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Penny-Lyn Beale on 12th May, 2020 wrote of Jane Clements:

53. JANE CLEMENTS was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 15th of November , two 20 l. bank notes, two 10 l. bank notes, and two 1 l. bank notes, the property of the Hon. Alexander Murray , in the dwelling-houses of William Miller .

HON. ALEXANDER MURRAY . Q. On Monday the 14th of November, had you paid any bank notes to Mrs. Murray - A, I had; two twenty’s and four ten’s, it was part of change of a one-hundred pound note; there were marks upon them, which I can swear to; I gave them to her,

JANET OLIPHANT MURRAY. Q. On the 14th of November, did you receive from Mr. Murray some notes - A. I did; I put them into my pocket-book, and my pocket-book into my ridicule. At this time I had lodgings at Mr. Miller’s, in Charles-street. The prisoner was a servant in Mr. Miller’s house.

Q. On the evening of the next day, were you employed in putting your clothes away - A. I was.

Q. Where was your redicule at that time - A. Upon the bed. The prisoner was in the room assisting me in putting my clothes away; she took them from me and put them upon the bed; she asked me if she could assist me any further; I remarked that she stood along side of the bed where the redicule was; I had suspicion of her. About an hour after she was gone, I looked into my redicule, and the pocketbook was gone. I enquired after the prisoner, she was not in the house; I found she had left the house immediately after she went out of my room. That evening I went to the office in Bow-street, there I heard the prisoner had been taken up on suspicion: I saw the prisoner that evening about eleven o’clock. I know that the notes that I lost were the notes that Mr. Murray gave me.

JOHN MORRIS . I am a linen-draper, in Piccadily. On the evening of the 15th of November, the prisoner came to my shop to purchase some articles; she offered in payment a twenty pound note; I gave the note to Mr. Nicolls. In consequence of suspicion I apprehended her.

WILLIAM NICOLLS . I am an officer. The prisoner was brought to Bow-street office by Mr. Morris, she opened her hand, and gave me the notes, and I have one Mr. Morris gave me, this twenty pound note. On the prisoner was a twenty-pound note, two ten’s, and eight ones, and silver to the amount of twenty-two shillings. I asked her how she came by the notes; she said, she received them of Mr. Morris the linen-draper, in change of a twenty-pound note. I said, that could not be, there was more than twenty pounds; these notes I took from her hand. She said, Mr. Morris gave her them. She sent for me in Bridewell, she wished me to advise her how she was to act; I told her I could not tell her. I asked her what she had done with the pocket-book; she said, she threw it out of the coach-window as she was brought to the office.

Prosecutor. This is one of the twenty-pound notes I gave to Mrs. Murray; I am positive to it. These two ten-pound notes I can swear to, having the name of Garland upon them.

GUILTY, aged 25,

Of stealing, but not in the dwelling-house .

Transported for Seven Years .

First Middlesex jury, before Mr. Recorder.

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New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary’s Papers, 1788-1856
A Name: Jane Clements. Event Date: 19 Apr 1817
Arrival year: 1816. Vessel: Mary Ann
Event Description:
Re permission to marry
Daniel Jackson - Pris. Ship Somersetshire

at Parramatta; listed as Clemans
Comments: Per “Mary Ann”, 1816
Page: 118-9

———————————————————————-Name: Jane Clemens
Spouse Name: Daniel Jackson
Marriage Date: 1817
Marriage Place: New South Wales
Registration Place: Parramatta, New South Wales
Registration Year: 1817
Volume Number: V A
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1828 - New South Wales Australian census
Jackson
Daniel Age 32. TL Ship; Somersetshire. 1815. Protestant.
Jane Age 37. FS Ship: Mary Ann: 1816. Protestant
Hannah Age 12
Elizabeth Age 9
Janet Jnr Age 6
Daniel Jnr Age 6 months

Employment; Miller. District: Evans
1 Horse. 4 Cows

Penny-Lyn Beale on 12th May, 2020 wrote of Ann Walker:

