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Voyage
Transportation
Abraham Hood was transported on the Lord Hungerford, departing 30th Jun 1821 and arriving 26th Dec 1821 with 228 passengers.
Lord Hungerford (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 61 (32). Tasmanian Archives |
| 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
Abraham HOOD was convicted at Edinburgh, Scotland on 17 May 1819 for horse stealing, although no confession. Gaol report: "bad". 14 yr transportation sentence. Hulk report: "well behaved". Sent to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) per the ship 'Lord Hungerford' arriving there 1821. Colony of VDL: Assigned to work service Several records of misconduct and punishments 1823: Embezzling money from his Master. 50 lashes 1823: Abscond from Port Dalrymple (George Town). 50 lashes 1825:Abscond from Launceston. 50 lashes 1826: Sent to Maria Island (east coast of VDL) 1831: Sent to Port Arthur Penal Settlement 1833: Ticket of Leave granted Free by servitude 1834: Application for permission to marry - Abraham HOOD to Elizabeth PARKER (per Princess Charlotte). Does not appear to have proceeded. 9 Feb 1835: Marriage - Abraham HOOD, widower to Elizabeth MUNDAY, spinster, married at church, Hobart Town. (ref. TA 36/1/2 no. 2720) 1835: named as a baker, in Hobart. 11 Aug 1835: newspaper report - "Abraham Hood was charged by his wife with beating and otherwise assaulting her. As she swore her life was in danger from some harm that she feared he would do unto her, he was ordered to find sureties." Newspaper report: 10 Dec 1836 - "MURDER.—Private accounts from Sydney, state that a baker, named Abraham Hood, a native of Scotland, who recently resided in Liverpool-street, Hobart Town, had been executed in Sydney for the murder of his wife, a young woman, who came out in the Strathfieldsay, of the name of Elizabeth Monday. It is said, they lived most unhappily together in this Colony, and that from this fact may be attributed the direful affair."
Born 1792, Parknook, Liberton, Midlothian, Scotland. Parents James Hood/Jean Bennet. Married 1816 to Elizabeth Stevenson, Edinburgh. Occupation Baker. Convicted of Horse Stealing. [see http://www.hoodfamily.info/chart/DH002chart1to4.html#i338]