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Voyage
Transportation
Samuel Pate 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
Larkins (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 358 |
| 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
At the beginning of the week, a number of prisoners from the working gangs were discovered to have absented themselves, and several boats, the property of private persons, were shortly after missing also; from which latter discovery, a design was conjectured to have been formed by the absentees, to surprise and cut off some vessel or craft. … … Sydney, 1st August, 1818. WHEREAS, several Boats being missing from the Harbour, and the under-mentioned Convicts having absconded, supposed with an intention of taking some Vessel in order to make their Escape from this Colony; all Constables and others are hereby required to Apprehend and lodge in any of the Gaols in this Colony, All or Any of the Prisoners herewith described; viz. … -Town Gang. - S. Pate, shoe-maker, per Larkins, aged 37; native place, Ivy Bride; 5f. 7 ½ in. high; fair ruddy complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes.. … Wm. Hutchinson, Principal Superintendent. (Sydney Gazette 1 Aug 1818, p. 3.)
Exeter, Wednesday March 12. Samuel Pate and John Ellicott for stealing 3 bags, containing about 50 pair of shoes each; and James Melvin for receiving, aiding and abetting Saml. Pate and John Ellicott, in the said burglary; Exeter Flying Post, 13 March 1817.
Tas Records, CON13-1-3P28 A list of eight persons at Van Diemen’s land claiming their Certificates of Freedom, with details of their convictions, and their descriptions taken on their arrival in Sydney Cove. Signed and Dated, Colonial Secretary’s Office, F. Goulburn, Sydney, 9 Feb 1824. Samuel Pate, “Larkins” in 1817, Devon Ass., 19 Mar 1817, sentence, 14 yrs. Trade, shoemaker, age 44, Native place: Ivy Bridge, height 5ft 7 in; hazel eyes, silvery hair and fair ruddy complexion.