Tried - 30th November 1814. Age 17.
Tried at Old Bailey, London. Accused of shoplifting (feloniously stealing, on the 30th of November, four waistcoats, value 6 s. and 6 d. the property of levy hart privately in his shop). Found guilty. Sentenced to transportation. Sentence outcome was transported.
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New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary’s Papers, 1788-1856
Name: Ann Walker. Event Date: 29 Jan 1819
Arrival year: 1816.
Philip Barney Prisoner Fortune (2nd)
Approved
Vessel: Mary Ann
Event Description: Re permission to marry at Windsor. Comments: Per “Mary Ann”, 1816
Page: 299

Chris Rhone on 12th May, 2020 wrote of William Still:

Stole potatoes. Larceny. Convicted with James Bailey. See Dorset County Chronicle and Somersetshire Gazette

Fiona Irwin on 12th May, 2020 wrote of Peter King:

Peter King was born in Limerick in Ireland about 1821 and he was tried and convicted at the age of 28 years on 19 October 1849 in Warwick in England at the Birmingham Borough Quarter Sessions. He was given a sentence of seven years for stealing a cow. Many others were convicted that day at the Quarter Sessions mostly for theft-related offences. These included Robert McIvor for horse stealing, John Henry Hill for stealing a coat after a prior conviction and John Johnson for stealing 14 handkerchiefs after a prior conviction.

Peter King may have departed Ireland in the mid to late 1840s in search of better living conditions as many Irish were at risk of starving to death during the Great Famine in Ireland between 1845 and 1849.

The Millbank Prison register records indicated Peter King, as prisoner number 19041, had been received from the Birmingham Prison on 8 February 1850 and the record also recorded that he had a previous conviction. The record went on to indicate he was sent to Portland Prison on 31 December 1850 along with Robert McIvor, John Henry Hill and John Johnson who had also been received from Birmingham Prison on 8 February.
The Portland Prison quarterly muster records dated 30 September 1851, December 1851 and 31 March 1852 indicated Peter King, as prisoner numbered 1932, was in good health and his conduct whilst at the Prison was very good. Robert McIvor, John Henry Hill and John Johnson were also noted on the Portland Prison record pages for these musters. Furthermore, the December 1851 muster indicated King had an alias of Keenan.

All four were transported on the Pestonjee Bomanjee which was reported to have sailed from Plymouth for Van Diemen’s Land on 16 April 1852 with 288 other convicts. The intended route for the journey was captured by the South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 – 1900) in that the vessel had “left its moorings opposite the Royal Arsenal” (at Woolwich on the Thames) “with 100 convicts on board, and will take on 150 additional at Portsmouth, and 100 youths, all males, from Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight, and then proceed to Van Diemen’s Land”. The article also went on to add “they will obtain tickets of leave on arrival”.

For the voyage the ship’s master was Edward Montgomery and its surgeon, Daniel Ritchie. The 1852 muster record for the vessel indicated King’s police number was 25924, he was single, his occupation was a servant and he could read and write a little. The record also stated he had admitted he had committed the offence of stealing a cow and his conduct whilst in gaol was noted as good. Ritchie’s report on the muster record described King’s height as 5 foot 5 and three-quarter inches, his complexion florid, with an oval head and visage, a low forehead, dark eyes, black eyebrows, dark brown hair with red whiskers, a large nose and medium-sized mouth and chin. The record went on to indicate that by the time he had arrived in Van Diemen’s Land he had a number of tattoos: the initials “P x R” on his right arm; a foul anchor on his back of his right hand; a ring on the middle finger of his right hand; and one that depicted crucifixion on his left arm.

