Researchers who have claimed this convict
There is currently one researcher who has claimed James Monk
- Researcher (Marlene Shepherd)
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Biographies
Van Dieman’s Land Police ID: 726M.
Crime: Housebreaking and Larceny for stealing items of apparel from J. Hipper in Loughton, Essex. Tried with John Lane and Frederick Phipps.
Trial place: Essex England.
Convicted: 10 December 1828.
Sentence: Death, commuted to life. Transported.
Prior conviction / charges: 1) Uttering of a base coin in July 1828. 2) Stealing a deer.
Sentence for previous conviction: 1) Charge dismissed. 2) Six months imprisonment or pay a fine. I can't find a prison record for this so it looks like James paid the fine.
Departed: 31 July 1829 London, England
Arrived: Van Diemen's Land: 20 November 1829.
Convict Ship: Thames.
Native place: Loughton, Essex, England.
Occupation: Labourer, farm labourer. Farmer in Tasmania.
Baptised: 30 October 1808 in Loughton, Essex.
Parents: Father Richard Monk and mother Mary Grubb.
Siblings: Four that I can positively identify, working on the others.
Married: Elizabeth Brown. Daughter of convict Eleanor Brown (ship America). Elizabeth accompanied her mother to Van Diemen's Land. Married Elizabeth in Sorell, Tasmania.
Children: 12-14. Researching these now.
Died: 25 February 1889, Tasmania.
Submitted by Researcher (4695) on 7 May 2016
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James Had Fourteen Children,Female unnamed 1842-1842,Mary Ann 1843-1922,Ellen 1845-1916,William 1846-1873,Hannah 1848-1917,Jane 1850-1906,James 1853-1904,Ann 1855-1913 (My Great GrandMother),Richard1857-1926,Ellinor 1860-1935,
John 1862-1865,Susan 1866-1935,Florence 1868-1915,Joseph 1870-1940
Submitted by Researcher (Marlene Shepherd) on 14 September 2023
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- The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/7, p.128
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