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James Brierley was transported on the Fortune, departing 31st Oct 1812 and arriving 11th Jun 1813 with 200 passengers.
Fortune (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 84. UK Prison Hulk Registers (HO9/8) |
| 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
Colonial Secretary Index. BRIERLEY, James (Per "Fortune", 1813) see BRAILEY, James -------------------------------------------------- BRAILEY, James. Per "Fortune", 1813; baker of Sydney. 1817 Dec 2 - Petition for mitigation of sentence; as Briley (Fiche 3174; 4/1850 p.36) 1820 Jul 3 - Memorial (Fiche 3014; 4/1823 No.69 pp.157-8) 1820 Oct 5 - Juror at inquest on unknown man held at Sydney (Reel 6021; 4/1819 pp.3-4) 1822 - Of York Street. On list of persons receiving an assigned convict (Fiche 3290; 4/4570D p.35) 1822 Feb 26; 1823 Feb 7 - Of George Street. On list of persons receiving an assigned convict (Fiche 3291; 4/4570D pp.122, 127) 1822 Dec 31; 1823 Mar 31 - On lists of persons to whom convict mechanics have been assigned; listed as Briley (Fiche 3296; X53 pp.40, 56) c.1823 - On list of constables with dates of deaths, dismissals and resignations; resigned 1819 (Reel 6059; 4/1773 p.162) 1824 Feb 23 - Baker of George Street, Sydney. Petition to have his wife confined in the Factory at Parramatta; as Briley (Reel 6061; 4/1778 p.92). Reply, 26 Apr (Reel 6013; 4/3511 p.2) 1825 Jun 11 - Deceased. Re admission of his daughter Martha to the Female Orphan School (Reel 6014; 4/3514 p.461) -------------------------------------------------- BRAILEY, Martha. Daughter of James Brailey, per "Fortune", 1813, and Maria Roberts, per "Northampton", 1815. 1825 Jun 11 - Re admission to the Female Orphan School (Reel 6014; 4/3514 p.461)
Trials of the Rioters, etc. The Court then adjourned till Wednesday morning, at nine, when twelve prisoners were put to the bar, charged with aiding and consenting to the administering an unlawful oath to Hollland Bowden, a Serjeant in the Bolton Regiment of Lancashire Local Militia. Their trial lasted till near seven o'clock, when the Jury retired for above half an hour, and brought in a verdict of Guilty against Christopher Medcalf (41), James Brierley (30), Henry Thwaite (24), Thomas Pickup (51), John Hurst (37), Samuel Radcliffe (35), who was acquitted yesterday of setting fire to the factory at Westhoughton, and Joseph Greenhalgh (22) — and acquitted Joseph Clement, William Gifford, John Hays, Peter Topping, and James Knowles; Lancaster Gazette, 30 May 1812.
The following convicts have been removed from our Castle, this week, to be severally transported, agreeably to their sentences, viz Charles Sefton, James Robinson, John Fisher, James Knowles, Thomas Holden, Samuel Crossley, John Hope, John Hurst, Christopher Medcalf, James Brierley, Henry Thwait, Joseph Greenhalgh, Thos. Pickup, and John Burney. Lancaster Gazette, 20 June 1812.
Prison Hulk ship Perseus moored at Portmouth, aged 30, Received 26 June 1812, convicted 23 May 1812, Transferred to ship Fortune
James Brierley was one of the Luddites, and was convicted and sentenced to death along with 11 others, 4 of which were hanged and the other 7 all transported for 7 years. In 1812 at Westhoughton, the first steam-powered cotton weaving factory was built, and some poor hand-loom weavers in the neighbouring town of Atherton, which was then known as "Chowbent" felt that their livlihood was being threatened by these machines and conspired to destroy them, and on the 24th April, 1812 they burned down the Westhoughton mill completely. James had a defacto relationship with Maria Roberts, per Northampton 1815, she was a servant and 27 years old. After his death on the 15/9/1824 in Sydney, Maria re-united with Roberts and a daughter Zillah was born.