When the Peter King arrived on 31 July 1852 it was during the period when the probation system operated in Van Diemen’s Land and the conduct record for King goes on to indicate on 6 August that he was to be employed Mr M Aitkin. Mr Marcus Aitkin of Cleveland employed King just nine days after his arrival on 9 August 1852 at the rate of £10 0 shillings 0 pence for a twelve-month period. Marcus Aitkin was an importer and breeder of horses, including racehorses, and had a large rural property known as Glen Esk which bordered the South Esk River at Cleveland.
Peter King’s ticket of leave was granted in 1853 and it was reported in the Cornwall Chronicle on 17 September of that year. On 12 May 1854, he had sought permission to marry Mary Ann Russell who was a free inhabitant and permission was granted on 17 May. On 13 June 1854, they were married at St Joseph’s Catholic Church in Launceston.

They had a daughter, Ann, who was born on 14 March 1855 followed by another daughter, Mary, on 26 September 1857. On Ann’s record of birth Peter King’s occupation is given as a groom and his address as Cameron Street. Sadly, Mary passed away in 1858 at the age of 13 months due to influenza.

In 1868 King was a witness to an accidental death in Launceston and his occupation was noted as car driver, another term for a licensed horse and cab driver. Peter King, as a cab or car driver, had ‘brushes’ with the law. However, he incurred fines without sentences being imposed. In 1873 it was claimed in the Launceston Police Court that Peter King had over charged Mr William Dodery, Warden of the Municipality of Longford, and King was ordered to refund 3 shillings and was fined 10 shillings and ordered to pay costs. In 1875 he was fined 10 shillings and costs of 7 shillings and 6 pence for allowing his licenced car to remain on a stand without a competent person in charge.
Peter King died on 16 December 1891. His record of death noted his occupation as cab driver and his place of death as North Street (in Launceston), the cause as chronic bronchitis and his age as 76 years. If correct, that would have made his birth year about 1815, rather than the approximate year of birth of 1821 when he indicated he was 28 years of age when convicted in 1849.

Perhaps a reasonably stable family life, better living conditions in Tasmania and his arrival during the period of the operation of the probation system all contributed to King not becoming a hardened criminal. He was able to have continued employment for many years, to marry and whilst he was alive his daughter Ann, who lived at home until the age of 20 years, married a cab driver in 1876. Peter King certainly fared much better than his fellow transportee, Robert McIvor, who became a recidivist and was executed on 16 February 1864.

Penny-Lyn Beale on 12th May, 2020 wrote of Catherine Frear:

Name: Catherine Frear. Vessel: Mary Anne
Convicted Date: 30 Nov 1814. Voyage Date: Jul 1815. Colony: New South Wales
Place of Conviction: Middlesex, England

Age 43

New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary’s Papers, 1788-1856

26/07/1816 - Robert Goulding - General Hewitt.

and

03/05/1819 - Robert Goulding - Free.

Married by the Reverend Marsden at St john’s Parramatta.

1825 - G S to Henry Cox. Evan

1828. Age 55 Protestant. Factory Parramatta

Penny-Lyn Beale on 12th May, 2020 wrote of Thomas Miller:

THOMAS MILLER -

HUSBAND OF MATILDA MILLER AKS MARY LUSCOMB. (Transported to Australia for coining on the vessel Mary Ann 1816)

1770 - Born

1809 - 17 May - Old Bailey Age 39

472. THOMAS MILLER was indicted for that he on the 6th of March , four pieces of false and counterfeit milled money and coin each of them counterfeited to the likeness and similitude of good and lawful current milled money and coin of this realm called shillings, the said counterfeited pieces of money not being then cut in pieces, did put off to Mary the wife of Thomas King at a lower rate and value than the same did by their denomination import and were counterfeited for, that is to say, for two pieces of good and lawful money and silver coin of this realm called a shilling .

Mr. Knapp, counsel for the prosecution, declining to offer any evidence, the prisoner was -

ACQUITTED .

First Middlesex jury, before Mr. Baron Graham .

