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Voyage
Transportation
Michael 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 Convict Records. Irish Convicts |
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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.
114968 Devitt (Davitt) Michael - Mariner 1827. 1832 20 August Port Stephens In the Service of the Company. Letters of Sir Edward Parry, Volume 2 June 1832 - March 1834 Letter 689a. Prisoner for Life. Petition to be reunited to the Family from which he was separated at the time of his Transportation. Recommended by Sir Edward Parry.
169696 Davitt Michael Mariner 1827. 1827 - State Archives of NSW. Bound indents Microfiche 664. Age 31. Married with 5 children. Farmer's labourer tried 16 March 1826 and sentenced to transportation for life for making unlawful oaths. Assigned to the A.A. company on arrival. Brother of Batholomew Davitt who arrived on the same vessel 46144 Davitt (Devitt) Michael Mariner 1827 1828 Port Stephens 1828 Census Aged 36. Labourer assigned to Australian Agricultural Company. 83965 Davitt (Devitt) Michael - Mariner 1827. 1837 Port Stephens GRC. Aged 41. Tried in Sligo. Ticket of leave holder
Born at Sligo Ireland. Crime unlawful Oaths. Married with 5 Children. Brother of Bartholomew - arrived together. 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).