Benjamin Carroll

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Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Benjamin Carroll
Aliases:	Carrol
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1761
Occupation:	-
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 56 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to Life

Crime:	Political prisoner
Convicted at:	Ireland, Roscommon
Sentence term:	Life
Ship:	Minerva
Departure date:	24th August, 1799
Arrival date:	11th January, 1800
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 233 other convicts

References

Primary source:	http://srwww.records.nsw.gov.au http://colsec.records.nsw.gov.au Mitchel Library NSW - United Irishmen NSW 1800 - 1806.
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Community Contributions

Eric Harry Daly on 29th December, 2012 wrote:

Benjamin Carroll
Trade: distiller

From The Colonial Secretary Index, 1788-1825.
CARROLL, Benjamin. Per “Minerva”, 1800
1802 Apr 17
General Order that persons in possession of weapons face summary execution (Reel 6037; SZ989 p.44)
1810
Applying for one cow (Reel 6042; 4/1725 pp.372-3)
1816
Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3173; 4/1849 p.48)
1823 c.Jul
On list of convicts assigned to John Palmer (Reel 6056; 4/1765 p.182)

Dennis Nightingale on 14th May, 2015 wrote:

Born - Roscommon County Ireland. Listed as a Irish Rebel.
Benjamin Carrol was affiliated with the United Irishmen. He was arrested and tried in 1798 with many others, including:- John Austin, Brien Byrne, Richard Byrne, Christopher Coleman, Thomas Brady, Joseph Davis, Robert Doogan, Partrick Duffy, Thomas Ennis, Roger Gavin, John Hewitt, Robert Keane, John Kinkaid, John McDonald, Joseph McKinly, Charles McClean Ferdinand Maurant, Joseph Murray, Michael Mulhall, William Noble, Owen Nugent, John Reddington, William Russell and Robert Wilson

Following his trial in 1798, Benjamin Carrol was named in the Banishment Act and would become a voluntary exile. The Banishment Act (38 George III, c.78) pardoned named individuals concerned in a rebellion. Return to British dominions or passage to a country at war with Britain were prohibited. There were approximately 100 Wicklow men transported after the rebellion of 1798. Another 500 from other counties would also join them in Australia.

Convict Changes History

Eric Harry Daly on 29th December, 2012 made the following changes:

convicted at, term 99 years, voyage, source, firstname, surname, alias1, alias2, alias3, alias4, date of birth 1761, date of death 0000, gender, occupation, crime

Eric Harry Daly on 29th December, 2012 made the following changes:

surname Carroll (prev. Carrol)

Dennis Nightingale on 14th May, 2015 made the following changes:

source: http://srwww.records.nsw.gov.au http://colsec.records.nsw.gov.au Mitchel Library NSW - United Irishmen NSW 1800 - 1806. (prev. http://srwww.records.nsw.gov.au http://colsec.records.nsw.gov.au), alias1: Carrol