Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Abraham Whittaker was transported on the Perseus And Coromandel, departing 31st Dec 1801 and arriving 14th Aug 1802 with 254 passengers.
Perseus And Coromandel (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 309 (154). |
| 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
Abraham Whitaker Arrived in Aus: 1800c per Ship Coromandel; Died: 1820c. recorded on Biographical Detail Forms held by the Society of Australian Genealogists
Colonial Secretary Index. WHITAKER, Abraham. Per "Coromandel", 1802. 1813 Nov 6 Received ticket of leave. To be struck off the victualling list (Reel 6002; 4/3491 p.592) 1814 Feb 20 Contracts for fencing in of Grose Farm; with J Fennyman (Reel 6044; 4/1729 pp.41-4) 1814 Apr 30-Nov 12 Paid from the Police Fund for work done on Grose Farm (Reel 6038; SZ758 pp.488, 515, 555) 1815 Apr 22 Paid from the Police Fund for enclosing Grose Farm (Reel 6038; SZ759 p.92) 1816 Jan 16 On list of persons to receive grants of land in 1816 (Fiche 3266; 9/2652 p.28)
Tried: 13 March 1800 Trade: Cotton Printer as per NSW Certificate of Freedom COF: 31 January 1814
I believe this death date is incorrect. there is no record of Abraham Whittaker dying in that year on NSWBDM, or any near by, Or known by a different name. for example the only Whittaker died in 1844 was an Edward. Given that when his daughter died in 1874 the newspapers said, "daughter of late Abraham Whittaker of King and York Streets, Sydney" It is extremely unlikely he was an Edward Whittaker in 1844.
Abraham lived with Ann Gibbons (Convict, William Pitt, 1806) and had 3 children with her, between 1808 and 1813. Ann already had a child, Benjamin Baker, conceived whilst in gaol and born on the voyage. The relationship between Ann and Abraham must have broken down because she moved on and was with Joseph Smith (Convict, Fortune, 1806) in from about 1814, they married in 1819. Two of the children of Ann and Abraham did survive; Mary Ann Whitaker, married William Davis in 1824. William was the son of William Davis (Convict, Scarborough, 1790) and Amy Burke (Convict, Nile 1801). Elizabeth Whitaker married Robert Woodbridge (Convict, Adamant, 1821) in 1829.
With John Atkinson, Abraham was convicted and sentenced to death at the Nottingham Lent Assizes in March 1800 of uttering forged Bank of England 1 pound notes. The Tuesday following their conviction they almost escaped from the lockup by removing the bars of their cell. Abraham had his sentence commuted to life through the intercession of his friends but his accomplice was hanged a month later on 16th April, even though the consensus of opinion was that Whitaker was the 'principal in the uttering'. He arrived in the colony aboard the 'Coromandel'. He received a ticket of leave in 1813 and a conditional pardon in Jan 1814.