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Voyage
Transportation
Batholomew Davitt was transported on the Mariner, departing 19th Jan 1827 and arriving 23rd May 1827 with 161 passengers.
The 1825 Journey. The ship Mariner, Captain Fotherley, arrived from Ireland with female prisoners, on Sunday evening. She left the Cove of Cork, the 12th of March, and brings 112 female prisoners, having lost only one on the passage. A few passengers also came per this opportunity. Surgeon Superintendent Dr. Cochrane, R. N. Sydney Gazette, 14 July 1825.
Mariner (generic)References
| Primary Source | NSW Records. Irish Convictes |
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Convict Notes
William Cosgrove, Bartholomew and M. Devitt, and Patrick Kevaney, for administering an unlawful oath to J. Weir—transportation for life. Roscommon and Leitrim Gazette, 25 Mar 1826.
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 Mariner 3 - 1827 Name; Barthomew Davitt No; 15 Reads & writes. Single, Native County; Sligo Trade; House Servant Offence; Unlawful Oaths Trial; Sligo - 16 March 1826 - Life Height; 5 ft. 3 in Complexion; Sallow freckled Hair; Brown Eyes; Blue Assigned; J F Hawkins, Bathurst ? Date of Certificate; 36/803 Additional Remarks; Brother to Michael Davitt. Indent no; 17. Same ship DIED; 25 May 1843. in Parramatta General Hospital --------------------
Died at Parramatta Hospital.
Born at Sligo Ireland. Crime unlawful Oaths. Single and ariived with brother Michael. Classified as a WB. Irish whiteboy - (secret Irish organisation in 18th-century Ireland which used violent tactics to address the rack-rents collection, excessive priests’ dues, evictions and other oppressive acts against the tenant and subsistence Irish farmers).