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Transportation
Thomas Burke was transported on the Mary, departing 25th May 1819 and arriving 26th Aug 1819 with 161 passengers.
Built 1811, Ipswich,England 361 tons. 1817 Journey On Monday arrived the ship Mary, Capt. ORMON, from Calcutta, with merchandize—Passengers, Captain FAITHFUL and Lieut. HAMILTON: this vessel has brought 6 male prisoners from India, destined for Port Jackson; to which place it is expected she will sail to-morrow. Hobart Town Gazette, 24 May 1817. Ship News. On Thursday arrived from Calcutta, via Derwent, the ship Mary, Captain Ormon, with a various cargo. -Passengers from Calcutta, Captain Faithfull and Lieutenant Hamilton:-The Mary sailed from Calcutta the 23d of February, and left the Pilot the 1st of March. Sydney Gazette, Sat 7 Jun 1817. -------------------------------------------------- Convicts who sailed on the 'Mary' direct from Ireland - 1819 & 1836 - are currently being listed, incomplete data to date.
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| Primary Source | New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849; Irish Convicts to New South Wales 1788-1849, by Peter Mayberry |
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Convict Notes
1825: Thomas BURKE – free by servitude – per Mary 1819; brass founder, Sydney (see NSW and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849, New South Wales General muster A-L 1825).
1825: Thomas BURKE – free by servitude – per Mary 1819; brass founder, Sydney (see NSW and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849, New South Wales General muster A-L 1825).
1825, 23 June: Thomas BURKE – Certificate of Freedom #70/3913 – per Mary 1819; convicted Dublin County, June 1818, seven years; brass lock maker; 46, 5’2½”, ruddy complexion, brown hair and hazel eyes (see New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867).
1819, 25 August: Thomas BURKE 40, 5’3”, dark ruddy complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes, native place Dublin City (see NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842; Bound Indentures 1818-1819).
CRIME: Felony of a bell (see New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849). 1818, 29 June: "Bernard McEvors and Thomas Burke for stealing a bell, and other articles the property of JD Letouche Esq. to be transported for 7 years"(see Freeman's Journal, Saturday June 20, 1818, p3)
OCCUPATION: Brass lockmaker (see Irish Convicts to New South Wales 1788-1849, by Peter Mayberry).