William Allcock

Summary

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Born
Jan 1802
Conviction Desertion
Departure Nov 1827
Arrival
Mar 1828
Death
Jan 1858
Personal Information
Name: William Allcock
Aliases: Alcock
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1802
Death: 9th Jan 1858
Age: 56 years
Occupation: Soldier/labourer
Crime
Crime: Desertion
Convicted at: Ireland. Kildare
Sentence term: 7
Voyage
Departed: 3rd Nov 1827
Ship: Morley
Arrival: 3rd Mar 1828
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

Ship: Morley
Departed: 3rd Nov, 1827
Arrived: 3rd Mar, 1828
Passengers: 173

The "Morley" was built on the Thames, England in 1811. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Morley in 1817, 1818, 1820, 1828 and 1829 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1820 and 1823. 1829 Voyage. 200 Male English Convicts. Commander; Harrison. Richard Lewis; Surgeon Superintendent arrived 2 Dec 1829. All convicts survived the voyage.

Morley

References

Primary Sourcehttp://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/cgi-bin/irish/irish.cgi

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Convict Notes

Contributed by D Wong on 6th May 2020

William Allcock was listed as 26 years old on arrival. Native Place: Staffordshire, Eng. Occupation: Soldier/farm servant. William was single, could read, protestant, 5'10¼" tall, ruddy fair complexion, fair hair, grey eyes, perpendicular scar on left cheek, cut on right forefinger, mole on left cheek. Assigned to John Coghill Esq., Kirkham. 30/7/1834: COF - Listed as Alcock. 22/10/1834: Permission to marry Agnes Paterson (Buffalo 1833) - she was 22 and on bond - William Allcock, aged 34 and free. No registration found. 9/11/1837: Married Catherine McNamara at St. Marys, Sydney. (Catherine died 30/12/1900 at Stanley, Victoria.) 1849: William was a shepherd at Lake George. Death Certificate lists him as a miner. 5 children pre-deceased him. 9/1/1858: William died at Milkmans Flat, Beechworth, Victoria. 1861: Catherine married Thomas Harris.

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D Wong
27th Mar 2023convicted at, term: 7 years, voyage, source: http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/cgi-bin/irish/irish.cgi (prev. ), firstname: William, surname: Allcock, alias1: Alcock, alias2: , alias3: , alias4: , date of birth: 1802, date of death: 9th January, 1858, gen