Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
William Hall was transported on the Dromedary, departing 11th Sep 1819 and arriving 10th Jan 1820 with 371 passengers.
Dromedary (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 203 (103) |
| 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
OCCUPATION: Farm labourer (New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849; Tasmania; List of convicts (incomplete); 1817-1821)). --00--
PARDONS: 24 December, 1835: William Hall received a Conditional Pardon #787. 17 November, 1848: His Conditional Pardon was "extended to all Colonies" (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-18$init=CON31-1-18p62). --0--
MARRIAGE: 31 October and December 1832: Sarah Leggatt per Providence (7 years for larceny) and William Hall per Dromedary applied for and received permission to marry (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON45-1-1). 14 January, 1833: The couple married at Sorell — William Hall, bachelor of Pitt Water and Sarah Leggatt, spinster of Kangaroo Point. Service performed by James Norman; witnesses Edward Garth of Sandy Bay and Elizabeth Reardon of Green Hills (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD36-1-2p108j2k). See Sarah's bio at https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/leggatt/sarah/75407. --0--
IN VDL: On arrival in VDL, William Hall was listed as convict #173; convicted 1819; sentenced to life. These are the only details on his VDL Conduct record, other than the dates of his Conditional Pardon and its extension (as below) (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-18$init=CON31-1-18p62). --0--
TRANSPORTATION: 25 August, 1819: Sent from the Leviathan to board the convict ship for transportation to NSW. Of the 370 men who went aboard the Dromedary, 1 was re-landed, 22 were landed in NSW and 347 were landed in VDL (http://foundersandsurvivors.org/pubsearch/convict/chain/c31a31180173). --0--
JAIL: 28 May, 1819: Received from Exeter aboard the Leviathan prison hulk at Portsmouth, William Hall was prisoner #4342, sentenced to transportation for life (UK, Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849 for William Hall; Leviathan; Register; 1801-1836). --0--
TRIAL: 15 March, 1819: Convicted at the Lent Assizes, County of Devon, and sentenced to death for cattle stealing; commuted to transportation for life (England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 for William Hall; England; Devon; 1819). --0--