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Crime
Transportation
Richard Crean was transported on the Dorothy, departing 5th May 1820 and arriving 29th Sep 1820 with 193 passengers.
Built In Liverpool in 1815. Transported Male only prisoners from Ireland
Dorothy (generic)References
| Primary Source | 1. NSW, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls… 1790-1849 2. UK, Royal Navy Medical Journals, 1817-1856, Dorothy 1820 01 Mar - 1820 29 Sep 3. NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842 4. NSW and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849 5. NSW Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856, Special Bundles, 1794-1825 |
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Convict Notes
Occupation: Labourer (see Irish Convicts to New South Wales, 1788-1849; by Peter Mayberry).
Richard Crean was 22 years old on arrival, 5'7" tall, brown hair, hazel eyes.
1828: Surname: Crane (Crean), First Name: Richard, Ship: Dorothy 1820; Place: Wallis Plains; Details: Aged 24. Sawyer (see NSW 1828 Census and https://www.jenwilletts.com)
1822: Listed as CRAINE, assigned to William Bell’s Clearing Party, Windsor (see NSW and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849). 1824, 15 November: On return of fines and punishments in the Police Office – detected in a boat which had been illegally taken from her moorings by persons unknown; sentenced to treadmill for 14 days (see NSW Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856, Special Bundles, 1794-1825). 1824, 7 December: On list of prisoners assigned – to James Bowman Esq, Sydney (see NSW Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856, Special Bundles, 1794-1825). Bowman was Principal Surgeon of the Territory at the time. 1825, March: On monthly return of prisoners punished at Newcastle; listed as Richard Crayon; in the service of Dr Bowman. 50 lashes ordered by Robert Scott, 39 administered for “misconduct as a shepherd and watchman” (see Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856, Special Bundles, 1794-1825). 1827, 16 April: Granted Certificate of Freedom (see NSW Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867, (NRS 12208) Register of Certificates of Freedom 1 Dec 1823 - Apr 1827, Jun 1828 - Dec 1833). Notation on above certificate says: “Cancelled 31 July 1833 on its receipt from Superintendent of Police Maitland within a letter dated 26th instant reporting Crean’s death.” 1833, 16 July: Died in July and buried on the 16th; death recorded at Maitland; free; age given as 34 (see Convict Death Register, 1826-1879, Images; and NSW BDM Reg no 705/1833 V1833705 17).
1820: Richard Crean, 23yo, was sentenced to 7 years for larceny from a person; he was convicted at Cork City, during Lent 1820 (NSW, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls… 1790-1849). 1820, 14 July: One of several prisoners “unironed” (listed as Richard Crane), as reported by the ship’s surgeon superintendent, Robert Espie, in his journal (see UK, Royal Navy Medical Journals, 1817-1856, Dorothy 1820 01 Mar - 1820 29 Sep). 1820: Richard Crane, 22, per "Dorothy", convicted Cork (see NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842).