Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Edward Allen was transported on the Fortune And Alexander, departing 31st Dec 1805 and arriving 12th Jul 1806 with 309 passengers.
Fortune And Alexander (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 380. State Archives NSW, Indents (Series: NRS 12188; Item: 4/4004; Microfiche: 632). UK Prison Hulk Register (HO9/8) |
| 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 |
Claims
"Edward Allen Mat 1Cx5R Derbyshire England 1783. Son of George Allen 1759 Alice Cantrill 1759."
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Convict Notes
Prison Hulk ship Captivity moored at Portsmouth, aged 17, Received 9 November 1803, Offence: GLy (Grand Larceny), How disposed of: Fortune 9 Jan 1806 Convict Indents: Convicted 24 March 1803 at Warwick, Warwickshire, England, ship Fortune
Edward stole a handkerchief. England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 Name: Edward Allen Age: 18 Estimated birth year: abt 1784 Date of Trial: 28 Oct 1802 Trial Year: 1802 Location of Trial: Middlesex, England Sentence: Transportation Crime: See Image Date of Execution or Release: See Image Source Citation Class: HO 26; Piece: 8; Page: 4 Source Information Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data: Home Office: Criminal Registers, Middlesex and Home Office: Criminal Registers, England and Wales; Records created or inherited by the Home Office, Ministry of Home Security, and related bodies, Series HO 26 and HO 27; The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England. Edward married a fellow convict namely Sarah Cooling on 24 Jan 1814 at St Matthew's Church, Windsor, NSW, Australia. They had at least x7 children together.
Sainty and Johnson; 1828 census of New South Wales: Page 32... [Ref A0292] Allen, Edward,45, FS, Fortune, 1805, 7 years a farmer at Richmond. [Ref A0293] Allen, Sarah, 33, born in the colony. [Ref A0294] Allen, Mary A., 12, born in the colony. [Ref A0293] Allen, Charles, 9, born in the colony. [Ref A0292] Allen, Isaac, 6, born in the colony. [Ref A0292] Allen, Edward, 1, born in the colony.
In the colony, Edward married Sarah Cooling/Cowling 24th January 1814 at Windsor. Sarah was the daughter of Thomas Cowling (Convict, 1792, "Pitt") and Eleanor Mary Bryan (Convict, 1793, "Sugar Cane"). The couple had 7 children between 1816 and 1839. They are listed in the 1814 Muster: [Ref 0279 page 8] Edward Allen, Fortune, Off Stores, Landholder. [Ref 1495 page 35] Sarah Allen, born here, off stores, wife to Edward Allen.