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. |
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