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Transportation
William Allen was transported on the Kitty, departing 31st Dec 1791 and arriving 18th Nov 1792 with 32 passengers.
The 'Kitty' merchant built ship at Sunderland in 1787. In 1790 she carried slaves from the Gold Coast to Jamaica. Then in 1792 she transported convicts and goods from England to New South Wales, Australia. Voyage to Australia: After leaving England in March 1792 she sprung a leak and had to return to Spithead for repairs, departing again in April. 8 of the 10 male prisoners escaped. Only 30 female convicts, 3 died during the voyage. Carried supplies of stores and provisions for the Colony.
Kitty (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 174 |
| 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 |
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Convict Notes
Old Bailey: WILLIAM ALLEN. Theft: theft from a specified place. 7th December 1791 Verdict Guilty Sentence Transportation WILLIAM ALLEN was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 19th of November, thirty pounds weight of lead, value 4 s. the property of Thomas Chorley, affixed to a certain dwelling of his, against the statute. THOMAS CHORLEY sworn. I am a carpenter ; I missed some lead from some houses I had recently built in Union-street, Shadwell ; I missed it first on the 21st; I saw the lead on the following day at the office; I fitted the lead the day after to the place from whence I had lost it; I knew it by the end I worked down, and from the nail-holes; I have no doubt of it being my lead; it had been laid down about two months; the piece weighed about thirty pounds; the piece I describe completely filled up the vacancy. WILLIAM TURNER sworn. I know the prisoner at the bar; I met him at the head of Old Gravel lane, with the lead in a sack, on the 21st of November, about four in the evening; I asked him what he had got there; he said, a bit of blue; that is slang for lead; I do not know whether any examination was taken in writing before the magistrate; he said he had had it seven months: at the public-house he said he had an estate in Hertfordshire; the lead has been kept in the office under my charge; I marked it with a W. WILLIAM DUNCH sworn. I took the lead from the office, and fitted it to the place; the hole does not run right through, it runs upon an angle; I can only swear to one piece of the lead; they were detached pieces of lead, some fitting one house and some another. OLIVER BURTON sworn. I was also present. (Deposes to the same effect.) JOHN FRANCIS sworn. I am a plumber; I have no shadow of doubt but it is the identical lead fitted to Mr. Chorley's house; I have taken a great deal of pains to satisfy myself. Prisoner. I bought five pieces of lead, and gave 18 s. a hundred for the lead; I bought it to send into Hertfordshire, where I was building a little tenement; Turner is only a cadee; he is a thief; he has been in Newgate; he stole beer and pork; he is well known in Newgate. Turner. I was convicted of an assault, and confined in Newgate; it was upon a girl, for striking her; it was not for an attempt to commit a rape. GUILTY. Transported for seven years.
William Allen was one of the ten male convicts who boarded the Kitty. Eight males escaped the next day. William and one other (still looking for his name) arrived in Sydney, November 1792.Convict Indents (Digitised) Index 1788-1801.