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Voyage
Transportation
Thomas Allcock was transported on the Portland, departing 19th Nov 1831 and arriving 26th Mar 1832 with 178 passengers.
The 'Portland' ship was built at Bristol, England in 1822, 385 tons. The 'Portland' transported convicted from Britain to Australia in 1832 & 1833. The 1833 voyage came direct from Cork, Ireland therefore all of the passengers are not yet listed on this web site.
Portland (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 227 (116) |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
Highway Robbery.- Thomas AIcock, aged 21, and Thomas Abray, aged 20, were placed at the bar charged on tlte oath of Wm. Hobbins, of Hilborough, with having stolen f rom his person two sovereigns, a half crown, three shillings, and some half-pence.—The prosecutor stated that he is an out-pensioner of Chelsea, and on the 26th of April he went to Swaffham to receive his pension ; about nine o'clock in the Evening, he was waylaid and attacked by two Men, -Allcock and—Abray, and robbed of his money. The offenders have since been taken and committed to Swaffham Bridewell, for trial at the Midsummer Sessions. Norfolk Chronicle, 16 April 1831.
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842. Thomas Allcock No; 755 - 123 Age; 22 Est birth Year; 1810 Unable to Read & Write, Widow Religion: Protestant Native Place: ? Calling; Shoemaker (Complete) Date of Trial: Norwich 23 July 1831 Offence; Highway Robbery Sentence; Life Height; 5 ft 4 inches Complexion: Sallow Hair: Brown Eyes; Chestnut Remarks: Man & Woman 1831 on lower right arm. Noted against his name; Died at Hospital Liverpool 2 August 1836 ------------------- Sydney, Australia, Anglican Parish Registers, 1814-2011 No; 613 Abode; Liverpool Hospital Age: 23 Birth Date: abt 1812 Burial Date: 3 Aug 1836 Burial Place: St Luke's Liverpool, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Ship; Portland Quality or Profession; Prisoner of the crown By whom the Ceremony was preformed; Robert Cartwright