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Transportation
John Reynolds was transported on the Royal Admiral, departing 27th Sep 1834 and arriving 22nd Jan 1835 with 48 passengers.
The Royal Admiral was built at Lynn in 1828. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Royal Admiral in 1830, 1833, 1835 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1842. 1833 - Ship; Royal Admiral. Commenced fitting as a Convict Transport at Deptford on the 29 March. Surgeon Superintendent [Andrew Henderson] joined on the 3rd April. Guard embarked on the 13th. Sailed on the 17th and anchored in Kingston Barbour near Dublin on the 9th May. 220 convicts embarked on the 16 May 1833 and the ship sailed from Dublin Bay for Sydney on the 4th June and arrived there on the 20 October. Originally embarked with 221 convicts, 5 Died at sea, 1 was Relanded. 11 sick on shore, The convicts were described as 220 such wretchedly debilitated creatures ... Refer to the surgeons journal for full details
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Convict Notes
It would appear upon arrival he was assigned to the Rev. John Vincent of All Saints Church Sutton Forest as a sexton. On 7 December 1835John Vincent was robbed at his rectory at Sutton Forest by unknown bushrangers. Reynolds managed to escape and alerted a neighbour to the robbery. The neighbour sent an armed man to the Recory at which time a gunfight took place in which a bushranger was shot. On 1 January 1841 he was recommended for a pardon by Charles Throsby JP; G Bowen; John Atkinson; J H Wiggins