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Voyage
Transportation
John Callaghan was transported on the Surrey Or Surry, departing 14th Jul 1816 and arriving 20th Dec 1816 with 150 passengers.
Built at Harwich in 1811 a square-rigged transport ship of 443 tons and copper lined she had two decks with a height between decks of 5 ft. 8 ins. In 1818, she had a major refit increasing the decks (and convict carrying capacity) to three. She was owned by the London firm of F. & C.F. Mangles.
Surrey Or Surry (generic)References
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Convict Notes
PUBLIC NOTICE. THE undermentioned Persons have obtained Certificates in the Course of the last Week : Surry (2). John Callaghan; Sydney Gazette, 10 Apr 1823. --------------------------------------------------- Convict Permissions to Marry. John O’Callaghan, per Surrey (2), age 43, 7 years, Free; and Margaret Larkins, per Woodman, age 7 years, sentence, 7 years, Bond. Revd. Richard Hill, Sydney, 14 Aug 1826. --------------------------------------------------
Colonial Secretary Index. CALLAGHAN, John. Per "Surrey", 1816; gardener. 1824 Sep Memorial (Fiche 3081; 4/1836B No.157 pp.719-22) ------------------------------------------------------ To His Excellency Sir Thos Brisbane. The humble Memorial of John Callaghan, Free Man, showeth That your Memorialist arrived in the Colony in the ship Surry, Capt Thomas Raine in the year 1816 under sentence of Transportation for seven years and has now been free by servitude upward of two years past. That your Memoralist is by trade a gardener and served the principal part of his sentence in that occupation with W. H. Moore Esq. Solicitor by whom he can be recommended. That your Memorialist has never been accused of or punished for any crime since his arrival here nor has he ever been before the Criminal Court. That your Memorialist has never received any Grant of Land or other indulgence whatever from the Crown and being desirous of following agricultural pursuits, Your Memorialist humbly prays your Excellency may be pleased to grant him a portion of Land with the customary Indulgences. And your Memorialist will ever pray, John Callaghan. The above Memorialist as far as could be within my knowledge is correct and I believe the Memorialist to be an industrious hard working man and a good gardener. W. W. Moore. 6 Sept 1824.
At the City of Cork Assizes, ….John Callaghan, for sheep stealing; ... Limerick Gazette, 12 April 1816.
John Callaghan was convicted at Cork City in 1815 and given a 7yr transportation sentence. To New South Wales, Australia on the "Surrey" arriving 1816.