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Walter Boyes was transported on the Mary, departing 17th Mar 1836 and arriving 4th Jun 1836 with 15 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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Convict Notes
The Mary departed Calcutta 17th March and arrived Port Jackson on 4th June 1836, bringing 14,000 bushels of wheat and fifteen prisoners of the Crown. The convicts had all formerly been soldiers and most were originally from Ireland although Walter Boyce and John Elliott were from England. Private Walter Boyes, no regiment provided tried at Meerut, offence, sodomy, for life, never before convicted, can read, single, labourer, 25 yrs, 5'9'', fair, dark brown, good. Report from the Gaoler at Calcutta, March 1836. "This man is convicted of a most revolting and unnatural offence, he was however, never brought to my notice for bad conduct".