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Transportation
John Burt 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
Larkins (generic)References
| Primary Source | UK Prison Hulk Registers HO9/4. State Records NSW (Reel No. 797, Roll No. 1250). Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 357 (180) |
| 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
Colonial Secretary Index. BIRT, John. Per "Larkins", 1817 1822 Application for ticket of leave (Reel 6026; 4/1715 pp.33-4) Application for ticket of leave: The Humble Petition of John Birt sheweth That your Excellency’s Petitioner was tried in Aylesbury Buckinghamshire March 1816, Sentenced transportation for Life and arrive in the ship Larkin November 1817, Captain Wilkinson. That Petitioner has been in the employ of Benjamin Jamison, Settler near the town of Parramatta for five months was coming from the Nepean on his Master’s business and was attacked by three bush rangers about 12 o’clock at night and wounded near the heart has been the last five weeks in Parramatta Govt. Hospital and is now discharged therefrom. Petitioner humbly implore of your Excellency the indulgence of a Ticket of Leave and Petitioner will as in duty bound for ever pray, Respectfully submitted for his Excellency’s consideration, ... Parramatta 1822. May it please Your Excellency to grant this favour as he is an honest, sober and industrious man and has formerly met with misfortune in my service, Benjamin Jamison.
Aylesbury.— At the Buckinghamshire Assizes the calendar comprised 19 prisoners, who were sentenced as _ under: - R. Lawrence, for sheep stealing, at Grandborough; James Taylor, for a like offence, at Fingest; John Burt, for like offence, at Wavenden; Jas. Baker, for a burglary, at Stoke Poges—Guilty, Death, reprieved. ... Oxford University and City Herald, 22 March 1817.
Prison Hulk ship Justitia, Moored at Woolwich, Received 8 May 1817, Convicted in Aylesbury on 8 March 1817 for Sheep Stealing, aged 22, Transferred 28 June 1817 to NSW for Life Conditional Pardon No. 238 dated 10 July 1834, aged 39, Year of Birth 1795, Trade Laborer, Offence Sheep Stealing
Married Honora Long (Hooghley 3) near Penrith NSW