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Transportation
John Carroll was transported on the Portland, departing 21st Feb 1833 and arriving 26th Jun 1833 with 199 passengers.
The 'Portland' ship was built at Bristol, England in 1822, 385 tons. The 'Portland' transported convicted from Britain to Australia in 1832 & 1833. The 1833 voyage came direct from Cork, Ireland therefore all of the passengers are not yet listed on this web site.
Portland (generic)References
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Convict Notes
Absconded. Carroll John, Portland, 33-1106, 32, county Tipperary, butcher, farm servant and maltster, 5 feet 7 inches, brown comp., light brown to grey hair, hazel grey eyes, scar below under lip, mark of a bile Inside lower left arm, scar on ball of right arm, from J. Hale, Windsor, since October 14, 1835. NSW Govt Gazette, 27 July 1836.
Absconded. Carroll John, Clyde (2), 37, county Tipperary, butcher and maltster, 5 feet 7 ½ inches, ruddy comp.,brown to grey hair, hazel grey eyes, diagonal scar below under lip, perpendicular and another scar centre of forehead, diagonal scar on left side of. same, two Scars over left eyebrow, scar inside and outside ball of right thumb, mark of a bile in side lower left arm, two scars on left thumb, three on fore one on middle, and on third, and two on little finger of left hand. Transported before in the Portland, in 1832, in the same name, absconded from the Colony in 1835, from escort to Bargo, since 9th September, 1841. NSW Govt Gazette, 6 Aug 1847.
John Carroll was 29 years old, a widower with 1 male child, and his occupation was a "Butcher/Maltster/Farm Labourer". John was tried on 15/3/1832 for the murder of Michael Troy, was acquitted of murder but found guilty of manslaughter and to be transported for life. In 1835 John absconded from NSW and returned to England, he was in Liverpool when arrested for "returning from transportation" and was sentenced to death and then transported for life on the Clyde 1838. (See entry for the Clyde). John said he was there to find his son, whose mother had since died.