Another court case
523; Tried at Old Bailey, London. Accused of coining (he on the 6th of march, four pieces of false and counterfeited milled money, each of them made to the likeness of a good shilling, the same, nor either of them, being cut in pieces, feloniously did put off to Mary, the wife of George English , at a lower rate and value than the same did by their denomination import, and were counterfeited, for, that is to say, for two shillings). Found guilty. Sentenced to death. Sentence outcome was transported.

1828 - Census.
Thomas Miller - age 51. Ship; Indian. Age 57. Life, Laborer. Windsor. 25 acres of cleared land, 2 horse and 5 cattle
Matilda Miller - age 61. Ship: Mary Ann. Age 61. Life.

Darryl Buley on 12th May, 2020 wrote of Thomas Clements:

Married widow Isabella Marie Tyson nee Coulson
Convict Indispensible 1809

Name:
Thomas Clements
Spouse Name:
Isabella Tyson
Marriage Date:
1829
Marriage Place:
New South Wales
Registration Place:
Campbelltown, New South Wales
Registration Year:
1829
Volume Number:
V

3 Children: Maria 1829, Thomas 1831, Frances 1833.

Penny-Lyn Beale on 12th May, 2020 wrote of Mary Luscomb:

1771 - Born - Birth. Place Devon
1811 - imprisoned age 40
1811- 10 July. Tried at Old Bailey, London. Accused of coining (they, on the 4th of June, one piece of false and counterfeited money made to the likeness of a shilling, as and for a good shilling unlawfully did utter to George Lancaster , she, at the time of uttering it, well knowing it to be false and counterfeited, and that she, at the same time, had in her custody and possession one other piece of counterfeit money, made to the likeness of a good shilling, she well knowing it to be false and counterfeited). Found guilty. Sentenced to imprisonment in Newgate. Sentence outcome was unknown.

1814- Age 43. Imprisoned

1814 - 30 November - Tried at Old Bailey, London. Accused of coining (that at the general sessions of the piece of our lord the king, Holden for the county of Middlesex, on the 17th of September, in the 50th year of his majesty’s reign, the prisoner charlotte Stanley , otherwise called charlotte miller , together with one Greenslade, was tried and convicted of being a common utterer of false money, and was sentenced to be imprisoned in the house of correction one year, and to find sureties for two years more; and the indictment further states, that on the 10th of July, in the 51st year of his majesty’s reign, the prisoner Mary Luscombe , otherwise called Matilda miller , with another, was tried, and convicted, and sentenced to be in goal for one year, and to find sureties for two years more, and that each of them, on the 22nd of November last, one piece of false counterfeit money, made and counterfeited to the likeness of a piece of good and lawful money, called a sixpence, unlawfully181411300004did utter to one joseph spencer ; they knowning it to be false and counterfeited). Found guilty. Sentenced to death. Sentence outcome was transported.

1815 - 16 February Sentence Respited

1815 - 16 February = sent to New South Wales

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1816 - Arrived in Australia

1834 - 28 February. Conditional Pardon Age 63

1852 - 15/04/1852. Possible Death

Tania Piercy on 12th May, 2020 wrote of William Jeremiah Thompson:

1783. Age About 30-31. Crime: Crime: Stealing a horse worth 160 shillings. Sentence: Death commuted to 7 years transportation. Durham, County of Durham. July 19 1783.

1788. Age ?~36?. Alleged as First marriage in colony. Marriage to: Maria Thompson (born Hamilton). Witnesses: by Banns by Reverend Richard Johnson, Chaplain; Witness: John Ramsey, Signed X; Witness: Samuel Barnes, Signed. St Phillips Sydney Cove, New South Wales, Australia. Mar 24 1788.
1788. Age About 35-36. Crime: Received 30 lashes for drunkenness and insolence. Aug 29 1788

1789. Age ?~37?. Birth of son: Nicholas R. Richardson/Hamilton. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Circa 1789

1790. Age ?~38?. Transportation: arrived on Norfolk Island aboard HMS Sirius along with their young son Nicholas who is recorded on HMS Sirius Muster as Richard Hamilton. Norfolk Island, Cascade. From Mar 5 1790 To Mar 14 1790

