William Burling

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Summary

Born
Unknown
Conviction
Burglary (house breaking)
Departure
Jul 1817
Arrival
Nov 1817
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: William Burling
Gender: Male
Born: Unknown
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Tailor

Crime

Convicted at: Cambridge Gaol Delivery
Sentence term: 99 years

Voyage

Departed: 24th Jul 1817
Ship: Larkins
Arrival: 22nd Nov 1817
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

William Burling was transported on the Larkins, departing 24th Jul 1817 and arriving 22nd Nov 1817 with 250 passengers.

1829 Voyage - Ship; Larkins, Captain Campbell, from Cork the 10th August, with 195 male prisoners. A Surgeon Superintendent, P. Sprout, Esquire. Arrived; 22 December 1829. Recapitulation; Mustered; 196. Died on Voyage; 3. Disembarked; 1. Total; 200

LarkinsLarkins (generic)

References

Primary SourceAustralian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 358
Source DescriptionThis 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 SourceGreat Britain. Home Office
Compiled ByState Library of Queensland
Database SourceBritish convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database

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Convict Notes

Maureen Withey avatar
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on 18th November 2025

NSW Convict Index. William Burling, per Larkins 1817, Ticket of Leave, No 30/471. District, Bringelly/Cooke; Born Wood Ditton; Trade, tailor; Tried, Cambridge GD. Conditional Pardon, 1 April 1839, No 40/036.

Maureen Withey avatar
342
on 18th November 2025

On the same day was committed to the castle, (by F. C. Mortlock, Esq.) William Burling, charged with having, on Christmas Day last, feloniously broken into the dwelling-house of Mr. John Chambers, of Kirtling Cambridge Chronicle, 3 Jan 1817. Cambridgeshire Lent Assizes. William Burling (aged ?,) was indicted for feloniously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of John Chambers, of Kirtling, on Christmas-day last, no person being therein, and stealing therefrom a Newmarket bank-note of Hammond’s Bank, value  25 guineas, sundry other notes of the Newmarket and Cambridge Banks, and of the Bank of England, in the amount of £80, and  upwards, a five and three-penny piece in gold a silver watch one guinea in gold, and the property of the said John Chambers. a farmer at Kirtling. …. Cambridge Chronicle, 28 March 1817. His Lordship has reprieved Henry Bridgewater, Charles Teversham, William Frost, Thomas Howlett, James Howlett, and William Burling; John Scare and John Freeman are left for execution on Saturday the 5th of April next. Cambridge Chronicle, 28 March 1817. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary Index BURLING, William. Per "Larkins", 1817 1817 Dec 2 On lists of convicts disembarked from the "Larkins" and forwarded to Bringelly for distribution (Reel 6005; 4/3497 pp.181, 192)