Summary
Personal Information
Transportation
Charles Pratt was transported on the Sarah, departing 22nd Aug 1829 and arriving 27th Dec 1829 with 200 passengers.
Sarah (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 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 |
Claims
"Charles is my times great-grandfather."
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Convict Notes
Chelmsford.— Same day, Cordle, James Curdle, Chas. Pratt, and George Turner, (by Wm. St. Julian Arubin, Serjeant Law,) the three former with having feloniously killed and carried away, from the enclosed land of Francis Bayley, Great Parndon one deer, his property, and the latter with receiving the same, knowing it to have been stolen. Charles Pratt, also charged with having stolen three brushes and two pair of shoes, the property of Dr. Matthew Allen, Waltham Holy Cross.— Same day, George Mas, (by same Magistrate, charged with being concerned stealing the aforesaid deer. Essex Herald, 3 March 1829. … Mas, an accomplice, who was admitted evidence, (said) that he, with the two Curdles and Pratt, killed the deer, and took it to Turner’s house, where it was cut up. The prosecutor said that the skin produced was similar to that by the doe which he lost-They were each sentenced to one year’s imprisonment and hard labour, Pratt to transportation for life, and Turner 14 years’ transportation. Essex Herald, 17 Mar 1829.
He was transported for life.
I believe that Charles was born 1 June 1809 at Waltham Abbey, Essex. He was convicted at the Essex Lent Assizes on 20 March 1829 in company of two others for 'killing and carrying away a deer, the property of Francis Bailey Esq, at Great Parndon.