Edward Lack

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Summary

Born
Jan 1776
Conviction
Theft - larceny
Departure
Jul 1817
Arrival
Nov 1817
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: Edward Lack
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1776
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown

Crime

Convicted at: Cambridge, Isle of Ely Session of Peace Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 24th Jul 1817
Ship: Larkins
Arrival: 22nd Nov 1817
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

Edward Lack was transported on the Larkins, departing 24th Jul 1817 and arriving 22nd Nov 1817 with 250 passengers.

1829 Voyage - Ship; Larkins, Captain Campbell, from Cork the 10th August, with 195 male prisoners. A Surgeon Superintendent, P. Sprout, Esquire. Arrived; 22 December 1829. Recapitulation; Mustered; 196. Died on Voyage; 3. Disembarked; 1. Total; 200

LarkinsLarkins (generic)

References

Primary SourceAustralian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 357 (180)
Source DescriptionThis 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 SourceGreat Britain. Home Office
Compiled ByState Library of Queensland
Database SourceBritish convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database

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Convict Notes

Maureen Withey avatar
343
on 22nd November 2025

1819 Mar 1,4. Re permission to marry at Parramatta. Edward Lack, prisoner per Larkins, and Jane Taylor, prisoner per Maria.

Maureen Withey avatar
343
on 22nd November 2025

Colonial Secretary Index. LACK, Edward. Per "Larkins", 1817 1819 Mar 1,4 Re permission to marry at Parramatta (Reel 6006; 4/3500 p.5) 1821 Nov 30 Recommended for mitigation of sentence (Reel 6052; 4/1751 pp.50-2) 1822 Jan 22, Jul 9 Carpenter at Parramatta. Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3221; 4/1866 p.42) NSW BMD Marriage Ref: 2331/1819. Edward Lack and Jane Taylor. CB district. (Church of England, Parramatta, St John’s)

Maureen Withey avatar
343
on 22nd November 2025

Ely Assizes. Edward Lack was indicted for having, on the 27:h of December last, feloniously stolen a quantity of carpenter’s tools, the property of  Thomas Wallis, of Witchford, The said Thomas Wallis stated, that having missed a quantity of his tools and suspecting the prisoner to have stolen them, he went to March in search of him, and found him at the Carpenter’s  Arms, where saw the tools that he had lost; that he asked the landlord how they came there, when he informed him, they belonged to the prisoner, and that the prisoner said bought them two o'clock that morning, at Witchford. This witness identified a saw found in the  prisoner's tool basket, as his property. The jury found the prisoner Guilty of stealing under the value of one shilling. To be transported for seven years. Cambridge Chronicle, 14 Feb 1817. Hulk Records. HO-9-4_2 page 20/49 Woolwich Hulks, (Prudentia, Retribution and Justitia) Received 22 Mar 1817. Edward Lack, age 41, Stealing divers goods and chattels, Tried Isle of Ely Qr. Sessions, 10 Feb 1817, NSW 7 years, Transported 28 June 1817

Peter Taylor avatar
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on 14th April 2013

Married Jane Taylor