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Transportation
Joseph Checketts was transported on the Albion, departing 29th May 1828 and arriving 3rd Nov 1828 with 192 passengers.
Albion (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 408 |
| 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
Worcester Assizes. Checketts, aged ?8, Elizabeth Williams, aged 20, and Thomas Rook, aged 19, charged with breaking into the house of Robert Holloway, at Tardley. in the night of January 3d. and stealing various articles. Elisabeth Williams acquitted; Checketts and Rook—Death Recorded. The male prisoners were notorious characters, and had been convicted of felonies at Warwick. Worcester Journal, 13 Mar 1828. —Jos. Checketts, Elizabeth Williams, mid Thomas Rook, for breaking open the house of Robert Holloway, at Yardley, and stealing various articles.— Williams acquitted; the others, Death recorded. Oxford University and City Herald, 15 March 1828 Removal of Convicts. —Yesterday, the following convicts were removed from Worcester County Gaol; to Sheerness, to be transported for life ... Joseph Checketts, and Thomas Rook, for a robbery at Yardley : ... Worcester Journal, 1 May 1828 National Archives. Hulk Records HO-9-7_3 (page 7/47) Hulk Records. Retribution Hulk, Sheerness. Received from Worcester, 30 April 1828. Joseph Checketts, age 28, Ho. Breaking, Tried Worcester, 8 March 1828, Life, To NSW 23 May 1828. James Rook, age 19, Ho. Breaking, Tried Worcester, 8 March 1828, Life, To NSW 23 May 1828.
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 Ship: Albion Name; Joseph Checketts. Age; 29. [1799] No; 170 unable to Read or write. Single, Native County; Warwickshire Trade; Umbrella Maker Offence; House Breaking Trial; Worchester - 10 March 1828. Life - 3 previous convictions Height; 5 ft. 36 3/4 Complexion; Ruddy Hair; Brown Eyes; Brown General Remarks; Lost right lower part of right arm - 2 scars on right cheek Additional Remarks; DIED in the hospital at Port Macquarie on the 28th July 1835 ----------------------