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Transportation
John Davison was transported on the Marquis Cornwallis, departing 9th Aug 1795 and arriving 11th Feb 1796 with 198 passengers.
Captain Michael Hogan. Surgeon Matthew Austin. Surgeon John Hogan. First Officer Hugh Reid; Midshipman William Roberts. Embarked: 163 men; 70 women Voyage: 186 days Deaths 11
Marquis Cornwallis (generic)References
| Primary Source | Belfast Newsletter, Monday 13 April 1795 p. 2 NSW State Records: * Indents of Convict Ships - Marquis Cornwallis. |
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Convict Notes
John Davison Died in December 1813 in Sydney, recorded still as a prisoner. His burial was on 21 December 1813 recorded in the burial Register of St Phillip's Church, Sydney. Based on his age given at the start of 1796, he would have been about 68 years of age.
John Davison was tried at Monaghan, Ireland, in April 1795 for horse-stealing and was found guilty. He was originally sentence to be hanged on 11th May 1795, but clemency was extended to him and he was instead transported to NSW for seven years. Belfast Newsletter, Monday 13 April 1795 p. 2 “Monaghan Assizes “John Davison found guilty of horse-stealing – ordered to be hanged 11th May next.” Two other Monaghan convicts who were sentenced a the same Assizes to be hanged on the same day - James Martin for horse stealing also, and Hugh Boyle for burglary and theft of a gun - were also pardoned and transported to NSW on the same convict ship: Marquis Cornwallis. Davison appears on the indent of the Marquis Cornwallis, arriving in Sydney in February 1796. He is listed as aged 40 years (this would be on departure from Ireland), tried in County Monaghan in "March 1795" and the sentence was a term of seven years.