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Transportation
James Cox was transported on the Eliza, departing 19th Jul 1827 and arriving 8th Nov 1827 with 194 passengers.
The Eliza was a 511-ton (later 538 ton) merchant ship built in British India in 1806. She made five voyages transporting convicts from England and Ireland to Australia.
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Convict Notes
Ireland National Archives. Ireland Australia Transportation Database. James Cox, Trial at Co Longford, Trial Date: 00/03/1827 Crime: Administering unlawful oaths. Sentence: Transportation Life. Doc Ref: CRF 1845 R 21. Doc Date: 11/1/1845.
Dublin Morning Register 14 March 1827: 'LONGFORD ASSIZES ...Bryan Ruein (sic) and James Cox were tried under the Whiteboy Act, for administering an unlawful oath, the purport of which was, to be ready to take up fire arms. They were sentenced to transportation for life.' 1827 Convict indent: James Cox, age 23 years, born: Longford, Farmer's man & shepherd, single, can read and write, height 5ft 5.75in, ruddy complexion, brown hair, grey eyes, tattoo of crucifix on right lower arm.  1828 census: Australian Agricultural Company, District: Port Stephens NSW 1836 Ticket of Leave, 36/0272 1837 General Return of Convicts: Port Stephens 1843 Conditional Pardon 43/157 1845 Absolute Pardon Death 30 October 1891 at Main Creek near Dungog, New South Wales. Death certificate: 90 years old, farmer, cause of death "senile garasmus", born Longford Ireland, parents Michael Cox farmer and Sarah Rogers. Burial 31 October 1891 "Hanley's Flat Cemetery" (Dungog Cemetery) RC. Children Sarah 46, Jane 45, Susannah 44, Mary Ann 42, James 40, Thomas 38, Sophia 37, John 34, Catherine 31, Elizabeth 29, Samuel Thomas 27, Robert Michael 23, Agnes 21.
Married Ann McKeown/McKeon in 1844. Settled on farm at Main Creek, Dungog, NSW. Had 13 children, viz; Jane (1846-Nov.1941), Sarah (1849-12/11/1880), James (1850-06/1915), Thomas (1853-1853), Sophia (1854-24/09/1929), William J (1858-1858?), Catherine (1859-6/12/1941), Isabella (1861 - ?), Elizabeth (1862-?), Rosalind Beatrice (1863-1871), Samuel Thomas (1864-1943), Robert Michael (19/05/1868 - 20/05/1953) Agnes (1869 - ?). Some names here may be slightly wrong.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. James Cox, age 23, per Eliza II (1) 1827, Tried at Longford, 1827, crime, Unlawful oaths, sentence Life, Whiteboy rebel, Native of Longford, trade – Shepherd Farmers man, Catholic, single. DOB 1804. ------------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 24th November, 1845. PARDON. HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified, that the Right Honorable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, has transmitted in his Despatch of the 30th June, 1845, No. 68, a Free Pardon which Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to grant to James Cox and Bryan Roveen, both by the ship 'Eliza’ 3. By His Excellency's Command, E. DEAS THOMSON. New South Wales Government Gazette, 25 Nov 1845.