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Transportation
William Billett was transported on the Marquis Of Hastings, departing 19th Aug 1825 and arriving 3rd Jan 1826 with 154 passengers.
Marquis Of Hastings (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 303 (153) |
| 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
ADM 101/50/2 Medical journal of the convict ship Marquis of Hastings for 2 July 1825 to 9 January 1826, which sailed to New South Wales, by G.S. Rutherford, surgeon and superintendent. Folio 5: William Billet, aged 20; disease or hurt, ophthalmia. Taken ill, 22 September 1825 at sea. Discharged 25 September 1825 cured.
On Monday last 14 convicts were removed from the County Gaol of Fisherton Anger to the York Hulk at Gosport, under sentence of transportation, viz. John and William Billett, for horse stealing; Joseph Giles, Richard Hughes, and William Goslet, for burglaries; William Maltman, James Barrett, William Hayward, and George Martin, for breaking open houses in the day-time, no person being therein; and Anthony West, for a highway robbery ; for their respective natural lives.- William Henrys and William Lake, for burglaries, for the respective term of 14 years each; and Wm.Wise, for feloniously stealing wheat; for seven years. Salisbury Journal, 16 May 1825
Also on the Census there are three other Billett entries on page 50.... [Ref B1173] Billett, John, 31, FS, Hindostan, 1821, Sevant to Bax, George St Sydney. [Ref B1174] Billett, George, 32, GS, Sesostris, 1825, Prisoner barracks, Liverpool. [Ref B1175] Billett, Edward, 20, GS, Sesostris, 1825, Prisoner barracks, Liverpool. ... The second two, viz George and Edward are definitely the brothers of William, also sentenced for horse theft, at Wiltshire in 1825. It is reported that the entry here for John is the other brother... BUT this cannot be so! He was transported in 1821, long before they were tried and indeed was sentenced at the Old Bailey. So Although it is recorded he was the 4th brother, it is not so.
Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: Page 50.... [Ref B1172] Billett, William 21, GS, M. Hastings, 1826, life, Protestant, labourer with Robert Henderson at Brisbane Water.
John and William Billett, brothers, were indicted for stealing two mares, the property of Mr. Stokes, a farmer of Easton St. Catherine, near Bath. The prosecutor stated that on Thursday last, he had five horses in his stable, two of which (mares of the value of 15 pounds each) were stolen in the course of the night by some persons who broke open the stable door. The next morning, when in search of the horses on the Barnet Road, he was desired by a gentleman who was driving a gig, and to whom he mentioned the robbery, to go in the direction of Devizes. He did so and on reaching that place, he saw his two mares in the stable of the White Bear Inn. The two prisoners had then been put under confinement, on suspicion of having stolen the horses. John Billett had been in the service of the prosecutor. John Robins, the ostler at the White Bear Inn, provided that the two prisoners came in the Inn between six and seven o’clock on the morning after the robbery, with the two mares; one of then they offered to sell for eight guineas, but the bargain was not completed. The prisoners directed the ostler to cut off their tails. The jury found the prisoners guilty. Mr. Justice Park delayed passing the sentence till he had considered whether the prisoners were not proper persons to make a severe example of. (The Times, 10 March 1825) William was transported to New South Wales aboard the convict ship “Marquis of Hastings ” arriving on the 3 Jan 1826.
William was 21 on arrival. He was assigned to Fred M Hely. 1828: Assigned to R Henderson at Brisbane Waters. 29/6/1830: Absconders List-William Billett, 24, Ploughman, 5'7", blue eyes, brown hair, pale complexion, from R Henderson - Charged with Embezzlement. 1828 Census: William Billett, 21, Government servant M Hastings. 1826 with Robert Henderson. Brother of Edward, John and George.