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Terence Byrne 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 | NSW Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849; Irish Convicts to New South Wales 1788-1849, by Peter Mayberry |
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1827, 17 October: From the Sydney Gazette, p3 – “Windsor Quarter Sessions: …Terence Byrne was charged with pig stealing. This man was also defended by Mr Howe and Mr Unwin. If one may judge at the expense at legal assistance, by the vast ability displayed, imagination would suggest that these pigs have cost Byrne eighteen pence per pound, including the head and feet; although it is not customary to compare the retaining fee with the make weight of a pig's head. The prisoner had completely the best at the trial, the poor witnesses underwent a painful examination, and Mr. Rowe nearly made "Pat Carrol", the prosecutor, believe it was a bull he had lost, and not four pigs. Mr Rowe frequently makes witty allusions to matters "over the water", exceedingly pleasing to young Gentlemen of the Jury, and of essential benefit to his client - Not Guilty.”
1824, 25 March: Terence BYRNE or CHANCE – Certificate of Freedom #143/2000 – per Mary 1, 1819; convicted Kildare, Spring 1817, 7 years; native place Ballymore, Eustace; labourer; 41, 5'4¾”, ruddy complexion, brown to grey hair, blue eyes with a cast in the left (see New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867).
1818, 25 July: Admitted to Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin; transferred by the Government (see Ireland, Prison Registers, 1790-1924; Dublin, Kilmainham, 1815-1910). 1819, 25 August: Terence BYRNE or CHANCE 36, 5’4½”, fair pale complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes with cast in left, native place Ballymore, Kildare County (see NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842; Bound Indentures 1818-1819).
1817, 20 June: Terence Byrne, alias Chance, tried in April 1816 on a charge of "conspiring to robbery" and sentenced to transportation for 7 years, lodged a petition (Document ref PPC 1402): “Letter stating that the government's levity may be extended to the convict on condition of transportation.” (see https://www.nationalarchives.ie/article/penal-transportation-records-ireland-australia-1788-1868-2/) From the Freeman’s Journal, Sat August 16, 1817, p2 (from archive.irishnewsarchive.com). First para was also printed by the Belfast Newsletter, Friday August 22, p2: "Yesterday, were brought to the Head Police Office, two notorious out-laws, of the names of Edgworth and Chance (alias Byrne), who, about two years since, escaped out of Naas gaol, and have been ever since infesting the neighbourhood of Co. Wicklow. They were taken in a remote cave at Elvertown, in the Co. of Dublin, by the Gentlemen of Ballymore, Rathmore and Blessington Associations, after a desperate resistance, and the contents of a blunderbuss (fired by Edgworth) having unhappily wounded a Mr. Grace. The cave, it seems, which is called the Fox Cover, was admirably constructed for secrecy, but badly for defence. The inside was deep and spacious, but the entrance to it so small as to prevent a precipitate retreat, and nothing but the threat of burning them alive could have induced them to surrender. They were brought to town yesterday morning, strongly escorted, by Phillip Homar, Esq. (who was principally instrumental to their apprehension), and the other Gentlemen of the different Associations. After remaining at the Police Office for some time, they were committed to Newgate. "These offenders, it may be recollected, attacked Mr. Parr, of Mercer-street, about two years ago, and attempted to rob him on the highway, on the Naas road, in the day time; but Mr. Parr pursued and took Byrne. Edgworth was, some time after, taken at Rathfarnham, by McDermott, the Peace Officer of the Police stationed there. Both were tried and convicted before Baron Smith, at the Spring Assizes, 1816."
CRIME: Assaulting to rob (see NSW Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849).
TRIED: Spring 1817 (see NSW Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849).