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Transportation
Alexander Miller was transported on the Pilot, departing 28th Feb 1817 and arriving 28th Jul 1817 with 120 passengers.
The Pilot was built at Newcastle UK and owned by S.F.Somes (Lloyds Register). 392 tons. 1817 voyage: Sailed to Port Jackson, New South Wales and then on to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). Convicts on this voyage came from throughout Ireland. Capt William Pexton (accompanied by his wife, who kept a journal of the voyage)
Pilot (generic)References
| Primary Source | Tasmanian Records. Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
Alexander Miller indicted for burglary in the dwellinghouse of Peter M'Guire, at Mourne, parish of Kilkeel Tuesday, August, and stealing therefrom, watch, two coats, and several articles belonging his wife. Prisoner was was acquitted of the burglary, but found guilty stealing. ... The Prisoners found guilty during the Assizes were then ordered be brought forward, when the following sentences were pronounced :Alexander Miller, found guilty of stealing in the dwelling-house of Peter Maguire, to be hanged. Dublin Evening Post 27 Aug 1816.
https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON13-1-1p81 List of 30 male prisoners and 50 female prisoners embarked on the Colonial Brig Elizabeth Henrietta, for Hobart Town, Van Diemen’s Land. Extracted from the Indents of the ships Pilot and Canada, Sydney, 11 Aug 1817. Alexander Miller, tried at Down Co, August 1816, Life. Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Alexander Miller, Ship Pilot, 1817, age 22, Tried at Down Co. 1816. Life. Native of Killowen Mtns Down Co. Trade – Butcher. Alexander Miller (27), 5ft. 0in. dark complexion, brown hair, grey eyes, 28 years of age, tried at County Down, 181G, sentence life, arrived in this Colony per Elizabeth Henrietta, May 1820, a butcher, absconded from the service of Thomas Tremble, Pitt Water, about the 14th Sept. 1824. —£2 Reward. Hobart town Gazette, 3 June 1825. A reward of two pounds each is advertised by the Police Magistrate, for the apprehension of the following runaways, viz :- Alexander Miller, Elizabeth Henrietta, Hobart Town Courier, 28 Mar 1829. Alexander Miller. 5 feet 9, brown hair, grey eyes, aged 35, a butcher, tried in the county of Down in August 1816, sentence life per Pilot, to Sydney and Elizabeth Henrietta, native of Ireland, absconded from public works Launceston, in Nov. 1831. Reward £2. Colonial Times 7 Dec 1831. Ticket of Leave Alexander Miller, Pilot and Elizabeth Henrietta. Hobart Town Courier, 30 Sept 1836. Recommended for Conditional Pardon. Alexander Miller, Pilot and Elizabeth Henrietta. The Courier, 1 Dec 1843. Conduct Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-29$init=CON31-1-29p13 Tasmanian Conduct Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-29$init=CON31-1-29p13 and continuation, https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON32-1-1$init=CON32-1-1p313 27. Alexander Miller. Many entries of bad conduct.