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Transportation
Peter Parkin 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
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 369 (186) |
| 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
The following male convicts left the Castle, on Monday morning, to be delivered on board the Retribution Hulk at Sheerness, up the river Medway, viz.—... Also, John Ommeroyd, John Lund, Peter Parkin, and Joseph Brayshaw, to be severally transported for seven years. York Herald, 17 May 1817. --------------------------------------------------------------- Hulk Record HO-9-7_1 page 28. Sheerness Hulk. Retribution, and Bellerophon. Received from York 12 May 1817. Peter Parkin, age 16, Pt. Larceny, Tried Leeds Qr Sess, 21 Apr 1817, 7 years, Transported 3 July 1817. John Lund, age 17, Pt. Larceny, Tried Leeds Qr Sess, 21 Apr 1817, 7 years, Transported 3 July 1817. -------------------------------------------------------------- also John Lund and Peter Parkin, for stealing a quantity of oranges and wine from the waggon of Thomas Waterhouse, ...-carrier, of this town. Leeds Mercury, 15 March 1817.
NSW Marriage Registers. Ref 88/1829. Peter Perkins and Elizabeth Smith, JA district. (Presbyterian, Sydney, Scots Church) -------------------------------------------------------- Birth Registration. Peter Perkins, Ref 324/1826, Father Peter, Mother, Elizabeth, CJ district (Church of England, Sydney St James) ------------------------------------------------------------ NSW 1828 Census Index. Peter Perkins, age 29, FS, per Larkins, 1817, 7 years, protestant, Nailmaker, Clarence Street, Sydney. George, 4, BC. Peter J. age 3, BC.
Colonial Secretary Index. PERKINS, Peter. Per "Larkins", 1817 1821 Sep 8 Shipwright. On list of all persons victualled from H.M. Magazines (Reel 6016; 4/5781 p.76) 1825 Jul 9 Memorial (Fiche 3149; 4/1843B No.644 pp.1075-8). Reply, 13 Jul (Reel 6015; 4/3515 p.25) ------------------------------------------------------------- Memorial, dated 13 July 1825, From F. Goulburn, Col. Sec. To Peter Perkins, I return to you herewith your memorial, because by a reference to the Gazette of the 20th of last May, you will perceive that all correspondence with the local Government respecting Grants of Land must take place through the Office of the Surveyor General. The Memorial of Peter Perkins. Dated July 9 1825. Most humbly sheweth that your Excellency’s Memorialist is a free subject and has been nearly eight years resident in the Colony, he having arrived in the ship Larkins in the year 1817. That Memorialist wishing to embark in the cultivation of Land as he has a complete knowledge of agriculture and the rearing of cattle and at the same time to make provision for his support in Old age. Memoralist most humbly prays that as he is informed that the is a quantity of unlocated Land to right of the end of the road leading from Sydney to South Head, your Excellency may consider convenient and he for such Indulgence will be in duty Bound Ever Pray, (signed) Peter Perkins. Recommended the Petitioner having declared his intention to reside on such portion of Land as his H.E. the Governor may grant him. (signed) Thos. Macvitie, J.P.