James Commens

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Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	James Commens
Aliases:	Cummins
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1797
Occupation:	Ploughman
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 7 years

Crime:	Perjury
Convicted at:	Ireland, Sligo
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Southworth
Departure date:	18th November, 1821
Arrival date:	9th March, 1822
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 72 other convicts

References

Primary source:	http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/cgi-bin/irish/irish.cgi
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Community Contributions

D Wong on 16th March, 2019 wrote:

James Commens was 25 years old on arrival.

Ancestry Convict Indents: Listed as Cummins, he was 5’3½” tall, stout, blue eyes, brown hair.

Colonial Secretary Papers:
COMMENS, James. Per “Southworth”, 1822

1822 Mar 14: On list of convicts landed from the “Southworth” & forwarded to Windsor for distribution; listed as Cummins (Reel 6009; 4/3503 p.13)

1825 Feb 19: On list of convicts transported to Port Macquarie per “Amity” (Reel 6019; 4/3864 pp.504-5)

16/7/1828: COF
15/4/1833: COF renewed

2/12/1834: Permission to marry Anne Stevenson (Caroline), aged 41, on bond, married with 6 children. James was 34, Free.
No registration found.

15/2/1837: COF renewed

C1838: Permission to marry Mary Gibbons (Andromeda) aged 38 and on Bond - James 38 and Free.

1838: Married Mary Gibbons - James listed as Cummins. Married at St. Mary’s, Sydney.
No children listed.

Rod A on 31st July, 2019 wrote:

23/04/1833 - Certificate of Freedom granted. (Sydney Gazette & NSW Advertiser 25/04/1833).

Convict Changes History

D Wong on 16th March, 2019 made the following changes:

convicted at, term: 7 years, voyage, source: http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/cgi-bin/irish/irish.cgi (prev. ), firstname: James, surname: Commens, alias1: Cummins, alias2: , alias3: , alias4: , date of birth: 1797, date of death: 0000, gender: m, occupa