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Crime
Voyage
Transportation
James Argent was transported on the Hibernia, departing 20th Nov 1818 and arriving 11th May 1819 with 160 passengers.
Hibernia (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 112 New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849 |
| 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
Essex Assizes. The following nineteen prisoners were sentenced to suffer Death, … James Wisby and James Argent, for entering the house ? in the day time, and stealing three £1. notes, four pocket handkerchiefs, &c; … John Cox and Thomas Smith, the last-named prisoner, are left for execution: the others were reprieved. Cambridge Chronicle, 31 July 1818.
James Argent arrived in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) aboard Hibernia on 11 May 1819. He received a conditional pardon on 17 April 1833. He married Hannah Kearley at St Matthews church New Norfolk Tasmania in 1831. Hannah was the daughter of George Kearley (RM private) and Mary Cook who arrived in VDL aboard the supply vessel Ocean with Lt. Governor David Collins in HMS Calcutta on 11 February 1804. Mary gave birth to the first while male child (George) in Tasmania in 1804. James and Hannah had 11 children. James became a well repected freehold farmer with substantial holdings. He died at Brighton in 1891 and is buried in the grounds of St. Mark's church at Pontville just north of Hobart. I am James Argent's great great grandson and the decendant of five Irish convicts.