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Voyage
Transportation
William Gill was transported on the Surrey Or Surry, departing 16th Mar 1842 and arriving 11th Aug 1842 with 254 passengers.
Built at Harwich in 1811 a square-rigged transport ship of 443 tons and copper lined she had two decks with a height between decks of 5 ft. 8 ins. In 1818, she had a major refit increasing the decks (and convict carrying capacity) to three. She was owned by the London firm of F. & C.F. Mangles.
Surrey Or Surry (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 36 |
| 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
Tasmanian Conduct Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON33-1-27$init=CON33-1-27p77 No 6485. Aged 49, a protestant, could neither read nor write. Had been imprisoned 2 months for desertion previously. Was a deserter for 10 years. Was married. Native place, Forworth, Wilts. Received Ticket of Leave, 7 July 1846. Convict Indent Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON14-1-13$init=CON14-1-13p264 https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON14-1-13$init=CON14-1-13p265 Previously worked as labourer for Mr Bolton of Swindon. 4 months on the Hulk. 32nd Regt. Wife Olivia at Maidstone.
Robbing the Shire House. William Gill, labourer, was indicted for stealing one hundred and seven pounds weight of lead, value 20s., the property of the inhabitants of the county of Kent, at Boxley. Denny Newman deposed that he discovered that part of the lead covering the ridge of the shire-house on the heath had been stolen. He went to Mr Bonny, butcher of Chatham, and saw the lead which had had been stolen. A constable at Gillingham, named Fox, deposed to seeing the prisoner carrying something in a bag in the High-street, Chatham, and asked him what he had got, when the prisoner stepped up to him and knocked him down senseless. The prisoner was seen by other witnesses to run away and leave the lead. Mr Bonny, a butcher, sometimes afterwards saw him enter the shop of a general dealer, and attempted to take him. He ran out of the dealer’s back door. Bonny, however, pursued and took him. Robert Ford, (foreman to Mr U. Cutbush), plumber, had compared the lead (about 1 cwt) with the place from which it had been taken, and found it to correspond exactly. Transported seven years. South Eastern Gazette, 26 Oct 1841