John Allen

John Allen, one of 300 convicts transported on the Randolph, 24 April 1849

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	John Allen
Aliases:	none
Gender:	-

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	-
Occupation:	-
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Median life span was 52 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	-
Convicted at:	Middlesex. Clerkenwell Quarter Sessions
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Randolph
Departure date:	24th April, 1849
Arrival date:	20th August, 1849
Place of arrival	Port Phillip [convicts did not disembark at Port Phillip, but were sent on to Sydney]
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 298 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/16, Page Number 30
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.

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D Wong on 6th February, 2018 wrote:

The Sydney Herald reported that some of the men were forwarded to Moreton Bay on 24th August 1849 - The Eagle steamer, 170 tons, Captain Allen for Moreton Bay. Passengers Mr. T. Taylor, Mr. Pinnock, Mr. Aytun, Mr. Moon, Mr. Cooper turner, Mr. Wilson, Mr and Mrs. Handcock, Mr. Gammie, Mr. Balfour, Captain Farmer, twenty three in the steerage, thirty-six convicts ex Randolph and a guard of one serjeant and ten privates of the 11th regiment. (5)

1849: TOL Moreton Bay (Listed on the NSW Gov. records).