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Martin Breen was transported on the Castle Forbes, departing 28th Sep 1823 and arriving 19th Jan 1824 with 142 passengers.
The Castle Forbes was a 439-ton merchant ship built by Robert Gibbon & Sons at Aberdeen, Scotland in 1818. She made two voyages transporting convicts from Ireland to Australia. Castle Forbes arrived at Port Jackson, New South Wales on 27 January 1820. After their arrival in Sydney, 136 men were sent on to Van Diemen's Land Colony (now named Tasmania), arriving in Hobart 1 March 1820. 4 men remained in New South Wales and 4 deaths recorded on this voyage. Alexander Pearce (the infamous bushranger) was one of these men. (Incomplete register of persons transported - records are currently being inputted)
Castle Forbes (generic)References
| Primary Source | 1823 - New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 |
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Source: Convict Indent. State Archives NSW; Microfiche: 653 Martin Breen (Briant) (Bryant), per Ship: Castle Forbes 1824 Details: Martin Breen age 25. Tried at Tipperary 28 May 1823. Sentenced to 7 years transportation. Well behaved on the voyage out. Assigned to Alexander McLeod on arrival. Note - died at Moreton Bay 11 March 1830. ---------------------------------------------------- Source: NSW Courts Magistrates, Newcastle Police Court: 1823-1825 (Ancestry) First Name: Martin Bryant, Ship: Castle Forbes 1824. Date: 23 February 1824 Place: Newcastle Details: Michael Sullivan, William Neale, John Jones, Timothy Coffee, Martin Briant and Dennis Hasset, all arrived on the Castle Forbes in 1824, and assigned servants to Alexander McLeod at Luskintyre, charged with violently assaulting their overseer and beating and ill treating him in a most cruel manner....Thomas Biggers states...I am upwards of sixty years of age. I am Mr. McLeod s overseer at Luskintyre. I desired the prisoners to go to work in the morning. They refused generally and said go to Hell you old bugger. Sullivan then came to me and asked if I had not reported that his father had been hanged. I replied No. Upon which he struck me with a hand spike. Neale struck me with a hand spike. The others stood by laughing and gave me no assistance. I was knocked down and beat repeatedly as I lay on the ground and am severely bruised in different parts of the body. By order of the court this witness was stripped of his upper clothing and his arms and shoulders exhibited the marks of very severe bruises. Michael Sullivan and William Neale were sentenced to 100 lashes each and sent to Port Macquarie for the remainder of their sentence for violently assaulting beating and ill-treating their overseer and for refusing to work. John Jones, Timothy Coffee, Martin Briant, and Dennis Hasset were sentenced to 50 lashes each for refusing to work and encouraging and abetting Sullivan and Neale in their outrageous conduct.
Moreton Bay Convict Register. Martin Breen, per Cs Forbes 2, Tried at Tipperary, 31 May 1823. 7 years, Labourer. Colonial conviction: Gen. Sess. Wallis Plains, 30 Jul 1828, Robbery in the house of Mr Brain, 3 years. Died 11 Mar 1830.
1823 - New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 Name: Martin Breen. Age: 23 Date of conviction: 31 May 1823 Place of Conviction: Tipperary Estimated birth year: abt 1800 Vessel: Castle Forbes Date of Arrival: 26 Sep 1823 No; 61 Offence: INSURRECTION Sentence: 7 years Age: 23 Date of Trial: 31/05/1823 Calling; No details Height; 5 ft. 6 inches Complexion: Dark Hair: Dark Eyes; Blue ----------------------------------------- 1824 - NAME: Martin Breen RESIDENCE YEAR: 1824 RESIDENCE: Newcastle New South Wales Australia ARRIVAL SHIP: Castle Forbes - 1824 RECORD TYPE: Population Book TITLE: Newcastle (Hunter River) Population Book, 1824 Year of Birth: 1798. Sentence; Life Employment: ass it A McLeod Esq. ------------------------------------------------------- 1828 - 1828 New South Wales, Australia Census (TNA Copy) Name: Martin Brien. Arrival Date: 1823 Vessel: Castle Forbes. Piece: HO 10/21 Province: New South Wales. Title: Census A-B Year(s): 1828. Estimated birth year: abt 1789 Age 234. GS. Labourer. Alex McLeod --------------------------------------------------------- 1829- New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930 Name: Martin Breen Vessel Arrived In: Castle Forbes Date of Admission/Photo: 20 Jul 1829. Gaol: Sydney Gaol Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Record Type: Entrance Book Prisoner. General Sessions Wallis Plains - Robbery. Penal Settlement for 3 years . 20 July - Hulk ------------------------------------------------------------------ New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 Bound Indentures. 1823-1826 Trade or Calling: Ploughman & Reaper Noted against his name: Died at Morten Bay 11 March 1830. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New South Wales, Australia, Convict Death Register, 1826-1879 Ship; C Forbes Approx. date Birth: 1795 Died - Morten Bay Date - 11/03/1830 Remarks: Captain Logan ----------------------------------------