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William Hooke was transported on the Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann, departing 31st Dec 1790 and arriving 9th Jul 1791 with 1265 passengers.
The Third Fleet consisted of 11 Vessels. Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Gorgon, Mary Ann, Matilda, Queen (from Ireland) Salamander and William and Ann. These vessels were provided by a private company; Camden, Calvert and King to ship convicts to the colony.
Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 125 (64) |
| 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
At Norwich, for the county of Norfolk, six prisoners were capitally convicted, viz, William Hook, the younger, and Richard Turner, (there were ten other indictments against the above for divers burglaries and felonies,) James Banks, the elder, James Waterson, and William Bunnett, all for burglaries; and Robert Barnes, for horse-stealing. The Judge reprieved Barnes, Waterson, and Bunnett ; and left Hook, Turner, and Banks, sen. for execution. Stamford Mercury, 14 Aug 1789.
6/5/1789 Bury and Norwich Post Suffolk, England: FLED FROM JUSTICE On Friday the 1st of May, 1789, WILLIAM HOOKE the younger, and RICHARD TURNER, two old and notorious offenders. Hooke from his father's, at Cranworth, near Shipdham, in Norfolk, about 28 years of age; stout made, 5 feet 10 inches high, light brown hair, smooth faced, walks rather stooping, generally wears a drab coloured coat and waistcoat, and leather breeches, well known on the Norfolk coast as a smuggler, and much noted as a bruiser and wrestler. TURNER, late of Westfield, near East Dereham, aged 34, thin made, about 5 feet 9 inches high, dark brown strait hair, remarkably thin on the fore part of his head, pitted with the small pox, has lost some of his fore teeth, his right thumb put out of the way by fighting, commonly wears a brown coat and waistcoat, and leather breeches, squints very much, frequently lodges at his brother John Turner's, or at the Widow Gowns's at the Maid's Head, East Dereham. These persons are charged with a number of burglaries, shoplifting, fowl stealing, and other offences, which have lately been discovered by some of their accomplices, and supposed receiver, now in custody or on bail. Whoever will apprehend such offenders, so as they be brought to justice and convicted, will receive a handsome Reward of William Yull, of Yaxham, and William Francis, of Brifley, two of the sufferers by their robberies, over and above the Forty Pounds and other Rewards given by act of parliament. 8/8/1789 The Ipswich Journal Suffolk, England: At our assises, which ended yesterday for the county, William Hooke the younger, and Rich. Turner, for burglary in the dwelling-house Mrs. Neale. Richard Turner arrived on the 'Albermarle' 1791. Source: Ancestry - St. John's Parramatta, Burials, 1790-1986. 11/2/1792: William Hook was buried at St. John's Cemetery, Parramatta.