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Transportation
William Parsons was transported on the Royal Admiral, departing 1st Jul 1830 and arriving 8th Nov 1830 with 194 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
Royal Admiral (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 424 |
| 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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NSW BMD Marriage Reg: 353/1846. William Parsons and Elizabeth Woollcock, MC district. (Church of England, Bungonia; Goulburn; St Saviour's (Co. Argyle); Goulburn Plains; Lake Bathurst; Marulan )
NSW Convict Index. William Parsons, per Royal Admiral, 1830, Ticket of Leave, No 39/1944. District: Goulburn; Tried Chester SPP. William Parsons, per Royal Admiral, 1830, Certificate of freedom, 6 Jun 1844, No 44/0863. TL 39/1944. NSW BMD Marriage Reg: 353/1846. William Parsons and Elizabeth Woollcock, MC district. (Church of England, Bungonia; Goulburn; St Saviour's (Co. Argyle); Goulburn Plains; Lake Bathurst; Marulan )
SHEEP STEALING. William Parsons - ... an indictment for a sheep, the property of Mr. Ulmson. The prosecutor in this case is also a farmer, residing at Kinderton. On afternoon of the 27th November, he drove a number of sheep into one of his fields  to pasture. there was an old wether, ear marked, amongst them.  Between ten and eleven o'clock the next day he went to the field with his frothier, who pulled the …. of a sheep with the head on out of a brook that ran through it. They were the head and skin of the old wether. The prisoner had also confessed his participation with his uncle, William Hughes, and another person named Samuel Taylor, in this robbery, to the constable when apprehended. The jury found him guilty.—Hughes was not tried on this indictment.—Death recorded. Macclesfield Courier, 24 April 1830. National archives. Criminal Petitions. Ref: HO 17/98/163. Date: April 1830. Prisoner name: William Parsons. Prisoner details: Former worker in silk factory. Court and date of trial: Chester Spring Quarter Sessions [Cheshire], 1830. Crime: Sheep stealing. Initial sentence: [Death], commuted to 14 years transportation. Annotated: Nil. Petitioner(s): John Johnson, silk manufacturer of Congleton [Cheshire], the prisoner's former employer, undersigned by six people of Buglawton and Congleton, testifying to his previous good character and his weak intellect. Grounds for clemency: The prisoner was unemployed due to extreme depression in silk trade and was starving and in great distress; he is of weak intellect and has been the dupe of bad relations, especially his uncle; the petitioner would employ him again. Leviathan Hulk Records. HO-9-8_6 page Arrived from Chester, 17 June 1830. Wm Parsons, age 16, Sheep stealing, Tried 10 April 1830, Chester, 14 years. To NSW 26 June 1830, R. Admiral.
Married another convict Elizabeth Woolcock b;1817 Transported on the Royal Admiral Dep: 1 July 1830 Arr: 1 March 1831. Permission to Marry granted 16 Jan 1844.