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Transportation
Mary Deal was transported on the Janus, departing 23rd Oct 1819 and arriving 3rd May 1820 with 109 passengers.
Rig Type: S. Built: New York 1810 Size (tons): 308 The Janus was also a whaling ship. 1819/20 voyage: Female convicted women embarked in England and then in Cork, Ireland. One Rebecca Connolly embarked at Cork but due to ill health was returned to Depot. Sailed on 19 Dec 1819. Arrived at Port Jackson, NSW 3 May 1820. On 20th May, 68 of the women was boarded on the Princess Charlotte bound for Van Diemen's Land, to Port Dalrymple and Hobart. A formal enquiry was held as to the treatment of the women by the Captain and his crew. Note: Not all of the women from Ireland have been included yet on this Register. Currently being updated. Two of the Women convicts, Mary Long, and Lydia Elsden claimed to be in a pregnant condition on arrival. Mary Long claimed the Captain, thomas Mowat, was the father of her child, and Lydia Elsden claimed the Chief Officer, John Hedges, was the father of her child, to which they both swore before the Magistrate.
Janus (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 241 (122) |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
Claims
"Mary was my fifth generation grandmother"
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Convict Notes
1823 - MARRIAGE; Mary Ann Daisy, Age: 24. Convict; Janus Spouse: Kemp, Richard. Age: 50. Free Date of marriage: 07 Apr 1823 Registered: Hobart. RGD36/1/1 no 625
New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary’s Papers, 1788-1856 Copies of Letters Sent Within The Colony, 1814-1827 18/5/1820 On a list of 43 convicts transferred per ship Princess charlotte to VDL Hobart Blind in right eye
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 11 June 2020), July 1819, trial of ESTHER BEVAN OWEN RYDON DAVID AUSTIN JAMES RABNETT MARY DEAL (t18190707-43). ESTHER BEVAN, OWEN RYDON, DAVID AUSTIN, JAMES RABNETT, MARY DEAL, Royal Offences > coining offences, 7th July 1819. 948. ESTHER BEVAN , OWEN RYDON , DAVID AUSTIN , JAMES RABNETT and MARY DEAL were severally and separately indicted for having forged bank notes in their possession, they well knowing them to be forged. The prisoners pleaded GUILTY. Transported for Fourteen Years . Before Mr. Justice Holroyd.