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Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
William Knight was transported on the Mangles, departing 29th Mar 1820 and arriving 7th Aug 1820 with 192 passengers.
ManglesReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 278 |
| 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
William Knight was a baker in London. His trial date was 1 July 1819 Westminster. He was 5' 5" tall, fair skin/ruddy. Brown eyes. By 1828 (1828 Census NSW) he was a shopkeeper in Parramatta with his wife Mary. He married Mary (Levingston) by Banns at St John's Church Parramatta on 8th Sept 1824. Mary had come to the Colony as a free woman on the "Greenock" 1824. Mary died in 1833. William married a second time to Sarah Maria Baxter by Banns at St. Phillips Church Sydney 4 June 1834. By now William was a householder. They had 3 hildren, Jessie b. 1837, Sydney W. b. 1839, Adeliade R. b. 1841. From at least 1844 until his death in 1852, William Knight was a hotelier and the lessee of the Victoria Theatre which was in 325 Castlereagh Street, Sydney; he was co-owner for a period of time of this theatre with Joseph Wyatt the well-known businesman and theatre owner/theatrical producer.