Tania Piercy on 12th May, 2020 wrote of Maria Hamilton:

Crime: her Two Linnen Gowns One Black Flounced Skirt one Cloth Apron one Black Bonnet and Nine Shillings and Six pence in Monies from the Apartment of Sarah Groves, London
Sep 23 1785

Claimed to be first marriage in colony. Marriage to: William Jeremiah (Jerry) Thompson. Witnesses: by Banns by Reverend Richard Johnson, Chaplain; Witness: John Ramsey, Signed X; Witness: Samuel Barnes, Signed St Phillips Sydney Cove, New South Wales, Australia. Mar 24 1788e

1793. Age ?~40. Birth of son: William Hamilton. Sep 1793

1794. Age ?~41?. Birth of daughter: Maria Flexmore (born Thompson). Norfolk Island, Australia. Dec 8 1794

1798. Age ?~45. Birth of daughter: Elizabeth Allwright (born Thompson). Kingston, Norfolk Island, New South Wales, Australia. Circa July 1798

1802. Age 48-49. Ticket of Leave. Norfolk Island. July 16 1802

1808. Age 54-55. Immigration: Left Norfolk Island aboard City of Edinburgh. Sep 1808. Maria was credited £8 for lands and buildings before leaving the island. Norfolk Island. Before Dec 1808

1789. Age ?~36?. Birth of son: Nicholas R Richardson/Hamilton. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Circa 1789
1790. Age ?~37?. Transportation: arrived on Norfolk Island aboard HMS Sirius March 1790, along with their young son Nicholas who is recorded on HMS Sirius Muster as Richard Hamilton. Norfolk Island, Cascade. From Mar 5 1790 To Mar 14 1790

1793. Age ?~40?. Birth of son: William Hamilton. Sep 1793

1794. Age ?~41?. Birth of daughter: Maria Flexmore (born Thompson). Norfolk Island, Australia. Dec 8 1794

1798. Age ?~45?. Birth of daughter: Elizabeth Allwright (born Thompson). Kingston, Norfolk Island, New South Wales, Australia. Circa July 1798

1802. Age 48-49. Ticket of Leave. Norfolk Island
July 16 1802
1808. Age 54-55. Left Norfolk Island aboard City of Edinburgh
Sep 1808
1808. Age About 54-55. Maria was credited £8 for lands and buildings before leaving the island. Norfolk Island

Tania Piercy on 12th May, 2020 wrote of Mary Ann Gallagher:

Learnt to read in prison.

Maureen Withey on 12th May, 2020 wrote of James Carpenter:

PUBLIC NOTICE
THE undermentioned Persons have obtained Certificates of Freedom during the last Week : viz—
Almorah (2) James Carpenter.
The Monitor, 6 Apr 1827.

Maureen Withey on 12th May, 2020 wrote of James Carpenter:

Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry
James Carpenter age 59, per Almorah (2) 1820, Tried at Meath, 1820, 7 years, Native of Cavan Town, Cavan Co.Publican, DOB 1761.

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National Archives. ADM 101/2/1 1820-1821
Diary and medical journal of the Almorah convict ship from 24 June 1820 to 5 January 1821 by S Alexander, surgeon and superintendent, during which time the ship was employed in conveying convicts from Ireland to Port Jackson.

Folio 15: 5 December 1820: Admitted James Carpenter, aged 58, into hospital with lumbago.

Maureen Withey on 12th May, 2020 wrote of Thomas Lawless:

Wicklow Assizes.
Thomas Lawless and Thomas Lynch were found guilty of stealing a mare from Lighthilder, of the County Meath. The prisoners were apprehended at Donard, through the alacrity of William Heighington, Esq. and his constables, who, suspecting that the mare was stolen, stopped her, and they, not giving a satisfactory account of themselves, were apprehended on suspicion, and advertised in the Hue and Cry, by which means the owner recovered his mare, and was enabled to prosecute to conviction.
Freeman’s Journal, 11 March 1820.

