1831 |
7y |
|
Ranger David |
30 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Read Thomas |
25 |
Kent Quarter Sessions 25 November 1830 |
Life |
|
Reed Thomas |
23 |
Sussex Special Gaol Delivery 18 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Ring Joseph |
23 |
Oxford Quarter Sessions 3 January 1831 |
7y |
|
Rixon Thomas or Rixen |
45 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Roberts Isaac or Rabbits |
22 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Rogers William, junior |
18 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Rose John |
25 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Seal(e) Samuel |
32 |
Gloucester Quarter Sessions 4 January 1831 |
14y |
|
Seaman John |
45 |
Kent Special Gaol Delivery 13 December 1830 |
Life |
|
Shepherd Charles |
26 |
Winchester 18 December 1830 |
Life |
|
Sheppard Aaron |
40 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Sheppard John |
20 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Ship Thomas |
50 |
Essex Special Gaol Delivery 6 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Sidders William, alias Deverson |
26 |
Kent Quarter Sessions 25 November 1830 |
7y |
|
Silcock John |
27 |
Winchester 18 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Skittrell Charles |
25 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Slade John |
45 |
Winchester 18 December 1830 |
Life |
|
Smith George, alias Ewens (Evans) |
36 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Smith Stephen |
Sussex Quarter Sessions 3 January 1831 |
14y |
|
|
Smith Thomas |
28 |
Gloucester Quarter Sessions 4 January 1831 |
7y |
|
Smith William |
33 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Snook William |
22 |
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Snow William |
26 |
Sussex Quarter Sessions 3 January 1831 |
14y |
|
Spencer William |
21 |
Gloucester Quarter Sessions 4 January 1831 |
7y |
|
Stannard John |
26 |
Kent Quarter Sessions 25 November 1830 |
7y |
|
Steel Edmund |
41 |
Reading 27 December 1830 |
Life |
|
Stevens Joshua |
45 |
Gloucester Quarter Sessions 4 January 1831 |
14y |
|
Stevens Robert |
50 |
Gloucester Quarter Sessions 4 January 1831 |
14y |
|
Stone William |
31 |
Kent Quarter Sessions 25 November 1830 |
7y |
|
Strood Thomas |
21 |
Kent Quarter Sessions 25 November 1830 |
7y |
|
Sydenham Edward |
21 |
Winchester 18 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Thornton Henry |
37 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Tickner John |
59 |
Kent Special Gaol Delivery 13 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Timbrill Benjamin |
25 |
Gloucester Quarter Sessions 4 January 1831 |
7y |
|
Tongs John |
34 |
Winchester 18 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Topp Thomas |
20 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Town James |
33 |
Oxford Quarter Sessions 3 January 1831 |
7y |
|
Townsend George |
26 |
Sussex Quarter Sessions 3 January 1831 |
14y |
|
Triggs John |
24 |
Sussex Quarter Sessions 3 January 1831 |
14y |
|
Venwell Richard |
21 |
Gloucester Quarter Sessions 4 January 1831 |
7y |
|
Vinen Thomas, alias Vining; alias Viney |
19 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Vivash Robert |
22 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Vokings John |
20 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Wadley William |
22 |
Oxford Quarter Sessions 3 January 1831 |
7y |
|
Waters Charles |
24 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Watts William |
24 |
Winchester 18 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Weaving Thomas |
30 |
Gloucester Quarter Sessions 4 January 1831 |
7y |
|
Webb George |
23 |
Winchester 18 December 1830 |
Life |
|
Webb John |
34 |
Essex Special Gaol Delivery 6 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Webb William |
21 |
Winchester 18 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Weeks John |
28 |
Winchester 18 December 1830 |
Life |
|
Wells Thomas |
21 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Welsh George |
34 |
Sussex Quarter Sessions 3 January 1831 |
14y |
|
Wheeler James |
25 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Whitcher William |
26 |
Winchester 18 December 1830 |
7y |
|
White Edmund, |
20 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Whitebread John, alias White; alias Whitehead |
29 |
Winchester 18 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Wild John |
20 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Willoughby Robert |
28 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
|
Witchell William |
40 |
Gloucester Quarter Sessions 4 January 1831 |
7y |
|
Young John |
21 |
Salisbury 27 December 1830 |
7y |
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