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William Dowsett was transported on the Larkins, departing 24th Jul 1817 and arriving 22nd Nov 1817 with 250 passengers.
1829 Voyage - Ship; Larkins, Captain Campbell, from Cork the 10th August, with 195 male prisoners. A Surgeon Superintendent, P. Sprout, Esquire. Arrived; 22 December 1829. Recapitulation; Mustered; 196. Died on Voyage; 3. Disembarked; 1. Total; 200
Larkins (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 359 (181) |
| 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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Hulk Record – HO-9-7_1 (page 28/47.) (either Retribution or Bellerophon) Received from Chelmsford, 14 May 1817. William Clark, age 21, Capital Respite, Tried Chelmsford 10 March 1817, Life, Transp 3 July 1817.
Wm. Dowsett, for committing divers felonies at Birdbrooke; Suffolk Chronicle, 22 Mar 1817. ---------------------------------------------------- Escape from Prison.—Eleven prisoners, named Joseph Wilson, William Porter, Abraham Balls. William Clarke, Henry Clarke, Edward Webber, William Dowsett, Solomon Cornwell, John Hunt, John Daffy, and John Remnant, all of whom received sentence of death, at the last Essex Assizes, hut, through the clemency of the Judge, were reprieved, made their escape from Chelmsford Gaol, about one o’clock Tuesday morning last. It appears they got into the sewer, from the privy of their cell, in which they proceeded a short distance, and by excavating the earth about two feet from above the sewer, they were enabled to ascend into the press-yard, near where the gallows is erected; from thence, by the assistance of some pieces of rope, which were in the yard where the rope manufactory carried on, they got over into the garden the prison: from the wall of which they descended, by a line they found, and fixed it round one the trees in the garden. alarm was given about half hour after they had made their escape, by one of the prisoners, who had objected accompany them : when Mr. Cawkwell, the governor, immediately dispatched messengers every direction, which has been the means of arresting several of them in their flight.— Webber and the two Clarkes were brought in the same evening from Good Easter, where they were discovered secreted under some haulm, in field. Hunt and Remnant were retaken Chadwell Heath, by one of the patrole, about twelve o'clock Tuesday night; and Cornwall and Dowsett were brought in on Wednesday night, from Stock, where they were found secreted in a stack of straw. The remaining tour have hitherto eluded the vigilance their pursuers. The whole of the seven, retaken, have been received at the gaol with their irons on. Suffolk Chronicle, 12 April 1817.
Tried 10 March 1817. Native Place: Essex. Occupation: Labourer. Age: 21 years. Height: 5 ft 6 in. Complex: Dark Sallow. Hair: Brown. Eyes: Hazel. Ticket of Leave: 2530. Source: James McClelland's 'Convict, Pioneer and Immigrant Series of Australia Bok 38, Jan-Jun 1817.