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Transportation
John Davis 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.
Eliza (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
Convict Applications to Marry John Davis, alias John Mehegan, per Eliza 3, age 39, 7 years, Free; and Johanna Fitzgibbon, per Surrey (4), age 23, 7 years, Bond. Date of permission, 3 June 1836, Sydney. No marriage found.
John Davis was indicted for stealing a sheep. the property Daniel Collins, at Ballyvolane, on the December. The sheep was stolen from a field of the prosecutor’s, and discovered it, along with two others, which were also stolen, by a policeman, in the prisoner's house. Guilty—Sentence of death was recorded against the prisoner. Cork Constitution, 5 April 1827.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. John Davis, alias Mehegan, age on arrival, 30, per Eliza II (1), 1827. Tried Cork, 1827, 7 years, for Stealing sheep. DOB, 1797, Native place, Cork Co. Catholic. Single. Farm man.