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Transportation
James Elliott was transported on the Hooghley, departing 31st Oct 1827 and arriving 24th Feb 1828 with 100 passengers.
The Hooghley was built in London in 1819. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Hooghley in 1825, 1828, 1831 and 1834. 1831 Voyage - Hooghley. Shipping; Intelligence. ARRIVALS. From Cork, on Tuesday last, whence she sailed the 24th June last, the ship, Hooghley,309 tons, Captain Reeves, with- 184 female prisoners. Surgeon superintendent, James Ellis, Esq. this vessel brings out ten free settlers and 20 children, as steerage passengers. Source; The Sydney Herald. Mon 3 Oct 1831. Page 4. Shipping Intelligence.
Hooghley (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 285 (144) |
| 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
James Elliott was also known as James Ezekiel Elliott. He was indicted as James Elliott and was tried on 12 July 1827 at the Old Bailey in London, for the crime of 'robbing his employer' (stealing, on the 27th of April , 6 yards of striped valentia, value 1l. 16s). Found guilty, he received a sentence of 7 years transportation. He was transported to New South Wales on the Hooghley (2) which left England on 31 October 1827 and arrived at Sydney on 24 February 1828. The convict indent for the Hooghley recorded that James was aged 19 years, single, born at Gravesend [Kent], was Protestant, could read and write, had been employed as 'Mercantile clerk', and his "right knee much injured by scrophula". After arrival, he was sent to Hyde Park Barracks. In the 1828 census he was recorded as James Elliott, Ship of arrival: Hooghley, employed at Engineers Department, in the Parramatta Census District. He received a Ticket of Leave in 1832, for the District of Parramatta. In 1833, because he was a convict, he applied for permission to marry Hannah Lees. Reverend Hill of Sydney applied on their behalf, recording: James Elliott age 25 years, arrived per ship Hooghly (2), Ticket of Leave; Proposed wife: Hannah Lees, age 18 years, Free, Born in the Colony. On 17 December 1833 'James Ezekiel Elliott', age 24 years, Ticket of Leave; occupation Clerk, married Hannah Lees, age 18 years, Born in the Colony, by Banns, with consent of Bride's parents. James signed his name; Hannah marked the register with a cross. Hannah was more likely aged 16; her parents were Thomas Lees (ship Canada 1801) and Amy Staples (ship Glatton 1803). In October 1834 he received his Certificate of Freedom. In 1843 he had the publican's licence for the Edinburgh Castle Hotel, on the corner of Pitt and Bathurst Streets. James Ezekiel Elliott died on 24 December 1864, and was buried on 25 December 1864, burial registered at St Stephen, Newtown, parish of Camperdown, his age recorded as 56, occupation 'agent', abode Bathurst Street. He was buried in Camperdown Cemetery.