Agricultural labourers transported to Australia after the 1830s rural riots

Pre-transportation History

370: SEAL, Samuel
Born:	about 1798	Died:	1868
Also known as:	SEARL
Family Relationships:
Group:	Wessex (Berks, Dorset, Hunts, Wilts)
Where tried :	Gloucestershire County	Native Place:	Malmesbury, Wiltshire
Occupation:	Shoemaker
Crime:	Machine breaking/ demolishing	Sentence:	14 years
Prior Offences:	0	*Hulk:	1328
Order of Loading:	166	Transport:	Eliza, to Van Diemens Land

Post-transportation History

*Police Number:	S1309
Times charged:	7	Times punished:	5
Granted Ticket of Leave:	06 Jan 1843	Date of Pardon:	03 Aug 1837
Type of Pardon:	Free, absolute pardon
Post-sentence History:
Marriages:	England, 1819
Place of Death:	Tasmania?
More Information:	See also Chapter 3

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Notes:

*Hulk Numbers
Four figure numbers refer to the York Hulk, others, the Leviathan.  No number means either unknown or not held in a hulk
*Police Number
This is shown when known.  In Van Diemens Land the initial letter was the first letter of the convicts surname.

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