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Transportation
John Cavanagh 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 |
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Convict Notes
1834, 1 March: John CAVANAGH per Mary, carpenter, per Isabella from Norfolk Island to the Phoenix Hulk; free of colonial sentence; disposed of to Hyde Park Barracks on 4 March 1834 (see NSW, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891; Phoenix Hulk: Entrance Books, 1833-1837). 1834, 1 April: Granted a Certificate of Freedom #34/317. By now his trade is a carpenter, and his previous conviction in Ireland is no longer listed. Instead the certificate gives his conviction for street robbery, his trial at the Sydney Quarter Sessions on 16 January 1827, and his sentence of 7 years. He is now 5’1½” with a sallow complexion, brown mixed with grey hair, and blue eyes. His nose is a little cocked. The certificate has been overwritten in two places: “…Notice delivered 27 May 46” and a second notation says “P… 29 May 1846” (see NSW, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867; Butts of Certificates of Freedom 1834, April, All Records).
1826, 2 February: John CAVANAGH was issued with another Certificate of Freedom #23/4823 in lieu of No 12/4364, issued on 11 August 1825, which was returned mutilated and cancelled. Aged 19 but height is given as 6’0½” [subsequent records show this is an error], otherwise his physical description is the same as for earlier certificate in 1825. A notation on this certificate says it was “torn up on 9 January 1829 it having been returned to this office by John Carroll of Tyne, a Ticket of Leave holder. Cavanagh was transported to Norfolk Island for seven years by the Quarter Sessions held in Sydney 16 January 1827.” 1827, 16 January: Described as John CAVENAGH, he appeared before the Quarter Sessions, Sydney. He was found guilty of a street robbery, and sentenced to seven years’ transportation (see The Australian, 17 Jan 1827, p3). 1827, 19 June: John CAVANAGH per Mary, cabinet maker, admitted to prison hulk Phoenix, having been sentenced on 16 January 1827, by the Quarter Sessions in Sydney, to 7 years for street robbery (see NSW, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891; Phoenix Hulk: Entrance Books, 1825-1831). 1828, 12 December: John CAVANAGH per Mary is one of 13 prisoners returned from Norfolk Island per HM schooner Isabella. No explanation given; and not able to find a record of his return again to Norfolk Island between this date and March 1834 (see New South Wales, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891; Phoenix Hulk: Entrance Books, 1825-1831).
1822, 22 May: John CAVANAGH per Mary (1) – sentenced, by the Sydney Bench, to serve two years at Port Macquarie for burglary. This record from Port Macquarie gives his date of conviction as 12 June 1822 (see NSW, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891; Port Macquarie Penal Settlement; Port Macquarie: List of Convicts, 1822-1825). 1822, 4 June: John Cavanagh per Mary, sent to Port Macquarie, per Lady Nelson. 1825, 13 May: John CAVANAGH – Certificate of Freedom #73/3696 – per Mary 1, 1819; tried at Cork City, Summer 1818, 7 years; native place Cork; schoolboy, 19, 5’0½”, sallow complexion, brown hair and blue eyes. Remarks: “Sentenced to Port Macquarie 22 May 1822 for remainder of his original sentence for a burglary.” (see Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867)
1822: James (John) CAVANAGH – convict, 14 years [incorrect; it’s 7 years] – Mary 1819, government employment, Sydney (see NSW and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849, NSW General muster 1822).
John Cavanagh was listed as 13 years old on arrival. Native Place: Cork City. Occupation: Schoolboy. John was 4'7" tall, fair pale complexion, brown hair, blue eyes. Colonial Secretary Index: CAVANAGH, John. Per "Mary", 1819 1822 Jun 4: On lists of prisoners transported to Port Macquarie per "Lady Nelson" (Reel 6009, 4/3505 p.377; Reel 6019, 4/3864 pp.360-1) 13/5/1825: COF - Sent to Port Macqauarie 22/5/1822 for the remainder of original sentence for a Burglary. 11/8/1825: COF - 19 years old, 5'0½" tall. 5/10/1825: COF 2/2/1826: COF 1/4/1834: COF - 16/1/1827 tried in Sydney for Street Robbery - 7 years...Carpenter, 5'1½" tall, sallow complexion, brown mixed with grey hair, blue eyes, nose a little cocked.
CRIME: Burglary and felony (see NSW Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849).
OCCUPATION is not "Not known". He is a schoolboy (aged just 12) (see NSW Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849). He is one of the youngest prisoners on the Mary.