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Jonathan Beale was transported on the Mary, departing 15th Dec 1829 and arriving 10th Apr 1830 with 168 passengers.
Built 1811, Ipswich,England 361 tons. 1817 Journey On Monday arrived the ship Mary, Capt. ORMON, from Calcutta, with merchandize—Passengers, Captain FAITHFUL and Lieut. HAMILTON: this vessel has brought 6 male prisoners from India, destined for Port Jackson; to which place it is expected she will sail to-morrow. Hobart Town Gazette, 24 May 1817. Ship News. On Thursday arrived from Calcutta, via Derwent, the ship Mary, Captain Ormon, with a various cargo. -Passengers from Calcutta, Captain Faithfull and Lieutenant Hamilton:-The Mary sailed from Calcutta the 23d of February, and left the Pilot the 1st of March. Sydney Gazette, Sat 7 Jun 1817. -------------------------------------------------- Convicts who sailed on the 'Mary' direct from Ireland - 1819 & 1836 - are currently being listed, incomplete data to date.
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| Primary Source | Tasmanian Libraries. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 261 (133) |
| 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
Conduct Record: Tried 9th March 1829 https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-4$init=CON31-1-4P17 Description List No. 1299: aged 19, Trade Parchment Maker https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON18-1-15$init=CON18-1-15P84
Correction on place of birth: Leighton Buzzard is a town in Bedfordshire not in Leicestershire.
Elizabeth and Jonathan Beale left George Town, Tasmania, on 21 September 1846 in the ship “Shamrock” and arrived in Melbourne, Victoria. There they stayed and did not go on to Sydney nor did they have a daughter Elizabeth [both incorrectly referred to above] but while living in Melbourne they had 2 sons James Henry and Charles Albert. The family then departed for the Goldfields and lived in Bendigo.
https://www.libraries.tas.gov.au/family-history/Pages/Get-started.aspx Description: 19, 5'5" head round, brown hair, long visage, brown eyebrows, grey eyes from Leyton Buzzard Leicestershire England Record: 4/7/1833 Johnson/ insubordination in shirking work and refusing to obey orders. Sentence extended. 19/2/1833 raising a scandolous report relating to his masters family. Case was dismissed. J S Spade W. Sorell 18/12/1833 / C. P. M. A. PM and H Nicholls 4/2/1835 Johnson/Gross Misconduct in his masters service. To be removed to the PW at waterloo point and on no account to be again or near the district of Hobart Town 30/7/1840 C.P. no 2584 Cert of freedom 1845 The Tasmanian (Hobart Town, Tas. : 1827 - 1839) Fri 8 Feb 1833 Page 7 POLICE REPORT. Monday, 4th February. James Norris, George Beal, and John Beal, assigned servants, in tbe employ of Mr. Johnson, of New Town, were charged with a series of gross insubordination, and most outrageous conduct, particularly Norris, who abused and beat his master, and tried to excite tbe other two to strike him also, and who refused to obey their masters orders upon the occasion, who wanted assistance to save him from tbe violenoe of Norris. Norris being a prisoner for life, was sentenced to imprisonment and hard labor, in chains, for three years. The original sentence qf the two Beats, was extended, each, eighteen mouths. The Tasmanian (Hobart Town, Tas. : 1827 - 1839) Fri 22 Feb 1833 Page 6 POLICE REPORT. Jonathan Beal and George Beal, were charged with raising a false report relative to their master's family. Complaipt dismissed, it appearing groundless. The Hobart Town Courier (Tas. : 1827 - 1839) Fri 2 Sep 1836 Page 1 Classified Advertising ; Jonathan Beale, Mary; William Balleny, Medway 2 ;Thomas Brown, Mary ; George Beale, ditto The Courier (Hobart, Tas. : 1840 - 1859) Fri 17 Dec 1841 Page 4 GOVERNMENT NOTICE. No. 327. Conditional Pardon Jonathan and George Beale from the Mary Tasmanian Libraries Permission to marry Elizabeth Purdon approved 18/7/1838 Married Elizabeth Purdon (free) 13/8/1838 by Rev Dr Wm Bedford. Witnesses Joseph Williamson and R Holdship in Hobart The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846 - 1848) Fri 16 Oct 1846 Page 2 Shipping Intelligence. Both departed on the ship Shamrock (master Gilmore) from Georgetown on 21/9/1846 for Sydney along with Elizabeth Beale most probably their daughter. Arrived in Melbourne oct 15, 1846, bound for Sydney. Left around the same time for Sydney with about 15 passengers and 68 in steerage plus cargo.