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Francis Davis 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 | New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849; Irish Convicts to New South Wales 1788-1849, by Peter Mayberry |
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Convict Notes
1818, 3 April: A follow-up story in the Freeman's Journal reports that Francis DAVIS who "was to have suffered the sentence of the law yesterday for the murder of Daniel AHERN... received a further respite of three weeks this morning, until his case and some particulars which have been disclosed since the trial, shall have been laid before His Majesty's Government" (see Freeman's Journal, April 3, 1818, p4). I have not been able to find any further details of this case, but clearly DAVIS escaped the Death penalty.
1818, March: Francis DAVIS appeared before the City of Cork Assizes charged with the murder of his brother-in-law Daniel AHERN on 18 October 1817. Ahern and Davis's wives were sisters. All lived in the same house. Ahern's daughter, a key witness, said she saw Davis hit her father over the head with a shovel, at least twice, during an altercation in the back yard of the house. Her father fell down after the first blow and she saw Davis raise the shovel to strike him again as she ran away to raise the alarm. Ahern died about a week later in North Infirmary. The Freeman's Journal reported that Davis "had frequently attempted to take forcible possession of the house which had been willed to Daniel Ahern" by their mother-in-law. Davis was found guilty (see Freeman's Journal, Monday March 30, 1818, p3).
1825, 3 February: He is on a list published in the Sydney Gazette and NSW Advertiser, p 4, as follows: "Francis Davis, Mary 2 [incorrect], 54, Cork, 5 feet 6, hazle [sic]eyes, black hair, dark sal. comp. Mitchell's Road Gang".
1819: Francis Davis, soldier, 48, dark sallow complexion, black hair and hazel eyes (see New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842; Bound Indentures 1818-1819). 1822: He is a convict on the Town Gang, Sydney; per Mary, but he is listed as having a sentence of only 7 years (see New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849, New South Wales General muster 1822). 1825: Again listed as per Mary with a sentence of only 7 years, he is with Harrigan's CoP at Minto (see NSW Convict Musters, 1806-1849; NSW General muster A-L 1825).
TRIED: Spring 1818 (see New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849).