Name: | John Allen |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1779 |
Occupation: | Bricklayer |
Date of Death: | - |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 51 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
Crime: | Machine breaking |
Convicted at: | Southampton Special Gaol Delivery |
Sentence term: | 7 years |
Ship: | Eliza |
Departure date: | 2nd February, 1831 |
Arrival date: | 29th May, 1831 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 223 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 5 SHIPS, ELIZA, PROTEUS and OTHERS, SWING RIOTERS to Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) compiler. Geoffrey Sharman, Tasmania. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~austas/proteus.htm |
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 Project. |
greg petersen on 18th February, 2017 wrote:
Description list: No. 426, Height w/out shoes: 5’6¾”
Age: 52, Complexion: Brown, Head: M. S.
Hair: D. Brown, Whiskers: none,
Visage: M. S. Furrowed, Forehead: perpet? wrinkled
Eyebrows: D. Brown, Eyes: Grey,Mouth: M.W,
Chin: M. L.
Remarks: Mid ring to little finger right hand, little finger left hand crooked
Married, 10 children, wife Elizabeth on the parish near native place Andover in Hampshire
transported for “Felonies”
Gaol report: orderly in prison, Hulk report: none
John Allen was one of about 475 Swing Rioters, convicted for ARSON, MACHINE BREAKING, RECEIVING, or RIOTING, transported to Van Diemen’s Land & N.S.W.
Free pardon 3rd Feb. 1836
greg petersen on 18th February, 2017 made the following changes:
date of birth: 1779 (prev. 0000), gender: m, occupation, crime
greg petersen on 19th February, 2017 made the following changes:
source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 5 SHIPS, ELIZA, PROTEUS and OTHERS, SWING RIOTERS to Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) compiler. Geoffrey Sharman, Tasmania. http://www.rootsweb.ancestr
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