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William Freeman was transported on the Amboyna, departing 1st Jul 1821 and arriving 27th Dec 1821 with 4 passengers.
Amboyna was a 232-ton merchant ship built at Rangoon, British Burma in 1807. She made a number of voyages to Australia with cargo from the East Indies and China. A number of military convicts were transported to Australia by her. She was wrecked in the China Seas in 1825. Hobart Town. SHIP NEWS.-On Tuesday Iast arrived the brig Amboyna, Captain Wilson, from the Isle of France, with a general cargo of tea, sugar, spirits, &c. She brings two prisoners who had escaped from the Colonies; two more of the like description having died on the passage. Hobart Town Gazette, 1 Dec 1821. On Thursday arrived from Calcutta, via Mauritius and Hobart Town, the brig Amboyna, Captain Wilson. Her cargo consists of sundries. She left Calcutta the 1st of July; called at the Isle of France, from whence she sailed the 27th October; and sailed from the Derwent the 18th instant. Sydney Gazette, Sat 29 Dec 1821.
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| Primary Source | Colonial Secretary Index. Moreton Bay Convict Record. |
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William Freeman was one of four convicts sent from India to New South Wales around 1821-1822. Colonial Secretary Index. FREEMAN, William. Per "Amboyna", 1822 1821 Jan 1 -Convict sent to Sydney by Indian Government per "Amboyna" (Reel 6051; 4/1749 p.254) 1822 Feb 21 - Convict transported from Calcutta per "Amboyna" (Reel 6018; 4/3521 p.300) 1822 May 20, Aug 6 - On list of prisoners assigned (Fiche 3290; 4/4570D p.39) 1823 Jan 3 - Convict transported from Calcutta per "Amboyna" (Reel 6010; 4/3507 p.289). The other 3 convicts on the same journey on the ship, Amboyna, were: William Powell – died on the journey. Patrick Collins William Honeyman - died on the journey. The Colonial Secretary Index, has this information about the Amboyna: "AMBOYNA" 1820 Apr - Bound for Batavia and Calcutta. Re attested copy of muster roll of (Reel 6018; 4/3521 pp.252-3) 1821 Jan 1- Four convicts sent to Sydney by Indian Government on (Reel 6051; 4/1749 p.254) 1822 Feb 21 - Convicts transported from Calcutta on (Reel 6018; 4/3521 p.300) 1823 Jan 3 - Convicts transported from Calcutta on appeared in a "Clean and Healthy state" (Reel 6010; 4/3507 p.289) Note that the last 3 entries all relate to the same journey. William Freeman as sent to Moreton Bay penal settlement, following a Colonial sentence. Moreton Bay Convict Record: William Freeman, Amboyna, Madras, 9 Oct 1820, 7 yrs. Labourer. Col sent: Gen Sess, Sydney, 20 July 1825, 12 months, discharged. Run 5 Jan 1826. Absconded prisoners. 3. Freeman Wm. Amboyna, from Moreton-bay. Sydney Gazette, 22 Apr 1826.