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Jonathan Leek was transported on the Recovery, departing 30th Jul 1819 and arriving 18th Dec 1819 with 189 passengers.
Built 1799 Batavia, 493 tons. 1823 voyage. Also arrived the same morning, (i.e. Thursday last) from Ireland, having sailed from the Cove of Cork on the 5th April, the ship Recovery, Captain Fotherley, with 180 male convicts, in tolerable health : no deaths on the passage. Surgeon Superintendent, Dr. Cunningham, R. N. The guard comprises a detachment of the 1st, or Royals, commanded by Captain Gill, who is accompanied by his Lady. Three free passengers come out by this conveyance, at the expence of the Crown. Sydney Gazette, Thurs 7 Aug 1823. 1835 voyage. Surgeon's general remarks. On 5th October 1835, the Guard embarked at Deptford, consisting of 1 staff, 1 subaltern, 2 sergeants, 1 drummer, 26 rank and file of the 28th Regiment, accompanied by 8 women and 4 children. On the 19th at Spithead we received on board 160 male convicts from the Leviathan and 120 from the York Hulk and in the 30th got under weigh, previous to which, the convicts were discharged to the hulks in consequence of their being a great nuisance on board. Source:The medical and surgical journal of HM convict ship Recovery for 5 October 1835 to 16 March 1836 by Alexander Neill, during which time the said ship was employed in passage to Sydney New South Wales
Recovery (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 195 (99) |
| 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
STAFFORDSHIRE LENT ASSIZES. CALENDAR. At those assizes, which ended Tuesday night, twenty-nine prisoners were capitally convicted, and received sentence of death ; viz, ... John Moreton , John Whitehurst, and Jonathan Leek, for house-breaking at Shelton, and stealing plate, &c. the property of Mrs. Chatterley; ... Mr. Justice Richardson reprieved all the above capital convicts before he left this town, except John Moreton, for Mrs. Chatterley's robbery, who is expected suffer the full penalty the law Saturday the 3rd April. Staffordshire Advertiser, 20 Mar 1819.
In the insert(Sydney Weekend) of the Saturday Telegraph dated 9/4/2022 under History. It has stated Jonathan Leak had his own pottery business in Staffordshire and had tried to sell it many times between 1810 and 1814. In 1819 he was charged with stealing 300 pounds and sent to Sydney. A few years later he received his ticket of leave and was granted 2 parcels of land in Surrey Hills where he sent up his business His wife Mary and 4 children joined him after he received his ToL. His eldest son Lewis brought with him moulds to make jugs and pipes to further the business. A vase believed to be made by him is on exhibition at Old Government House Parramatta
Stafford Assizes. John Moreton, Jonathan Leek, and John Whitehurst, were tried for burglariously breaking into the house of Mrs. Chatterley, Shelton, and stealing plate etc. Manchester Mercury, 30 March 1819. ----------------------------------------------------- Staffordshire Advertiser, 5 June 1819. Twenty convicts, under sentence of transportation, have been removed from our County gaol, to the Hulks at Woolwich ; namely, John Moreton, John Whitehurst, Jonathan Leek,.... -------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary Index. LEAK, Jonathan. Per "Recovery", 1819; potter; of Brickfields. 1821 Dec-1822 Jan - Referred to in papers re charges brought against Major Druitt & in evidence before the Board of Enquiry into the Engineer Department; listed as Lake (Reel 6053; 4/1754 pp.7, 81 & 4/1755 pp.188, 191) 1822 - Application for free passage for two sons. Wife & four other children recently arrived (Reel 6056; 4/1763 p.215) 1822 Jan - On list of witnesses required by Charles Ellis for the Enquiry into the Engineer Department; listed as Lake (Reel 6053; 4/1755 p.201) 1822 Sep 30-1823 Sep 30 - On lists of persons to whom convict mechanics have been assigned; listed as Lake. Includes assignment to himself (Fiche 3296; X53 pp.32, 46, 62, 77) 1823 May - Referred to in Major Druitt's reply to the Board of Enquiry into the Engineer Department; listed as Lake (Reel 6053; 4/1755 p.439) 1823 May 10 - Re grant of land; listed as Lake (Reel 6010; 4/3508 p.277) 1823 Jun 20-Oct 3 - Of Brickfields. On list of persons receiving an assigned convict (Fiche 3290, 4/4570D p.31; Fiche 3291, 4/4570D p.125) 1824 c.Apr, Oct 8 - On lists of defaulters in payment for assigned convict mechanics; listed as Lake (Reel 6061, 4/1778 p.265e; Fiche 3293, 5/3821.1 p.4) 1824 c.Apr, Oct 8 - Potter. Assigned convict mechanic whose master was a defaulter in payment for; appears as Jonathan & Jeremiah Lake. Convict assigned to himself (Reel 6061, 4/1778 p.265e; Fiche 3293, 5/3821.1 p.4) 1825 - Potter & brickmaker, Sydney. To remit the payment for his own services (Reel 6064; 4/1789 p.98) 1825 Mar 1 - In a list of letters referred to Major Ovens (Reel 6014; 4/3513 p.522) 1825 Aug 17-31 - On list of prisoners applying for emancipation (Fiche 3244; 4/1873 pp.1-8) -------------------------------------------------- 1828 NSW Census Index. Jonathan Leak, T.L. Recovery 1819, Life, protestant, Potter, Brickfields. Has 4 horses. Mary Leak, Came free, Mary Ann, 1822. Lewis Leak, came free, Fairfield, 1825. Stephen Leak, came free, Fairfield, 1825. Ann Leak, Came free, Fairfield 1825 Elijah Leak, came free, Fairfield, 1825. Kitty Leak, came free, Fairfield, 1825. Children of Jonathan Leak, Brickfields. This record does not give full details of ages, etc, and it is not clear which children travelled with their mother on Mary Ann, and which two came by Fairfield in 1825. --------------------------------------------------------- Surgeon’s Journal, Mary Ann. 27 Jan. 1822. Mrs Leake. This woman is labouring under great debility and depression of spirits, the consequence of sea sickness and imaginary fears: her bowels are very torpid, & she has not had a motion for above a week; she now feels great uneasiness in the belly. She has long been on the Hospital diet: pulse small. (She is also referred to as Mrs Lake. - treated and recovered). Source: https://www.femaleconvicts.org.au/docs/ships/SurgeonsJournal_MaryAnn_1822.pdf -------------------------------------------------- Sydney Gazette, 23 Jul 1829. CONDITIONAL PARDONS respectively dated 27th May, 1828, and granted to the undermentioned Individuals, viz. Jonathan Leek, per Ship Recovery (1).