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Chauncey Bugbee was transported on the Buffalo, departing 28th Sep 1839 and arriving 12th Feb 1840 with 90 passengers.
1833 - Voyage. Transported; 179 Female Convicts and 25 Children 1839 - Voyage. On 28th September 1839, the Ship Buffalo left Quebec, Canada, taking 144 prisoners to Van Diemen’s Land and New South Wales, following the Patriot War in Canada in 1837-38. Some of the prisoners were French Canadians patriots and others were American patriots, captured after the Battle of the Windmill. The Ship went first to Van Diemens Land, arriving at Hobart on 11th February 1840, where most of the American prisoners were landed, and then went on to Sydney, arriving on 26th February 1840, where the 58 French speaking prisoners were landed. They were separated mainly because there was hostility between the Americans from Lower Canada and the Canadians from Upper Canada. The prisoners were in the main, literate, idealistic and honest men.
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Tasmanian Conduct Record: 3104. Chauncey Bugbee. Buffalo, 12 Feb 1840, Province of Upper Canada, 17 Dec 1838, Life. Transported for Piratical Invasion of Upper Canada. Single. T.L. 10.2.42. Free pardon, 1 July1845. -------------------------------------------------- Tasmanian Appropriation Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON27-1-8$init=CON27-1-8p28 3104 Chauncey Bugbee, 5ft 5 ½ , age 23, Ploughman, tried at Upper Canada, life, native of New York State. -------------------------------------------------- GOVERNMENT NOTICE. No. 78. Colonial Secretary's Office, 27th June, 1845. The Queen has been pleased to grant Absolute Pardons to the under-mentioned prisoners, who were convicted at Courts Martial held in Upper Canada, in the years 1838 and 1839, of high treason, and of feloniously invading the Province of Upper Canada, and sentenced to death, but which sentences were commuted to transportation for life: Thomas Baker, Jehiel H. Martin, John Berry, Andrew Moore, Chauncey Bugby, Michael Morin, Michael Fraer, Thomas Stockton, William Gates, Riley M. Stewart, Joseph Leforts, John C. Williams. By His Excellency's Command, J. E. BICHENO. The Courier, 2 July 1845. -------------------------------------------------- On receiving pardons, some of the Patriots made the decision to remain in Van Diemen’s Land or move to mainland Australia. Ploughman Chauncey Bugby (Bugbee) of Lyme, Jefferson County, married transported English convict Elizabeth Hughes at St. Luke’s Parish Church in Campbell Town on August 9, 1846. The couple had met while working for Robert Taylor at his Valleyfield estate. Daughter Jane was born on July 13, 1846 and son Robert was born on June 20, 1848. The family lived in the Campbell Town area. At the age of sixteen, Robert moved to Circular Head in the far north-west of Tasmania. Here he and his family (now Buckby), had a long and prosperous life. No records have been found as to where Chauncey and Elizabeth Bugby lived out their lives, died, or are buried. Source:John C. Carter. http://tilife.org/BackIssues/Archive/tabid/393/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1469/They-left-Jefferson-County-Foreverhellip.aspx