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Voyage
Transportation
Peter Bryan was transported on the Bencoolen, departing 24th Apr 1819 and arriving 25th Aug 1819 with 153 passengers.
Departed from Cork. 150 Male passengers - no deaths. 123 of the convicts were trans-shipped to Van Diemens Land in the Admiral Cockburn, arriving there in September 1819.
Bencoolen (generic)References
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Convict Notes
Peter Brien was indicted for stealing mare, the property David Kinnier, on the ? of September last – Guilty. Dublin Weekly Register, 14 Nov 1818.
1828 Census: Peter Bryan per Bencoolen, labourer at Mirandadale, Luskintyre; assigned to William Baker (see https://www.jenwilletts.com/searchaction.php) 1837: Ticket of Leave No 37/1811 - issued 1837 (see below). Also 9 January 1838 (see https://www.jenwilletts.com/searchaction.php) 1840: Ticket of Leave No 40/2024 - issued 29 September 1840, in lieu of 37/1811 returned mutilated and cancelled; allowed to remain in the District of Scone (see New South Wales, Australia, Tickets of Leave, 1810-1869; Ticket of leave butts (NRS 12202); Ticket of leave butts, Jun 1840-Oct 1840). 1840: Ticket of Leave Passport No 40/87 - issued 4 March 1840, allowing him to "proceed to New England in the service of Edmund D Day Esq for 12 months, on the recommendation of the Invermein Bench" [now Scone area] (see New South Wales, Australia, Tickets of Leave, 1810-1869;Butts of ticket of leave passports, 1835-1869 (NRS 12204); Butts of ticket of leave passports, 1839-1840). 1858: Ticket of Leave No 58/4 - issued April 1858; allowed to remain in the District of Windsor (see New South Wales, Australia, Tickets of Leave, 1810-1869; Ticket of leave butts (NRS 12202); Ticket of leave butts, Jan 1836-Mar 1836, Sep 1851-Aug 1867).
1819, 13 April: The "Bencoolen's" Surgeon and Superintendent William Evans reports in his Journal that the first consignment of convicts came aboard on this day from the Atlas Brig. On the 14th, the remainder of the prisoners were taken aboard from the City of Cork Gaol (see TROVE at https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1591770307/view). 1819, 27 May: Peter Bryan treated by the ship’s surgeon for constipation and a headache (recorded in the surgeon’s journal).
1818, 5 September: Peter BRYAN is admitted to Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin, charged with horse stealing, committed by Thomas Herbert Esq (see Ireland, Prison Registers, 1790-1924; Dublin, Kilmainham 1815-1910). 1818, 7 November: Peter Bryan appears before Baron George and Judge Moore and is convicted of horse stealing; sentenced to death, respited to transportation for life. 1819, 5 April: Peter Bryan is discharged from Kilmainham and "sent on board the convict ship" (see Ireland, Prison Registers, 1790-1924; Dublin, Kilmainham 1815-1910).
Peter BRYAN - convicted County Dublin November 1818; native of County Dublin; 41; 5'6", fair ruddy complexion, brown hair and hazel eyes (see New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842; Bound Indentures 1818-1819).
OCCUPATION: Flour machine maker and carpenter (see http://members.pcug.org.au/)