ALLCOTT William

Name William ALLCOTT
Country Of Origin England
Born 1819
Died unknown
Birth/Baptism Bapt. 7 September 1819, St Michael Parish, Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Parents George and Sarah Allcott (formerly Butcherow)
Apprenticeship unknown
Skills Watchmaker
Work Locations No record found working in his trade in Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania)
Marriage/Spouse Mary, Coventry, England (convict record)
Trial 21 March 1842 at Warwick Assizes, Coventry City
25 July 1855, Hobart Town Supreme Court
Sentence 1842: Life sentence for stealing silk from a dwelling house.
1855: Life sentence for forgery, with approved seven years’ probation.
Arrival 24 November 1842, Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) on the convict ship, Emily (1)
Police Number 7298
Convict Assignment
Ticket of Leave
Conditional Pardon 24 June 1862, on the condition it would be forfeited if he didn’t leave the colony within a month.
Other Other skills: Soldier.
1840: Army deserter.

Served part of his first sentence on Maria Island off the east coast of Van Diemen’s Land.

1855: Colonial sentence, transported for life with seven years probation at Port Arthur.

November 1862: Absent from his authorised residence at Port Arthur and punished with nine months hard labour (three months remitted in May 1863).

May 1863: Departure for Sydney aboard the Highlander

Death unknown
References
TAHO: CON33/1/31, CON18/1/34, CON14/1/7, CON28/1/1, AB693/1/1 1855.
Web: Findmypast: Warwickshire Baptism 1819, Army Deserters 1828-1840; British Newspaper Archive, Coventry Herald & Observer 18 March 1842.
Tasmanian Daily News 30 June 1855; Colonial Times 26 July 1855; The Mercury (Hobart) 1 June 1863.