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Transportation
Margaret Allen was transported on the Asia 1, departing 10th Sep 1829 and arriving 13th Jan 1830 with 202 passengers.
Built by A Hall & Co at Aberdeen in 1818. A Brig of 536 tons. (Wikipedia) 1830 - Voyage. Asia from Ireland. Female Convict Ship; Stead; Master, Alexander Nesbit M.D. Surgeon Superintendent. Arrived in Sydney Cove 13 Jan 1830. Mustered - 186. Died on Voyage - 3. Disembarked - 1. Total Embarked - 200
Asia 1 (generic)References
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Convict Notes
Absconded. Allen Margaret, Asia, (7), 30, 43, Antrim, all work, 5 feet 2 inches, ruddy and pock-pitted comp., brown hair, brown eyes, from L. Williamson, Esq., since 29th January. NSW Govt Gazette, 4 Feb 1835.
Contributed by Gail Robyn Newman on 21st August 2021. Allen, Margaret. Native Place Antrim. Assigned to John Reddall junior Allen Margaret, Asia, (7), 30, 43, Antrim, all-work, 5 feet 2 inches: ruddy and pock-pitted complexion: brown hair: brown eyes: Absconded from L. Williamson, Esq., since 29th January. Signed 3 February 1835. GGNSW 4 February 1835.; Event Year: 1835 1835 May Margaret Allen, Arrived per ship Asia 7; Original Remarks: L Williamson. York Street. Signed 5 May 1835. NSWGG 6 May 1835 Margaret Allen, Ship of arrival: Asia, at Sydney; 13 Jan 1830; Arrival Status: Convict; Aged: 38 years; Education: Reads; Religion: Roman Catholic; Marriage Status: Single; Born at Antrim [ANT IRL]; Employment: All work, cooks; Crime: House robbery; Tried at Antrim, [ANT IRL], 25 Mar 1829; Trial Sentence: 7 years; Previous convictions 1832 John Jones; Age: 60 years Arrival Status: Came free, Current Status: Free; Proposed wife: Margaret Allen; Age: 40 years Arrived per ship Asia 1 (5); Trial Sentence: Life; Current Status: Bond; Application year: 1832; Clergyman: Hassall; Event Place: Narellan; Editor's Remarks: His arrival not found. COF Margaret Allen, Arrived per Asia 1830; Licence Number: 36/1092; Dated 24 Oct 1836
Belfast Commercial Chronicle, 28 March 1829. Carrickfergus Jail.-The. following is a list of person who were convicted at last Spring. Assizes for this county and have been since forwarded by the Governor ... for .transportation: … Women: Sarah Carlile, Jane Murray, Eliza. Gibson Jane M'CIenchey, Jane M'Gonegal, Elizabeth Kilpatrick, Sarah Friar, Ann Mulholland, Mary Kelly, Margaret Allen, Elizabeth Williams, Charlotte Mortimer, Maria Murray. Belfast News-Letter, 7 July 1829.
County of Antrim assizes. Margaret Allen - for stealing, on 10th Sept. a pair of shoes, a hat, &c. the property of James Graham, Belfast. Mary Graham - On rising about six in the morning of 11th Sept. missed her husband's shoes, hat and other things -they had been left in the kitchen the previous night- saw the things about ten o'clock same morning in the Police-Office - she keeps a lodging-house. John McCluskey, Watchman. On the morning of 11th Sept. found a pair of shoes and a hat with the prisoner-they were under her apron - he took her to the Police-Office- the hat and shoes were afterwards claimed by last witness. Guilty; seven years transportation . Belfast News-Letter, 27 March 1829.
Correction to above. Margaret was tried in 1829.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Margaret Allen, alias Allan, age on arrival, 38, per Asia I (5) 1830, Tried 1792, at Antrim, 7 years, for Robbery house. 2 former convictions. DOB, 1792, Native place, Antrim, Single, sister to Jane Hennessy, arrived per same ship. Catholic, All work cook.