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Transportation
Martin Cormick was transported on the Forth, departing 1st Jan 1830 and arriving 26th Apr 1830 with 120 passengers.
118 Prisoners - 3 deaths May 1830. Embarked on board the Fourth at Cove form the Penitentiary in Cork for passage to New South Wales; 120 Female Convicts. 10 Children belonging to 8 Free Women and 19 Children of
Forth (generic)References
| Primary Source | New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842. |
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Convict Notes
Absconded Cormick, or McCormick Martin, Forth, 30-34, 34, Kilkenny, ploughman, 5 feet 8, ruddy freckled comp. brown hair, hazel eyes, large scar on forepart of right leg, which has been broken, from George M‘Leay, Cowpasture, since Jan. 28. NSW Govt Gazette, 12 Feb 1834.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Martin Cormick, alias McCormick, age on arrival, 31, per Forth I, (1830), Tried 1829, Kilkenny, Life, for Firearms burglary. Irish White boy rebel. DOB, 1799, Native place, Kilkenny. Single, Protestant. Ploughman reaper. Died 1835 at Hyde Park Watch house. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Carroll and Martin Cormack stood indicted for burglary and robbery of fire arms in the house of William Butler, of Butler’s-grove, 24th March. The Jury, without quitting the box, returned verdict of guilty. Sentence of death was recorded against both the prisoners. Dublin Weekly Register, 22 Aug 1829.
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842. Name; Martin Cormick or McCormick Ship; Forth Indent No; 40. Age; 31 Est birth Year; 1799. Reads, Single; Native Place; Kilkenny Calling; Ploughman, reaps Offence; Burgulary, fire arms Date of Trial: Kilkenny, 29 Aug 1829. Sentence; Life. Height; 5 ft. 8 in Complexion; Ruddy, freckled Hair; Brown Eyes; Hazel Noted against his name; DIED in the Watch House Hyde park Barracks 31 ? 1835. ------------------------------------