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Transportation
James Bryan was transported on the Chapman, departing 25th Mar 1817 and arriving 26th Jul 1817 with 202 passengers.
The Chapman ship was built at Whitby, England in 1777, rebuilt in 1811 and refurbed in 1815. Tonnage: 558 The 1817 voyage from Ireland to New South Wales, Australia is not yet fully recorded on this web site - currently being updated. A mutiny occurred on this voyage with 7 men killed and many others wounded. (200 male convicts embarked) 1824 voyage from England to Van Diemen's Land (180 male convicts). 1826 voyage from England to Van Diemen's Land (100 male convicts, 2 escaped). Royal Staff guards & 19 private passengers.
Chapman (generic)References
| Primary Source | New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, Tasmania. 1826 |
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Convict Notes
Clearly, he made his way to Van Diemens Land where - known as James Bryant per Chapman - his career as a bushranger came to a close with his execution in February 1825 (New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849; Tasmania; List of convicts (incomplete), 1826).
15/9/1823: James Briant per Chapman is on a list of convicts removed from Newcastle to Port Macquarie per Mermaid (Correspondence from the NSW Colonial Secretary's Office). 15/12/1823: James Briant per Chapman, convicted in Sydney Criminal Court and sentenced to life, is listed as a runaway from Port Macquarie. 1825: NSW General Muster - James Bryan / James Briant per Chapman, serving a Colonial sentence at Port Macquarie, is listed as a runaway (New South Wales, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891; Port Macquarie Penal Settlement; Port Macquarie: List of Convicts, 1822-1825). --0--
IN NSW: On arrival in NSW, James Bryan was listed as 18 years old, a whitesmith by trade, 5'4½" tall with a fair complexion, brown hair and hazel eyes (Convict Indents, Chapman). --0-- 1818: James Bryan per Chapman was assigned to the Government as a labourer (NSW General Muster). 9/8/1821: James Bryan, per Chapman, a stonecutter, was convicted by the Criminal Court, Sydney, and sentenced to life for burglary of the dwelling house of Henry Wells. His co-accused, Thomas Kinsela, was acquitted (Sydney Gazette, 4/8/21, p3). 1822: NSW General Muster - he was listed as James Briant, per Chapman, a Government employee at Newcastle where, presumably, he was serving his jail term.
PRISON: 30/4/1816: James Bryan was held at Newgate jail in Dublin until 21/9/1816 when he was transferred to Kilmainham jail, also in Dublin, to await transportation. 19/12/1816: James Bryan was sent from Kilmainham to board the convict ship Chapman (Ireland, Prison Registers, 1790-1924; Dublin; Kilmainham 1815-1910). --0--
CORRECTION: TRIAL: James Bryan was convicted at Dublin City (not Kent Assizes, on 17/3/1817, as was the case for a different James Bryan, a native of Limerick, born 1872, who arrived in NSW in November 1817, per Larkins, with a life sentence to serve). "Our" James Bryan, per Chapman, was tried on 30/4/16 and sentenced to 7 years for possession of stolen goods (New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849; 1817, Chapman). His trial date is erroneously given as May 1816 and May 1817 in some records where he was most likely confused with yet another James Bryan, who was also tried in Dublin City, sentenced to 7 years, and arrived in NSW per Pilot on 29/7/1817.
1826 - Burials in the Parish of St David's Hobart Town in the County of Buckingham in the Year 1825 No; 943 Name; James Bryant When buried; 25 February 1825 Age; No details Ship’s Name; EXECUTED; Bushranger Quality or profession. Convict By Whom Ceremony was preformed; W Bedford
1817 - New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents James Bryan Age; 23 [1794] Trial where & Date; Kent - 17 Mar 1817 1826 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, Tasmania. 1826 No; 722 Name; James Bryan Ship arrived by; Chapman To whom assigned/Occupation; EXECUTED at Hobart Town 25 Feb 1825 James Bryant - 25 February 1825 - Hanged at Hobart for murder and robbery EXECUTIONS. - This morning Henry McConnell, for bush-ranging and burglary, James Bryan, Jeremiah Ryan, Charles Ryder, Musquito, a Sydney black, and Black Jack, a native of this Colony, for murder, John Logan, for shooting with intent to murder Mr. Shoobridge, and Peter Thackery, for stealing in a dwelling-house, and putting the owner in bodily fear, were executed according to their sentences - a sad example of the fate which sooner or later must overtake the enormities of which they had been convicted.