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Voyage
Transportation
John Ellis was transported on the Lady Harewood, departing 24th Mar 1829 and arriving 28th Jul 1829 with 274 passengers.
Lady Harewood (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number H011/7, Page Number 22 |
| 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
FATAL ACCIDENT.-Four Men Drowned. Intelligence has reached us of the most melancholy loss of four men, holding tickets-of-leave, who were drowned in the Swan River, in the Great Swan Port district, about three weeks ago ; the poor men had proceeded in a dingy, and not returning, search was made, when one of them, named JohnFolkard, was discovered jammed between some logs in the river, and quite dead; the names of the others missing are William Evans, Richard Law, and John Ellis, who has left a wife and seven young children totally unprovided for - the others were single men. Colonial Times, 23 June 1848.
Marriage Permissions. https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON45-1-1/CON45-1-1P029 John Ellis, per L. Harewood, and Maria Pugh, per Mermaid, Dates of permissions: 19 Nov 1831, & 28 Nov 1831. Marriage Record: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD36-1-2/RGD36-1-2P41 John Ellis, convict of this parish, bachelor, per Lady Harewood, and Mary Pugh, convict of this parish, spinster, per Mermaid, were married at Hobart Town, 4 June 1832. Baptisms of children Born 1 Sep 1832, bap 21 April 1833, at Hobart Town, James Ellis, son of John Ellis and Maria. Father Blacksmith, Born 7 July 1840, Sarah Ellis, bap 26 July 1840 at Hobart Town, daughter of John and Maria Ellis. Blacksmith.
Conduct Record.https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON31-1-9/CON31-1-9P276 No 222. John Ellis. Tried Stafford, 13 Mar 1828, Life. Tried for House breaking. Single. Several offences listed, including beating his wife. (No mention of his being in the police) See record for details. Conduct Record (continuation): https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON32-1-1/CON32-1-1P185 Description Record: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON23-1-1/CON23-1-1-P128 222. John Ellis, age 21, blacksmith. Born at sea. Tried Stafford Assizes, 13 Mar 1828, Life.
No. 269, Government notice, Colonial Secretary's office, 2d October, 1833. he Lieutenant Governor, with a view to the encouragement of meritorious conduct in convicts, has been pleased to grant tickets of leave to John Ellis, 222, Lady Harewood, and to Thomas May, Marmion, of the field police : to the former for having given information which has led to the capture of Phillips, who preconcerted a robbery on the mail cart at Oatlands, and to the latter for having zealously for several successive weeks, watched until he was enabled to seize the robber in the act of abstracting property from the mail cart, by means of skeleton keys. By his Excellency's command, J. Burnett. Hobart Town Courier, 4 Oct 1833.
CON18-1-12 Image 20 No; 21 year old Height; 5 ft 9 inches Complexion; Dark. Hair; Dark Brown. Eyes; Dark Hazel DEATH UNDER SENTENCE No; 222. Drowne in the Swan River T.L.
Drowned in the Swan River near Swansea, Tasmania.
Was sentenced to death but then it was commuted to life.