John Ablett

29/7/1812 Bury and Norwich Post Suffolk, England: SUFFOLK ASSIZES John Ablett, for stealing a horse, the property of Philip Meadows, of Great Bealings. John Ablett was listed as 29 years old on arrival. 1816: Married Ann Roberts (Northampton 1815) - 6 children. 28/10/1818: AP - from his AP - Listed as a Dealer, 5'7½" tall, ruddy complexion, brown hair, brown/hazel eyes, good-looking. Colonial Secretary Papers: ABLETT, John. Per "Earl Spencer", 1813; landholder at Evan 1824 Dec 6,10: Memorials for a ticket of occupation and a grant of land (Fiche 3075; 4/1836A No.2 pp.5-10). Reply, 13 Jan 1825 (Reel 6014; 4/3513 p.252) 1824 Dec 28: Government servant assigned to in the District of Evan (Reel 6063; 4/1785 p.52a) 1825 Jan 20: Settler at the Nepean River. Memorial with Thomas Weyham for a ticket of occupation (Fiche 3118; 4/1840B No.7 pp.51-2). Reply, 28 Apr (Reel 6014; 4/3514 p.183) 1825 Jan 25, Mar 29: Government servants transferred from in the District of Evan (Reel 6063; 4/1785 pp.183a-b) 1825 Mar 9: On list of persons who have received orders for grants of land (Fiche 3266; 9/2652 p.84); on list of lands granted and reserved by Sir Thomas Brisbane (Fiche 3269; 9/2740 p.2) 1825 Apr 6: Enquiry to the Bench of Magistrates at Windsor whether the characters of Ablett and Thomas Weyham entitled them to a ticket of occupation (Reel 6014; 4/3514 p.17). Reply, 9 Apr (Fiche 3118; 4/1840B No.7 p.47) 1825 Apr 26: Signatory to a memorial by magistrates, settlers and stockholders of the District of Evan praying that the common near Castlereagh, recently given to Captain King on a ticket of occupation, be returned to its former purpose (Reel 6017; 4/5782 pp.299-301) 1828 Census: Ablett, John, 37, conditional pardon, Earl Spencer, 1813, life, Protestant, landholder, Evan, 80 acres, 80 acres, cleared, 5 acres cultivated, 4 horses, 12 horned cattle [annotated "died Nov 1831"] Ablett, Ann, 30, free by servitude, Northampton, 1815, Protestant [annotated "died Aug 1832"] Ablett, Maria, 11, born in the colony Ablett, Eliza, 10, born in the colony Ablett, Ann, 7, born in the colony Ablett, John, 3, born in the colony Ablett, James, 2, born in the colony 1831: NSW BDM - V18311824 15/1831 ABLETT JOHN V1831707 157/1831 ABLETT JOHN AGE 42

'John Ablett, charged with having stolen a black poney from the Rev. Mr. Meadows, Bealings, and also two horses from other persons' [The Suffolk Chronicle; or Weekly General Advertiser & County Express. 25 July 1812] In October 1812, he was removed from the County Gaol in Ipswich and received 22 October to the Portland Hulk, Langstone Harbour. [The Suffolk Chronicle; or Weekly General Advertiser & County Express. 31 October 1812, page 4; Ancestry.com UK, Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849] Assigned to Mr Jenkins of Sydney [Sydney Gazette 18 June 1814 reported as absconding from Mr Jenkins] Assigned to William Cox of Windsor [servant to Wm Cox Esq in 1816, 1818, 1820 lists] The book 'First Ten Settlers of Bathurst chosen by Governor Lachlan Macquarie in 1818' by Lee & Richard Steele 2018 has the following information: 'In March 1818 he was one of the first ten settlers to receive a land grant in Bathurst from Governor Macquarie, being Portion 1' 9 Oct 1820 Return of land and stock belonging to the different settlers at Bathurst: John 'Eblett' 50 acres: 50 cleared, 15 acres wheat, 2 of barley, 1/2 pease & beans, 1/2 potatoes, 2 horses, 27 horned cattle, 35 hogs 30 June 1823 Confirmation of land grants at Kelso: John 'Abbott' 82 acres 'John Ablett sold his land to Thomas Hobby early 1823 for 200 Spanish dollars. Hobby later sold to Coates'

Summer Suffolk Assizes, At these Assizes, although there were only 11 prisoners on the Calendar for trial, 8 of them were capitally convicted, and received sentence of death : viz. … and John Ablett, for stealing a horse, the property of Philip Meadows, Great Bealiugs … They were all reprieved. Suffolk Chronicle, 1 Aug 1812.