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Crime
Transportation
James Bell was transported on the York, departing 3rd Sep 1830 and arriving 7th Feb 1831 with 200 passengers.
The York I was built in Southwick, West Sussex, England in 1819. 429 tons. Three voyages to Australia with transport convicts - 1829, 1830 and 1832. The York II was built in Sunderland, England in 1854. 940 ton ship. Transported convicts and pensioner guards and families to Western Australia in 1862.
York (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 491 (248) |
| 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
http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bell-3580
He was 21 at the time of his trial and was living with his sister (name unknown) in her house at Gallowgate. James had broken into a cellar in a sinkflat of a tenement on the east side of Glassford St Glasgow on 21 March 1830 (a Sunday) in the company of one other. Apparently he was attempting to break into the stationery warehouse of Russell and McArthur on the floor above. His accomplice escaped but he was captured and subdued (beaten about the head by a woman with a crutch). He maintained he was unaware of the second person in the cellar and that he had been looking for a “Necessary†at the time. An auger was found in the ceiling and his jacket had two skeleton keys and a breakfast knife. The police statement said that Bell was “a bad character but not quite habit repute a thiefâ€. He was to be detained in the Tollbooth, Glasgow until removed for transportation. On arrival in NSW on 17 Jan 1831 he was described as Protestant, Reads (but not Write), single labourer, 5’ 6â€, dark ruddy pock-pitted complexion, dark brown hair, grey eyes. He was assigned to G. Townsend of Hunter River. Granted ToL for the District of Patterson on 1 July 1835 (ref 35/372). Surrendered and torn up when obtained CoF dated 9 August 1838 (ref 38/98). CoF gives height as 5’ 6& ½†(a ½†more than on arrival), eyebrows partially meeting, scar on knuckles of middle finger of right hand, scar on back of each thumb and another on the forefinger of the left hand, nail of same split. In the 1838 Muster he is recorded at Patterson. Married Wilhelmina McLeod on September 29, 1840 in Scots Church Paterson NSW. 7 children by the marriage. Worked as tenant farmer at Barties Swamp (nr Seaham), Mulconda nr Bandon Grove & Mt Pleasant nr Salisbury (all nr Dungog). Death after a severe illness reported in Maitland Mercury of Saturday 14 Feb 1852. Buried 13 Feb 1852 at Anleys Flat Dungog NSW.