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David Hitchin was transported on the Lord Lyndoch, departing 30th May 1833 and arriving 18th Oct 1833 with 330 passengers.
1838 Voyage - Lord Lyndoch. Surgeon Superintendence; Doctor Pineo, From the Surgeons Notes; " Total Embarked; 330 Male Convicts. 19 Died on Passage. 8 Died of Scurvy, 11 of Old age and diseases contracted previously to embarked which could not be detected ...... An accident occurred whereby 16 men were dreadfully scolded with boiling tea. many of them from the shoulders down to their knees.. 112 were sent to the Sydney Hospital on arrival "
Lord Lyndoch (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 135 (69) |
| 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
MARRIED. By Special License, by the Rev. Dr. Lang, on the 21st inst., Mr. David Hitchen, of Burrowa, Yass, widower, to Mrs Corcoran, late of Dublin. - The Colonial Observer. 28 Mar 1843.
The year of David's marriage to Anne Corcoran was 1843. NSW BMD. Marriage Ref: 857/1843.
NSW BMD. Marriage Ref: 857. David Hitchen and Anne Corcoran, JA district. (Presbyterian, Sydney, Scots Church) Birth Ref: 1418/1846. Sarah J. Hitchen, parents David and Ann J. IQ district. (Wesleyan Methodist, Co. Argyle; Goulburn; Gunning; Yass )
Convicts.—The following convicts have been removed from York Castle within the last fortnight, to undergo their respective sentences of transportation, as under: … On board the Cumberland Hulk ship, at Chatham— … David Hitchin ... for 7 years; … Halifax Guardian, 1 Dec 1832. National Archives. HO-9-1_5 page 35/44. Cumberland Hulk Records. Received from York 20 November 1832. David Hitchin, age 40, Stealing wearing apparel, Tried Leeds 18 Oct 1832, 7 years, Transported, NSW 24 May 1833.
WEST RIDING MICHAELMAS SESSIONS. SATURDAY, Oct- Concluded from our last. … Transported seven years.— … David Hitchln, (40), and John Barker (22), for stealing at Langfield, near Todmorden, a box, containing a quantity of wearing apparel, the property of Susan Clayton. … Leeds Patriot, 27 Oct 1832.
Ticket of Leave:-19/2/1838 Cert of Freedom:- 7/4/1840 M. 1. Alice Chatburn 2. Ann Corcoran
Convicted on 20/11/1833 of stealing clothing, received on the Prison Hulk 'Cumberland' in Chatham Harbour on 20/11/1833. Transported to Port Jackson NSW. Assigned to Robert Mackay Campbell property at Wingello. Became overseer at the property.