Maureen Withey on 12th May, 2020 wrote of Thomas Lawless:

Convict Thomas Lawless was given responsibility on board ship, by the Ship’s surgeon, as Captain of the Deck.

National Archives. ADM 101/2/1 1820-1821
Diary and medical journal of the Almorah convict ship from 24 June 1820 to 5 January 1821 by S Alexander, surgeon and superintendent, during which time the ship was employed in conveying convicts from Ireland to Port Jackson.
Folio 2: 14 August 1820: Cloudy weather with rain. Appointed Thomas Lawless (who came on board strongly recommended and single ironed), captain of the decks, and Henry Smith (who came under similar circumstances as Lawless) as surgery man and to be in charge of the hospital, also a captain to each mess, two cooks, a swab wringer and two men to attend the water closet cisterns and two scavengers who are to be relieved weekly.
Folio 3: 22 August 1820: Thomas Lawless (captain of the decks) reported John [Muir’s] having lost a shirt. Handcuffed John [Muir?] for carelessness and John McGolrick on suspicion of theft. Assembled the captain’s of the messes and represented the necessity of putting an end to thieving among themselves and finding out the thief.
Folios 8-9: 5 October 1820: Mr Winter (master) found it necessary to confine one of his ship’s company, on which the [rest?] rushed aft for the purpose of rescuing him but were prevented from doing so by the interposition of the Guard. They then all went below and being called on deck shortly afterwards to make some attention in the sails, fourteen of them refused to do any duty as long as, the man remained in confinement adding that if the master intended to keep the man in irons it would be necessary to put them in also, with many other mutinous threats and expressions. At 4.30 the assistance of the Guard was again had recourse to, and the above fourteen seamen were handcuffed, it being deemed imprudent by the master, officer of the Guard, and myself to allow them to remain unconfined. It is with the greatest satisfaction I have to mention the conduct of the prisoners on this unpleasant occasion. Thomas Lawless (captain of the ?) at the head of the petty officers, and cooks, whose duties required their being on deck at the time, immediately on seeing the conduct of the seamen, came to me volunteering their services in any way I might find it necessary to make use of them, and on my going into the main prison, all seemed anxious to show by their steady and orderly conduct, their determination to attend to my wishes. I selected 12 of the convicts from among the numerous volunteers on the occasion, to assist in working the ship, whom I divided into watches, and the officer of the Guard, Master, and myself, took each charge of a watch, keeping half of the Guard with their arms ready constantly on the quarterdeck.
Folio 9: 7 October 1820: PM The men belonging to the ship were liberated on consequence of having written to the master, expressing their sorrow for what they [did?], praying for forgiveness and promising good conduct in future. Convicts employed in keeping watch were relieved in consequence, having behaved throughout in the most exemplary manner.

Maureen Withey on 12th May, 2020 wrote of Thomas Lawless:

Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry
Thomas Lawless, alias Lynch, age 37, per Almorah (2) 1820, Tried at Wicklow, 1820, Life. Native of Navan Meath Co., Butcher, DOB- 1783.

Maureen Withey on 11th May, 2020 wrote of Michael Gannon:

Maureen Withey on 11th May, 2020 wrote of John Mcgolrick:

John McGolrick caused some trouble at the beginning of the sea voyage on Almorah:

D Wong on 11th May, 2020 wrote of Mary Ann Johnson:

Mary Ann Johnson was listed as 20 years old on arrival.

Native Place: Yorkshire.

Mary Ann was 5’3½” tall, ffresh freckled complexion, dark hair, grey eyes, scar on back of lef hand, A H on right arm, pockpitted.

31/10/1846: Permission to marry John Charnock (Blenheim 1837) - John was free.

8/12/1846: Married John Charnock at Bethesda Church, Hobart. John was 40 and a labourer - Mary Ann was 23, a spinster.
No children listed.

