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Voyage
Transportation
John Ayliff was transported on the Asia 1, departing 5th Nov 1835 and arriving 21st Feb 1836 with 292 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
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 203 (104) |
| 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
"3rd great-grandfather of Alison Maree Purcell"
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Convict Notes
Gloucester Assizes. Transportation for Life. … John Ayliffe and Henry Situs, for stealing horse from John Tombs, at Barrington; ... Gloucestershire Chronicle, 18 April 1835.
John was born in 1799 in Highworth, Wiltshire - baptised 15/8/1799. He was the eldest son of the local blacksmith. His common law wife was Harriet Morse who was almost 20 years his senior. They never married although they had 3 children, Maria born 1820, John born 1822 and George born 1824.(source Wiltshire baptism records) In January 1824 John was convicted of poaching at Devizes Quarter sessions and sentenced to 3 months in prison. (source Wiltshire Family History Society research centre)
John was 36 years old on arrival. He was the father of John Ayliffe (Mount Stuart Elphinstone 1848 to VDL). John was married to Harriet and had 3 children (one of them being the above mentioned. John was 5'6 1/2" tall, dark brown hair and whiskers, hazel eyes, right forefinger crippled, slight scar on right cheek, face freckled, stout. 18/2/1844: TOL 31/10/1846: CP 20/2/1847: Married Elizabeth Riley, (Rajah 1841). She was 23 and he was 46. 11/10/1849: John Jnr. was punished for gross misconduct in eloping with his father’s wife. John Jnr later married Mary Ann Everitt (Sir Robert Sippings 1852). John Jnr was described as a widower on the marriage certificate, however a marriage with Elizabeth Riley has not been found. 19/10/1872: John Senior, not being of sound mind, memory and understanding, but lunatic and distracted, killed himself with a razor.