William Allan

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Heather Stevens on 18th May 2020

Marriage 1: 9 June 1821 William Allan married Rachel Ion at Cumwhitton, Cumberland, England. They had children: Ann Allan b.1823 , and Hodgson Allan 1825–1900. Marriage 2:11 November 1826 Marriage to Isabella Backhouse at Aikton, Cumberland, England. They had child: Joseph Allan 1829–1908. 20 February 1838 William Allan age 43, was tried at Cumberland County Assizes, found guilty of forging and uttering a promissory note, and sentenced to transportation 14 years. [County of Cumberland criminal register] 1838 Transported on the 'Lord Lyndoch (3)' which left Woolwich 28 March and Portsmouth 4 April, arrived Sydney 8 August. No stops. 128 cases of scurvy - causing 8 out of the 19 deaths. Surgeon's log and reports exist. Convict Indent has age 43, married, 2 boys & 1 girl, native place Cumberland, labourer, can read and write. Offence: cutting base coin, no former convictions. Description: 5 ft 8 in, ruddy and freckled, brown hair mixed with grey, brown eyes, crown of head bald, breast hairy, mark of a burn back of right wrist, scar back of fore & third finger of right hand, a little lame of right foot from a fracture. His wife and children migrated to Australia some time between 1841 (1841 census) and 1852 when his son Hodgson married. Ticket of Leave 25 Apr 1844 No. 44/1330. Allowed to remain in the District of Penrith. "Per the Gov. Minute on a petition by the inhabitants of Wampool R No 43/10022" 1852 Impounding of a horse from William Allan's Farm, Emu Plains.[Newspaper report Empire, Wednesday 21 January 1852, page 4] 2 March 1852 Certificate of Freedom No 52/26 Sometime in the early 1850s, William Allan took over the mill on the Nepean River originally built by John McHenry in the early 1830s, at Lambridge, between Penrith and Castlereagh. William Allan built the cottage that (in 1912) still overlooked the site of the mill. After William Allan died in 1866 his son Joseph ran the mill until its demolition in 1872, when the machinery was taken to pieces and most of it stacked upon the top bank, where it still remained (in 1912). The 1867 flood affected the course of the river, so that Allan’s mill was further away from the water which was now no longer running as fast as it had before at this spot. [1912 'PEEPS AT THE PAST', The Sun, 13 August, p. 4. (FINAL EXTRA), http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228824771 ] 1854 Report of a theft of a horse from Allan's Mill, Nepean River. [Police Gazette February 1854] 8 Dec 1858 Formation of the Municipality of Penrith. At Rose Inn, Penrith, NSW: It was then moved by Mr Salmon and seconded by Mr William Allen (Penrith Mill). "That the police district of Penrith be formed a municipality in accordance with the Act." [Sydney Morning Herald Saturday 11 December 1858, page 5] Death: 13 Dec 1866 Penrith Mills, near Penrith, NSW: Death Notice: Death 'On the 13th instant, at his residence, Penrith Mills, near Penrith, Mr. WILLIAM ALLAN, aged 70 years.' [Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 18 December 1866, page 1] Burial St Stephens C of E Cemetery, Penrith, NSW