Ship:
General Hewitt 1814
Details:
Formerly stockman to J. Connell of Pitt St. Charged with highway robbery. 5'10", stout, red hair, long visage, freckled, Native of Dublin. Absconded
Ship:
General Hewitt 1814
Details:
On list of prisoners to be sent to Newcastle per 'Lady Nelson'
Ship:
General Hewitt 1814
Source:
Convict Indents (Ancestry)
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Labourer from Hereford. Tried at Devon Assizes 17 March 1813 and sentenced to transportation for Life
Ship:
General Hewitt 1814
Source:
Selected Reports from the Salisbury and Winchester Journal (Online)
Details:
The Assizes for the county of Devon closed on Thursday sennight. The following prisoners were capitally convicted and received sentence of death, viz :- John Davey, for stealing eight ewe sheep from J.Hambly; Philip Lampey, for stealing a bay gelding from Priscilla Davey; Nicholas Knight, for stealing seven watches; Francis Sandoe, for stealing 35 guineas and 2 in silver; John Jones, for stealing 48 yards of cloth; Robert Slater, for stealing a watch; Sarah Mitchell, for stealing a watch, etc.; John Tiddy, for stealing 14 yards of kerseymere, 52 yards of nankeen, etc.; Richard Blackstone, for stealing a quantity of wearing apparel; and Susanna May, alias Wakeham, for stealing a remnant of cotton. They were all reprieved before the Judge left town.
Ship:
General Hewitt 1814
Place:
Perseus Hulk, Portsmouth
Source:
UK Prison Hulk Register
Details:
Nicholas Knight, age 22. Tried at Exeter 17 March 1813. Sentenced to transportation for life. One of ten prisoners received on to the Perseus hulk from Exeter on 14 May 1813
Ship:
General Hewitt 1814
Place:
Perseus Hulk, Portsmouth
Source:
UK Prison Hulk Registers
Details:
Philip Lampey, age 23. Tried at Exeter 17 March 1813. Sentenced to 14 years transportation. Received on board the Perseus hulk from Exeter on 14 May 1813
Ship:
General Hewitt 1814
Place:
Newcastle district
Source:
Ancestry.com. New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. Class: HO 10; Piece: 19
Details:
Assigned to Mr. Evans in the district of Newcastle
Surname:
Lampey (Lamprey)
Ship:
General Hewitt 1814
Details:
Granted Certificate of Freedom
Surname:
Lampney (Lamprey)
First Name:
Philip (Phillip)
Ship:
General Hewitt 1814
Details:
Tried at Devon Lent Assizes March 1813. Local Newspaper report giving detail of offence
Surname:
Lamprey (Lampey)
Ship:
General Hewitt 1814
Source:
Application to marry
Details:
41 yrs of age. Free. Application to marry Mary Montgomery
Ship:
General Hewitt 1814
Source:
Discover Collections. State Library of NSW
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Joseph Lycett was born in Staffordshire in around 1774 and worked as a professional portrait and miniature painter. Like fellow convict, Francis Greenway, Lycett was convicted of forgery and transported to Australia for a term of fourteen years. In 1815, a year after he arrived in Sydney, he was again convicted of forging bank notes. As punishment, Lycett was sent to the secondary penal colony of Newcastle where he began work as a legitimate artist and designer. In Newcastle, Lycett attracted the patronage of the commandant, Major James Wallis, who had also commanded the General Hewitt the ship on which Lycett was transported. Under Wallis, Lycett was involved in designing Christ Church, Newcastle, and painting its altar piece. The influence of Major Wallis earned Lycett a conditional pardon, and he carved out a successful career, primarily as a landscape painter..............
Ship:
General Hewitt 1814
Details:
Joseph Lycett's two daughters, Mary Ann and Hannah came to Sydney as free settlers. Lycett received an absolute pardon in 1822, returned to England and published his landscapes of Australia, a series of lithographs and copper plates.
Ship:
General Hewitt 1814
Source:
Berrow's Worcester Journal. Saturdays Post
Details:
We have already mentioned the apprehension of Lycett at Birmingham, charged with forging Provincial Bank Notes. The Shrewsbury Chronicle of yesterday says: 'A man named Lycett was found guilty of forgery at our assizes some years ago, and sentenced to transportation for 14 years. Previously to his banishment, his abilities excited the sympathy of many persons in Shrewsbury and its vicinity. His sketches were admirable; and the rapidity with which he painted upon canvass astonished every person. Mr. Hunt, of Boreatton, and many benevolent gentlemen, gave him orders for painting while he was a prisoner in our county gaol; he executed them. When he went to Botany Bay, he probably had a considerable sum of money. When he arrived there, the governor patronized him. After the expiration of his sentence he returned to England, and published twelve months ago, a work entitled 'Views in Australia'. He has returned, we suppose, to his old practices..
Ship:
General Hewitt 1814
Source:
UK Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books. Ancestry
Details:
Tried at Shrewsbury on 10th August 1811 and sentenced to 14 years transportation for forging a note. Admitted to the Perseus Hulk 27 August 1812 and transferred to the convict ship 'General Hewitt' early August 1813 for transportation to New South Wales'
Ship:
General Hewitt 1814....
Source:
Convict Register of Conditional and Absolute Pardons. Ancestry (State Records NSW)
Details:
Tried Salop Assizes 10 August 1811 and sentenced to 14 years transportation. Native of Staffordshire, portrait painter. 5ft 6 1/2in, dark ruddy complexion. Granted Absolute Pardon
First Name:
Joseph and Mary
Ship:
General Hewitt 1814
Source:
Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892.
Details:
Joseph Lycett tried at summer assizes for having forged bank notes n his possession found guilty. Mary Lycett tried for the same crime found not guilty. Mary Lycett later came to Australia as a free passenger.
Surname:
Lycett (Lysaght)
Ship:
General Hewitt 1814
Details:
On list of prisoners to be sent to Newcastle per 'Lady Nelson'
Surname:
Lycett (Lysaght)
Ship:
General Hewitt 1814
Details:
Wounded by natives at Port Stephens
Surname:
Lycett (Lysaght)
Ship:
General Hewitt 1814
Details:
To be strictly watched at Newcastle as he was notorious for forgeries
Ship:
General Hewitt 1814
Details:
On list of prisoners transported to Newcastle
