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Voyage
Transportation
Matthew Pennell was transported on the Albion, departing 17th May 1823 and arriving 21st Oct 1823 with 200 passengers.
Albion (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 53 (28) |
| 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
PIRATICAL SEIZURE OF The Government Brig Cyprus, By Convicts, on their way to the Penal Settlement of Macquarie Harbour. We last week mentioned that the Cyprus was on her passage to the Penal Settlement of Macquarie Harbour, conveying 31 prisoners under sentence of transportation to that place ; and having on board a large supply of provisions for the Settlement ; and that the prisoners had mutinied and taken possession of the vessel , and carried her out to sea. … … The following is a list of the prisoners, who captured the Cyprus:— Michael Herring, Robert McGuire, William Templeman, Matthew Pennell, William Watts, James Davis, Samuel Thacker, John Beveridge, Alexander Stevenson, Leslie Ferguson, John Lynch, James Jones, William Swallow (commonly called Walker), Charles Towers, James Cham, Thomas Bryant, John Denner, William Brown. (Colonial Times 4 Sep 1829, p. 3.)
Alphabetical Registers of Male Convicts. (CON23) No; 305 Height; 5 Ft 4 1/2 in Hair; D. Brown Eyes; Brown Age; 17 [1805] Trade; Labourer Trial; Middlesex - 11 Sept 1822 - 7 years Ship; Albion Native Place; Stepney Remarks; Run in the Cyprus Brig. ---------------- Conduct Record;- No; 305 Name; Matthew Pennell Ship; Albion Trial; 11 Sept 1822 - 7 years Transported for "Stealing 2 coats" Goal Report. Been here before and behaved badly Father & Mother at Stepney Noted against name; 1825 - 22 March. Refusing to attend the Musters of Lennon Supt. Road party - 25 Lashes 1825 - 18 April. Absent himself from Church muster & other musters - 25 Lashes 1827 - 3 Jan. Knocking at the Factory wall. Returned to P.B. 1827 - 27 July. Committed for trial for Robbery in the Treasury 1827 - 31 Dec. Committed for trial for stealing from the Treasury £1,000 & upwards in Bank notes & silver 1828 - Jan. Sentence - 7 years 1828 - 9 Aug. Being illegally at large before the expiration of his sentence of 7 years for which he was .... at the Supreme Court. 1829 - 26 Mar. Sentence - Life. 1833 - Convict Muster. Absconded in the Cypress 1854 - Struck off record. --------------