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Everett Smith was transported on the Royal Admiral, departing 28th Feb 1800 and arriving 20th Nov 1800 with 305 passengers.
The Royal Admiral was built at Lynn in 1828. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Royal Admiral in 1830, 1833, 1835 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1842. 1833 - Ship; Royal Admiral. Commenced fitting as a Convict Transport at Deptford on the 29 March. Surgeon Superintendent [Andrew Henderson] joined on the 3rd April. Guard embarked on the 13th. Sailed on the 17th and anchored in Kingston Barbour near Dublin on the 9th May. 220 convicts embarked on the 16 May 1833 and the ship sailed from Dublin Bay for Sydney on the 4th June and arrived there on the 20 October. Originally embarked with 221 convicts, 5 Died at sea, 1 was Relanded. 11 sick on shore, The convicts were described as 220 such wretchedly debilitated creatures ... Refer to the surgeons journal for full details
Royal Admiral (generic)References
| Primary Source | Ancestry (State Archives, TOL, Series NRS 1166), (State Records Authority of NSW, Colonial Secretary, Reel No. 774, Roll No. 1250) & (Muster, HO10/20). Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 263 (131) |
| 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
Convict Index: aged 18 years (Birth year about 1782) Ticket of Leave dated 18 February 1811 Absolute Pardon dated 31 January 1820, Tried 4 March 1799 1825 Convict Muster: (Birth year about 1795), Employed by Mr. May at Kissing Point Note: first name has a few spellings: Everett, Everitt, Everet
New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856 Petitions To The Governor From Convicts For Mitigations of Sentences Event: Petition of Everett Smith for mitigation of sentence. Event Date: 1821 www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1905/images/32086_228341__0002-00109 —————————————————————————————————————————— To His Excellency Lachlan Macquarie Esqr Captn General & Commander in Chief of the Forces in & over the Territory of New South Wales & its Dependencies &c &c &c The Humble Memorial of Everett Smith Respectfully Sheweth That your Mem[oriali]st was convicted at Hertford and arrived here by Ship Royal Admiral 2nd time Wilson Master 1800 under Transportation for Life. Your Memst begs leave to represent to Your Excellency that he has been in the Colony 19 Years, and has been favoured since Feby 1811 with a Ticket of Leave, that he has employed himself in the Service of Mr Abraham Payne Settler at Kissing Point for these five Years Past. Your Memst supplicates Your Excellency to grant him an Emancipation, or such other Indulgence as Your Excellency is pleased to extend. And you Memst will ever Pray. —— I believe the petitioner to be an industrious, honest and sober man. William Cowper
Everett Smith was tried March 4 1799 at Hertford. He was given a life sentence. Everett arrived in the colony on November 20 1800, transported on the Royal Admiral. Sometime later he formed a liaison with Sarah Edwards, (Convict, Indispensable 1809). The couple had a child Margaret who was born July 29 1810, but died only 8 weeks later, September 22 1810. After this the couple seem to have separated. Everett worked as a labourer for James Squires and then later for Thomas Small at Kissing point. He can be located on the 1811 Muster [Record: 5361], however, no further records are known No trace of further children or a marriage has been traced.