Researchers who have claimed this convict
There are currently 2 researchers who have claimed John Hall
- Researcher (Chris Nilsen)
- Researcher (Charles Bartlett)
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Biographies
John Hall was born c1808 in London, England.
He worked as a labourer and painter.
His father was a Coachmaker at 148 Holborn, London. He had two brothers. One a Coach Trimmer and the other a painter.
He had brown hair and brown eyes and was reported as having large ears and long fingers.
John Hall received his first conviction in 1828:
Fourth Middlesex Jury - before Mr. Common Sergeant.
GEORGE TREEHERNE and JOHN HALL were indicted for stealing, on the 4th of November , 5 books, value 20s. , the goods of Richard Hodgson and Mary Hodgson .
The prisoners received a good character.
TREEHERN - GUILTY . Aged 17.
HALL - GUILTY . Aged 17.
Recommended to Mercy by the Prosecutor
Confined Six Weeks
Then again on 9th December 1830:
JOHN HALL was indicted for stealing, on the 30th of November , 1 handkerchief, value 4s., the goods of Frederick Pridham , from his person.
Prisoner's Defence. I was proceeding from my employer's - I went down to King-street, and the prosecutor asked me to go into the house, where he charged me with picking his pocket - I said it was not true; an officer was sent for, but nothing was found on me.
GUILTY . Aged 20. - Transported for Fourteen Years.
John departed from Plymouth on the ‘Argyle’ on the 18th March 1831 and arrived in Hobart with 244 other convicts on the 5th August.
Convicts records show that John was a member of a Chain Gang for at least two years. After stealing four bottles of wine and absconding from custody on the 10th November 1836, he appears in court on the 28th December. His sentenced was increased by two years and he was ordered to remain in the Chain Gang and put at Hard Labour.
He received a Ticket of Leave on the 9th October 1837, a Conditional Pardon on the 24th May 1841 and a Free Certificate in 1844.
John Hall married Jane Wiggins on the 18th December 1837 in Hobart.
They had nine children, born in Hobart and Launceston.
Jane Wiggins departed from Gravesend, England aboard the 'Strathfieldsaye' and arrived on the on the 16-8-1834 with her mother (Mary Ann Wiggins nee Bishop) and 3 siblings. Her father, James Wiggins, having been transported aboard the same ship as her husband, the 'Argyle' in 1831.
John Hall died 26-4-1864 at Melville St, Hobart.
Submitted by Researcher (Chris Nilsen) on 5 October 2018
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- The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/8, p.49
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