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Transportation
Patrick Caslin was transported on the Canada, departing 5th Dec 1814 and arriving 5th Aug 1815 with 163 passengers.
Canada (generic)References
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Convict Notes
Saturday last the assizes of Roscommon terminated. They were unusually thronged, ... Nine unhappy men were convicted of Threshing, &c. of whom John Beirut, 70 years of age, and before, transported for a felony, and suffer'd his sentence, his son, a young lad, three brothers of the name White, Caslin and Connell, are to be transported for life, and two brothers, Farralls, for seven years. ... and Mathias Rourke, for uttering forged notes, charged also with horse stealing, are likewise to be transported for the last mentioned term. Saunders News-Letter, 15 March 1814.
D Wong on 5th October, 2013 wrote: Patrick Caslin was 20 years old and his native place was Roscommon. Listed as Castles: 1815 Aug 15: On list of convicts disembarked from the “Canada” and “Francis and Eliza” and forwarded to Windsor for distribution (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.141) 1819: Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3193; 4/1857 p.58) 1823 Oct 29: Permitted to pass through Patricks Plains (Reel 6011; 4/3509 p.489) 1824 Jan 12: Servant of John Howe (Junior). Permitted to pass from Windsor, with cattle, to No.8 Township in the County of Durham (Reel 6012; 4/3510 p.168) 24/5/1827: Permission to marry Honora O’Brien (Brothers) she was 22 and Patrick 32. They married in 1827 at C of E Pitt Town, under Castles. They had 2 children that I found, John and Mary Ann, born in Goulburn. 1827: TOL 11/2/1832: CP Patrick was 5’0 3/4” tall, fair complexion, dark brown hair and hazel eyes. 29/10/1828: Appointed Constable at Patrick Plains, Hunter River, listed as Caslin. 19/11/1828: Honora was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment for stealing a piece of silk. Patrick was dismissed as a Constable and then most records were under ‘Castles’ from then on. 27/2/1877: Patrick died, aged 82 and is buried at Tamworth, along with his son John who died 13/1/1907 and daughter Mary Ann who died 1908.
1828 Census index. Patrick Caslin, age 35, T.L. Canada, 1815, Life, catholic, Constable, Isaac Perritt, Patricks Plains district. Isaac Perrett, age 34, T.L. Hadlow 1, 1818, 14 years, Constable & farmer, Patricks Plains district. Isaac had 2 horses and 103 cattle. -------------------------------------------------- COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE, 28th OCTOBER, 1828. HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR has been pleased to approve of the following Alterations in the Police of the Colony; viz — ARGYLE. Patrick's Plains, Hunter's River.—Patrick Caslin, holding a Ticket of Leave, to be Constable, from the 10th Instant ; Sydney Gazette, 31 Oct 1828. -------------------------------------------------- Patrick's Plains, Hunter's River. --- Constable Patrick Caslin, dismissed from his Situation on the 2lst Ultimo, for Neglect of Duty. Sydney Gazette, 9 May 1829. -------------------------------------------------- Convict Index. Patrick Caslin, Canada, 1815,Conditional Pardon, 11 Feb 1832. No 120.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Patrick Caslin, alias Cashion, Castles, age on arrival, 20, per Canada (3) 1815, Tried Roscommon, 1814, Life. DOB, 1795, native of Roscommon. Labourer. ---------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary Index. CASLIN, Patrick (Per "Canada", 1815) see Castles Patrick. CASTLES, Patrick. Per "Canada", 1815. 1815 Aug 15 On list of convicts disembarked from the "Canada" and "Francis and Eliza" and forwarded to Windsor for distribution (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.141) 1819 Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3193; 4/1857 p.58) 1823 Oct 29 Permitted to pass through Patricks Plains (Reel 6011; 4/3509 p.489) 1824 Jan 12 Servant of John Howe (Junior). Permitted to pass from Windsor, with cattle, to No.8 Township in the County of Durham (Reel 6012; 4/3510 p.168)