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Transportation
Benjamin Pilcher was transported on the Asia 1, departing 4th Feb 1833 and arriving 27th Jun 1833 with 231 passengers.
Built by A Hall & Co at Aberdeen in 1818. A Brig of 536 tons. (Wikipedia) 1830 - Voyage. Asia from Ireland. Female Convict Ship; Stead; Master, Alexander Nesbit M.D. Surgeon Superintendent. Arrived in Sydney Cove 13 Jan 1830. Mustered - 186. Died on Voyage - 3. Disembarked - 1. Total Embarked - 200
Asia 1 (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 11 (7) |
| 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
Benjamin Pilcher was referred to as Benjamin Picker on the National.Archives UK when there was a petition for clemency applied for, for both Benjamin 18, and his co-accused Charles Huckstep 20 – transported for stealing a lamb – Huckstep was also on board the Asia. 1841: TOL Parramatta 120/4/1843: TOL Passport – on the recommendation of the Parramatta Bench. 31/12/1847: CP 1843: Married Mary A. Smith at the Field of Mars, Parramatta. 7 children listed. 31/1/1861 Sydney Morning Herald: Benjamin Pilcher and Mary Pilcher were indicted for stealing a letter containing two ten-pound notes; a second count charged them with feloniously receiving. It appeared in evidence that Gregor M'Gregor, an Innkeeper on the Bathurst Road, gave to the driver of the Bathurst Mail a letter containing the lost money, and addressed to Mr. Waller, of Wynyard-square, Sydney, with directions to register it at Penrith. The coachman, in the usual course, gave the letter with a number of others to the male prisoner (who was an ostler attending the mail at Penrith) and told him to register it : this he did not do. Within two or three days afterwards the female prisoner changed two ten-pound notes at Parramatta. A clerk from Mr. Waller's office proved that no such registered letter had reached his employer from M'Gregor, but he was unable to say that the notes did not reach him. The jury acquitted the prisoners, who were defended by Mr. Roberts. 1866: Benjamin Pilcher working as a driver of a licensed railway passenger vehicle. 14/6/1902 The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate (Parramatta, NSW : Death of Mr. B. Pilcher. Mr. Benjamin Pilcher, an ancient resident of Parramatta, and father of the well known cricketer, died at Hassall-street, Harris Park, on Wednesday, at the ripe old age of 91 years. He was a native of Kent, England, and he leaves a family of four children living (three daughters and one son) four of his children having pre-deceased him. The funeral took place on Thursday, the place of interment being the Western-road Cemetery.