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Voyage
Transportation
John Pallet was transported on the Lord Eldon, departing 31st Mar 1817 and arriving 30th Sep 1817 with 220 passengers.
Lord Eldon (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 326 |
| 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
John Pollet managed to escape twice while in England, once while awaiting his trial and then again afterwards. Thursday morning, John Pollet, Wm. Green, Joseph Simpson, Benjamin Little, and Robert Bird, confined in the second and third cells of the gaol in this City, endeavoured to make their escape breaking the hinges of the small door the third cell, and attempting take out a large stone in the wall between the two cells. Morning arrived before they could accomplish their work, and of course, they were detected. Measures have since been taken which will entirely preclude any similar attempt in future. Carlisle Patriot, 22 June 1816. Thursday morning, John Pollett, William Green, Benjamin Little, John Hamilton, Francis McHannah, John O’Neill, and Joseph Bird, all desperate felons under sentence of transportation, broke out of the jail in Carlisle, by knocking down the jailor after he had opened their different cells. Pollett and Bird were afterwards taken behind a hayrick near Blackhill, and conveyed back to prison. The others escaped for the present. Star (London), 10 Dec 1816.
Colonial Secretary Index. PALLET, John. Per "Lord Eldon", 1817. 1825 Aug -Carpenter of Bathurst. Petition for conditional pardon (Fiche 3251; 4/1875 p.175) 1825 Nov 10 - Of Bathurst. Re application for emancipation (Reel 6015; 4/3515 p.567)
19/11/1816 Cumberland Pacquet, and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser Cumberland, England: John Pollett, Sarah Armstrong, William Green, and Margaret Sellears, capitally convicted at Carlisle last assizes of burglary, and forging and uttering base Bank of England notes, have had their sentence commuted to transportation for life. John Pallett was listed as 44 years old on arrival. Birth dates 1772 and 1779 found. Native Place: Lancashire. Occupation: Joiner and cabinetmaker. John was 5'7½" tall, ruddy complexion, black hair, hazel eyes. 1826: Married Sarah Bailey (Brothers) - listed as Bayly on NSW BDM.
Conditional Pardon granted to John Pallett per ship Lord Eldon, 27 May 1828. Source: Sydney Gazette, 23 July 1829
1828 NSW census at Bathurst, as householder, residence Bathurst Plains. John Pollett, age 55, ticket of Leave, Lord Eldon, 1817,Life, carpenter, protestant. Sarah Pollett, 41, Brothers, 1824, 7 years, wife, protestant. Also 4 labourers at same household. John Pollett had signed his name.