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Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Samuel Bednall was transported on the Woodford, departing 29th Jul 1826 and arriving 22nd Nov 1826 with 100 passengers.
Woodford (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 39 (21). Tasmanian Archives. |
| 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
Hulk Records. HO-9-9_3 (page 25/55) Portsmouth Hulks Received from Chester, 25 May 1826 Saml. Bednall, alias Saml. Pye, age 21, Burglary, Tried Chester 3 Apr 1826, 14 years, To NSW 26 July 1826.
Escape or Convicts.—Three out of seven convicts under sentence of transportation, who left this city yesterday week, on their way to the hulks, contrived to make their escape off the coach, in passing through some part of Hampshire. One of them, Samuel Bednall, was retaken about 20 miles from Portsmouth; the other two, George Lowndes and William Jones, have as yet connived to remain undiscovered. —Chester Courant, May 30.
Samuel BEDNALL (alias name PYE) was convicted at Chester, England on 3 April 1826 for burglary. Previous offence. 14 yr transportation sentence. Sent to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) per the ship 'Woodford' arriving Nov 1826. Aged 23 yrs; single man; trade - a carter. Colony of VDL: Assignments of work service. 1828 - in a Chain Gang, at Oatlands. 1837: Conditional Pardon approved, no. 1357. 29 June 1846 (or 1848) Free Certificate issued. 14 June 1848: Departure from Launceston, Van Diemen's Land to Melbourne, Victoria per the ship "Shamrock". Free by Servitude, Ship to Colony - "Woodford". (ref. Tas Archives 220/1/1 pg2)