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Transportation
John Clark was transported on the Barwell, departing 31st Aug 1797 and arriving 18th May 1798 with 309 passengers.
Barwell (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 236 Leeds Intelligencer, Monday, June 26, 1797; pg. 3] |
| 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
JOHN CLARK, convict, arrived NSW on “Barwell” with LIFE sentence after a trial at York Castle on 11 March 1797 for highway robbery. He was aged only 18 years on the voyage. The Leeds Intelligencer, Monday, March 20, 1797; pg. 3; " LEEDS, March 20th " On Saturday sen’night, the assizes for this county were opened at York, by the Hon Sir Giles Rooke, Knight, one of his Majesty’s Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, before whom the following prisoners have taken their trials, viz; Owen Pendergrass, John Clark, [‘BARWELL”] and William Henderson, [‘BARWELL”] for highway robberies; ..." * mid June 1797 - removed from York Castle to the hulks near Portsmouth. “ Last week were removed from the castle of York the following eight male convicts, to be put on board the hulks at Spithead, Joseph Morton, John Clark, William Henderson, Jonathon Holdsworth, sentenced to be transported for life; George Matthews for fourteen years, William Benson, Edmund Fathy, and Thomas Storr, for seven years, where they are to remain until their respective sentences can be carried into execution.” [ The Leeds Intelligencer, Monday, June 26, 1797; pg. 3] “The hulks at Spithead” which is the eastern area of the Solent between the Portsmouth coast and the Isle of Wight could mean any of the hulks in the Portsmouth area - Portsmouth harbour, Gosport, or Langstone Harbour. During 1797, when john Clark was on the hulks, convicts at Langston Harbour - on hulk “Fortunee” - were employed at Cumberland Fort; convicts on the hulks at Portsmouth Harbour (“Lion” at Gosport, and “Leviathan”, “Laurel” “Captivity” and “Portland” ) were employed at Weevil Lines. At both they were bricklayers, stone masons, & carpenters; and labourers in removing earth, mud and gravel, and forming Glacis ( a bank sloping down from a fort). They could only be employed in fine weather because of the risk of escape in dark foggy weather. [House of Commons Report, convicts in hulks 1797] * 15 Oct 1797 the “Barwell” arrived at Portsmouth to embark the convicts. * 6 November 1797, ” Barwell” departed. * 18 May 1798 “Barwell” arrived Sydney Harbour. LIFE IN NSW: * 1801 Muster - victualling off stores, lives at Kissing Point * 1806 Muster - Ticket of Leave, self employed. * 1813 - Conditional Pardon: 31 Jan 1813; * 1814 Muster - Free, arrived per Barwell, labourer, mustered at Liverpool.