Agricultural labourers transported to Australia after the 1830s rural riots

Pre-transportation History

371: SEAMAN, John
Born:	about 1785	Died:	1851
Family Relationships:
Group:	Home Counties ( Essex, Herts, Kent, Sussex)
Where tried :	Kent County	Native Place:	Westerham, Kent
Occupation:	Farm labourer
Crime:	Stealing a gun barrel	Sentence:	Life
Prior Offences:	2-Stealing	*Hulk:	1164
Order of Loading:	29	Transport:	Eliza, to Van Diemens Land

Post-transportation History

*Police Number:	S1318
Times charged:	3	Times punished:	2
Granted Ticket of Leave:		Date of Pardon:	06 Apr 1838
Type of Pardon:	Conditional pardon
Post-sentence History:
Marriages:
Place of Death:	Tasmania
Mark Peeling and John Seaman were acquitted of charges relating to the Swing-riots but transported amongst the Swing-rioters after being convicted of other offences.

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Notes:

*Hulk Numbers
Four figure numbers refer to the York Hulk, others, the Leviathan.  No number means either unknown or not held in a hulk
*Police Number
This is shown when known.  In Van Diemens Land the initial letter was the first letter of the convicts surname.

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