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Voyage
Transportation
William Knight was transported on the Glatton, departing 31st Aug 1802 and arriving 11th Mar 1803 with 405 passengers.
Glatton (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 328 |
| 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
Assizes at Winchester. William Knight, George Lomax, and Joseph Atkins (soldiers) for robbing the Bishop's Waltham mail, Morestead-hill, near Winchester; Chester Courant, 28 July 1801.
John Place was the sole survivor of an attempt to escape by four prisoners, all transported on Glatton ship. An article in the Sydney Gazette, 26 June 1803 starts: FATAL EXCURSION. The following melancholy account has been given by John Place, who now lies in a very weak state in Parramatta Hospital, of an attempt made by him and three of his fellow prisoners, to escape from this Colony. John Place declares, that he, John Cox, William Knight, and John Phillips, all late of the Glatton (Prisoners) formed a resolution on the road from Castle?Hill to Hawkesbury, to attempt their escape. They formed this determination in consequence of having heard people say on board the Glatton, and while at work at Castle?Hill, that they could get to China, by which means they would obtain their liberty again; being all married men (excepting one) they were very anxious to return to their families. On the seventh of May (three days after their arrival at Hawkesbury) they left Cornwallis?place, resolved to pass the Mountains, and took with them only their Week’s Ration, which they received on Saturday and consumed on the Wednesday following; after travelling for seventeen days, in hopes of passing the Mountains, and despairing of accomplishing the object on which they set out, they resolved (if possible) to return. … To read the full story: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/625645?searchTerm=John Place