Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Henry Hunt was transported on the Planter, departing 13th Jun 1832 and arriving 15th Oct 1832 with 201 passengers.
Planter (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 348 Heartbreak and Hope, Deference and Defiance on the Yimmang: Tocal’s convicts 1822-1840 Brian Patrick Walsh, B Rur Sc (Hons), BA, M App Sci Ag |
| 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 |
Claims
"Henry Hunt 2nd GG"
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Convict Notes
Henry's AKA Edward original offense was stealing a trunk or Truck, tried on 20th February 1832 in the Surrey Quarter Sessions
When he was 18 Henry was convicted on 20th February 1832 in the Surrey Quarter Sessions for stealing a truck (a two-wheeled barrow for moving heavy objects). He was recorded as being capable of reading, but not writing, a Protestant, single & a hawker by trade. With no prior convictions, he was sentenced to seven years. Some of those years were spent on a farm owned by James Webber, as well as a servant for William Clarke on a property near Port Macquarie. During these years he took a sheep for his own consumption , was charged for sheep stealing in Maitland Court where he rceived a sentence of life on Norfolk. Edward immediatly sent a letter of appral to the colonial secretary appealing his Life sentence on the basis of his youth and that thr sheep was taken for his own consumption, He received a remission of his sentence to 6 years. While on Norfolk he was well behaved and received his telease after 6 years.
On his arrival in Australia, Edward was assigned to James Webber, of Tocal (meaning"plenty" in the local Koori aboriginal language), the position of the property located 13 kms north of Maitland, on the junction of the Paterson River and Webber's creek. When Webber was granted the Tocal land in 1822, there was a new policy to assign most convicts to settlers to save the Government money. Previously most convicts worked in Government gangs and were "o n the stores", indicating that their food and cloths were provided by the Government. James Webber received Tocal on the condition he maintained one convict "off the stores" for every I00 acres, Henry received his Certificate of Freedom on 13th May 1846, No 46/466, His Prisoner no. 32/2211. He Married Sarah Johanna Skelton on 3rd Sept, 1853 • Parish of Rowen, County of Duram,Muswellbrook, NSW Australia
Indent records indicates ‘Henry’ while the 1837 muster indicates ‘Edward’, both records positively identifying the same individual by ship and year of arrival (there was only one Hunt on the Planter in 1832): PSC, Bound Indents, 4/4017 [fiche 683], 93, SRNSW; Convicts in New South Wales 1837, 316.