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Transportation
Thomas Connell 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
1825: Thomas CONNELL – convict – Mary 1819, 14 years; labourer at Bathurst (see NSW and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849, New South Wales General muster A-L 1825). 1828, 15 May: Granted Ticket of Leave (see below). 1832, 16 March: Thomas CONNELL – Certificate of Freedom #32/178 – per Mary 1, 1819; native place County Meath; wheelwright and carpenter; offence – uttering forged notes; tried at Westmeath, Lent 1818, 14 years; born 1784, 5’5¼”, ruddy and pockmarked complexion, dark brown hair, light blue eyes, blind of left. General remarks: Nose long and slim, lost two front teeth in upper jaw. Ticket of Leave No 20/41 15 May 1828 (see New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867).
1819, 25 August: Thomas CONNELL – convicted Westmeath, Lent 1818; 14 years; native place Co Meath; wheelwright and carpenter; 35, 5’4”; dark complexion, black hair and grey eyes (see NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842; Bound Indentures 1818-1819).
1825, 15 September: Granted Ticket of Leave #424/1898 - Thomas CONNELL, b 1784, wheelwright and carpenter; 5’5½”, ruddy and pock-marked complexion, brown to grey hair, grey eyes, blind in left; for the District of Bathurst (see NSW Tickets of Leave, 1810-1869; Register of tickets of leave, 1824-1827).
CRIME: Having forged notes in possession (see NSW Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849).
OCCUPATION: Wheelwright and carpenter (see Irish Convicts to New South Wales 1788-1849). TRIED: Lent 1818 (see NSW Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849).