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Christopher Reed was transported on the Pilot, departing 28th Feb 1817 and arriving 28th Jul 1817 with 120 passengers.
The Pilot was built at Newcastle UK and owned by S.F.Somes (Lloyds Register). 392 tons. 1817 voyage: Sailed to Port Jackson, New South Wales and then on to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). Convicts on this voyage came from throughout Ireland. Capt William Pexton (accompanied by his wife, who kept a journal of the voyage)
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Convict Notes
Colonial Secretary Index. READ, Christopher. Per "Pilot", 1817 1817 Aug 11 On list of prisoners embarked per "Elizabeth Henrietta" for Hobart (Reel 6005; 4/3496 p.295) 1821 Apr 28,30 Prisoner arrived from Hobart per "Medway" under sentence of transportation to Newcastle; to be held in Sydney Gaol (Reel 6008; 4/3504 pp.7, 10) 1821 May 24 On list of prisoners transported to Newcastle per "Snapper" (Reel 6008; 4/3504 p.35) 1821 Dec 27 On list of prisoners at Newcastle under sentence from the Criminal Court in Van Diemen's Land (Reel 6008; 4/3504A p.201) 1823 Sep 25 On list of convicts removed from Newcastle to Port Macquarie per "Elizabeth Henrietta" (Reel 6019; 4/3864 pp.426-7)
17/2/1821: Sydney Gazette: This day the Court assembled at ten in the forenoon, and proceeded on the trial of four out of the thirteen convicts who took out of the port of the River Derwent, in the night of the 27th of February 1819, the Young Lachlan schooner, which was afterwards burnet to the water-edge upon an island on the coast of Java, and the four now placed at the bar were brought back to this Colony from India in the ship St Michael. In the first instances the whole of these prisoners were seized and imprisoned in Batavia, where several of them died. Five were returned by that vessel; one was admitted an evidence on the part of Crown against the others; and the four left to be tried were, Daniel Clarke, Samuel O'Hara, Patrick Coulton, and Christopher Read, a youth; Malcolm Campbell was the approver. In this case the prisoners were not, of course, indicted for piracy, as the crime was not committed on the high seas, but on a navigable river within the county. They were, therefore, charged with cutting out, and stealing goods on board, the Young Lachlan schooner, in the Derwent River. All were found guilty and seems that they were all hanged.
Christopher Reed or Read was convicted at Dublin in July 1816. 7yr sentence. Transported to New South Wales on the ship 'Pilot' arriving March 1817 and then onto Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) on the 'Elizabeth & Henrietta' 28/07/1817. Native Place: Dublin Aged 19yrs; Trade - printer; 5'4". Recorded in 1817 & 1818 in Hobart. Died 25/01/1821 (no details given on record)