6/1/1852: TOL

16/2/1852: John Charnock was a steerage passenger, Launceston to Melbourne per ‘Mariposa’.

4/10/1852: Drunk and using indecent language, fined 5/- for each of her offences.

17/12/1853: Absconded.

3/1/1854: TOL: revoked.

Maureen Withey on 11th May, 2020 wrote of Marcus Dougherty:

Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry.
Marcus Dougherty, alias Dogherty, age 20, per Almorah (2) 1820, Tried at Londonderry, 1819, 7 years. Native of Newtown Limavady Londonderry Co., Labourer, DOB – 1800.

Absconded Prisoner
1. Marcas Dogherty, Almorah, (2), 23, Lunavidia, 5 feet 10 and a half inches, hazle eyes, black hair, ruddy comp. servant to R. Williams, Richmond.
Sydney Gazette, 15 Jan 1824.

Maureen Withey on 11th May, 2020 wrote of Terence Mcguigan:

Absconded Prisoner
2. McGuiggan, Terance, Almorah (2), 24, Dungannon,5 feet 6 and 3 quarters, dark eyes, black hair, fair pale complexion, Wellington Valley.
Sydney Gazette, 21 Apr 1825.

Maureen Withey on 11th May, 2020 wrote of John Mcgolrick:

Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry.
John McGolrick, alias Flynn, age 22, per Almorah (2) 1820, Tried at Down, 1820, 7 years. Native of Ballyshannon Donegal Co., Labourer, DOB – 1798.

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Criminal Court, Wednesday.
John M’Keldrick on being next called, pleaded, that be was tried before Mr. Justice Cox at the Windsor Court-house, no other Magistrate being present and sentenced three years to a penal settlement. His original sentence to this Colony was seven years, out of which he had spent four years when he received the Colonial sentence of 3 years to a penal settlement, being the remaining term of his original sentence. Prisoner came by the Almorah (2).
Examined by the Attorney General - I was Mr. Cox’s servant, the Magistrate who tried and passed sentence on me. The offence of which I was convicted was for burning some wheat. My employment on Mr. Cox’s farm, was in the Brick kilns, whence I was carrying some fire to light up the kiln, when a spark flew on the grass, and it being very dry at the time, communicated to the next settlers’s wheatfield. The wheat caught fire, and one part of the field was consumed. I returned from Port Macquarie in May last, and have been on board the Phoenix hulk ever since.
The Court ordered the prisoner to be remanded for the purpose of obtaining information when his original sentence expired, what was the nature of his Colonial offence and his Colonial sentence. Remanded accordingly.
Sydney Monitor, 25 Aug 1828.

D Wong on 11th May, 2020 wrote of John Charnock:

Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser Lancashire, England
8 Jul 1836:
To be transported for life.___John Charnock, aged 34, and Alexander MacGoverin, aged 26, for stealing a sovereign, from Walter Bushell Smith.

Alexander MacGoverin arrived VDL per ‘Sarah’ 1837.

John was married - wife Mary and 2/3 (both listed) at native place.

22/7/1845: TOL

31/10/1846: Permission to marry Mary Ann Johnson (Angelina 1844). John was free.

8/12/1846: Married Mary Ann Johnson at Bethesda Church, Hobart. John was 40 and a labourer - Mary Ann was 23, a spinster.

16/2/1852: Steerage passenger, Launceston to Melbourne per ‘Mariposa’.

Maureen Withey on 11th May, 2020 wrote of Patrick Morris:

Absconded Prisoners.
3. Morris alias Flynn, Patrick, Almorah (2), 26, County Armagh, 5 feet 5 and a half, hazle eyes, brown hair, fair ruddy complexion, from escort to Sydney.
Sydney Gazette, 4 Aug 1825.

Lyn Hatton on 11th May, 2020 wrote of Daniel Pennington:

Penninginton is the surname - Not Bennington as previously listed. Source: CON31-1-34 Image 117

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