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Transportation
William Clements was transported on the Indian, departing 30th Jun 1810 and arriving 16th Dec 1810 with 201 passengers.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 14 |
| 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
Tasmanian Convict Conduct Record. https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON31-1-6/CON31-1-6P137 No 394.William Clements, per Indian 1810. Tried Essex July 1809, Life. Conditional Pardon No 1470. 7 Aug 1821
Petition. Port Dalrymple, Van Diemens Land, Launceston, July 18 1820. Petition of William Clements Most humbly and respectfully sheweth that Petitioner was tried at Chelmsford in the year 1809, Transported for Life. Arrived in these Colonies per ship Indian, Barclay Master, in the year 1810. That Petitioner obtained a Ticket of Leave in the year 1813, and has hitherto lawfully employed himself off His Majesty’s Stores. That Petitioner has also conducted himself with propriety, and his Character will bear the strictest scrutiny. That Petitioner humbly supplicates your Excellency to grant him the indulgence of an Emancipation, or as in your Excellency’s pleasure may seem meet. And Petitioner as in duty bound will ever pray. The Petitioner is a hard working and industrious man, 12 years tried, has had a ticket of leave 8 years. Submitted for Emancipation (Signed) ?? (Signed) James Cox, JP.
Sydney. Bench of Magistrates. John Davis, William Clements, and William Kitchener were accused of having forged and attempted to utter a Store Receipt for 23£, falsely purporting to be drawn by Mr. Richard Fitzgerald, Storekeeper at Windsor. Clements, disguised as a settler, tendered it to Mr. R. Jenkins in payment of goods, and Mr. Jenkins, suspecting the fraud, asked him to accompany him as far as Mr. Commissary Broughton's, which he did, and was secured, as he chose to give no further account than that he found it. The two other prisoners were afterwards taken up on suspicion, and confessed their guilt—As they were all prisoners the Bench thought proper to order, that Clements and Davis should receive 100 lashes each, and be kept three years to hard labour wheresoever His EXCELLENCY the GOVERNOR should be pleased to direct : which latter sentence was also pronounced on Kitchener. Sydney Gazette, 30 May 1812. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Shortly after this, William Clements , Kitchener and Davis were all sent to Port Dalrymple. Tasmanian Doc: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON13-1-1/CON13-1-1P29 List of 30 convicts embarked for Port Dalrymple on board His Majestys Brig Lady Nelson, 29 June 1812. per Indian. William Clements, Essex Assizes, 26 July 1809, Life. Remarks: Dangerous William Kitchener, Warwick Assizes, 27 Mar 1809, Life, Pedlar. Remarks: Indifferent.
Colonial Secretary Index. CLEMENTS, William. Per "Indian", 1810 1820 Jul 18 Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3204; 4/1861 p.79)
National Archives. HO 11/2-1. Indents for early Convict Ships. Indian. William Clements, Tried Essex Assizes, 26 July 1809, Life. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Chelmsford Assizes. William Clements and Walter Clements, father and son, were indicted for a burglary in the house of John Burley, at Dagenham, and robbing the house of various articles, of money, &c. The above Prisoners were part of the gang who had robbed several houses, and of whom Cook and Simmons, convicted yesterday, were also a part. Mrs Burley stated, that as she was sitting in her parlour, about five or six o'clock in the evening of the 7th of January, the prisoners burst into the room, and demanded her keys; she gave them to them, and they immediately proceeded to ransack the house, and took away all the notes and money they could find. Shadbolt, an accomplice, the same who was examined yesterday, confirmed her statement, and added, that they first bound a carter, whom they found in the stables.—They were both found Guilty. Star, 1 Aug 1809. -------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Clements, Gale, and Simmons, for house breaking, and Ryan, for the violent assault were also left for execution. General Evening Post, 1 Aug 1809.