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John Dempsey was transported on the Atlas, departing 30th May 1802 and arriving 30th Oct 1802 with 191 passengers.
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| Primary Source | Source Citation Class: HO 10; Piece: 8 Source Information Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Settler and Convict Lists, 1787-1834 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Home Office: Settlers and Convicts, New South Wales and Tasmania; (The National Archives Microfilm Publication HO10, Pieces 1-4, 6-18, 28-30); The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England. |
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John Dempsey, 1782–1845 Facts and events Birth about 1782 Kildare, Ireland Immigration October 30, 1802 (Age 20 years) Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Note: John's indent papers describe him age 20 years, Native of Kildare , Farm Labourer, Catholic, 5ft 7inches, Dark Brown hair, Hazel eyes swarthy complexion, Life Sentence - Sentencing Ireland Jun 1801 Baltinglass County Wicklow Ireland. John was one of eight men sentenced at Baltinglass. He may have been involved in the 1798 Rebellion as where others on the convict ship 'Atlas'. Marriage Ann Bolton about 1809 (Age 27 years) New South Wales, Australia Census November 1828 (Age 46 years) Richmond, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Source: Ancestry.com. 1828 New South Wales, Australia Census (TNA Copy) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Text: Dempsey, John, 35, conditional pardon, Atlas 1802, life, Catholic, farmer, Richmond, 25 acres, 25 cleared, 25 in cultivation, 16 horned cattle and 4 sheep Dempsey, Ann, 37, came free, Experiment, Protestant Dempsey, William 19 born in the colony Dempsey, James 16 born in the colony Dempsey, Joseph 14, born in the colony Dempsey, Mary 12 born in the colony Dempsey, John 10 born in the colony Dempsey, Elizabeth 8 born in the colony Dempsey, Eliza 6 born in the colony Dempsey, George 4 born in the colony Dempsey, Sophia, born in the colony Death May 9, 1845 (Age 63 years) Richmond, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Burial May 11, 1845 (2 days after death) Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Cemetery: St Matthews Cemetery Source: RootsWeb. WorldConnect [database on-line]. Ancestry.com, 2009 Text: I Bow to my God's decree I own the sentence just The Sentence of Mortality That Dust return to Dust from Australian Royalty website: https://australianroyalty.net.au/tree/purnellmccord.ged/individual/I68887/John-Dempsey
Note on marriage to Ann Roberts (nee Bolton) No record of marriage has been found so assume "common-law" marriage. Various reports indicate that Ann separated from her legal spouse, John Roberts, a convict, with whom she traveled from England in about 1807 and was living with John Dempsey, as husband and wife in 1808
John Dempsey, Patriot, Prisoner and Pioneer Note that John Dempsey is referred to in Pat Power, People of Wicklow 1798 The Rebellion, Dun Laoghaire, 1999, p33, as amongst those transported to New south Wales, Australia. Saunders [Judith Saunders, ‘John Dempsey, Patriot, Prisoner and Pioneer’, Irish Family History, Vol 18, 2002, p17-20] writes that he was born in Co Kildare c1776, but nothing is know of his family or life before June 1801 when he was tried by Court Martial at Baltinglass, Co Wicklow, and sentenced to transportation to NS Wales for life. From Baltinglass he was sent to Naas gaol and there described as aged 20, native of Kildare, farm labourer, Catholic; 5’7” swarthy complexion, dark brown hair and hazel eyes. On 30th May 1802 he board the Atlas II ship at Waterford with 190 fellow Irishmen, of whom an estimated 75 were United Irishmen and 112 others were classified as ‘political offenders, and four as criminally convicted. The ship arrived in Sydney on 30/10/1802, with all landing in good health, due to the kindness and attention of the Captain. He partnered Ann Roberts of London and had children. On 9/5/1845 he died, aged 69 and is buried at St Mathew’s Catholic Cemetery, Windsor, where his grave is graced with a fine sandstone gravestone, inscribed a second time at the bicentenary year of 1798 by his descendants. Ann lived to be 100 years. From: Co. Kildare Online Electronic History Journal An Electronic Journal for the publication of material relating to the history, archaeology and heritage of Co. Kildare. History and Family Research Centre (Local Studies, Genealogy and Archives) part of Kildare County Library & Arts Services LEIXLIP CHRONOLOGY 1781 - 1799 AD by JOHN COLGAN 1798: Report on Co. Kildare Gaol(s) [HoCJ, Vol 17, Appendix, 1796-98, p.dcxxxv].
John's indent papers describe him age 20 years, Native of Kildare , Farm Labourer, Catholic, 5ft 7inches, Dark Brown hair, Hazel eyes swarthy complexion, Life Sentence - Sentencing Ireland June 1801 Baltinglass County Wicklow Ireland. John was one of eight men sentenced at Baltinglass. He may have been involved in the 1798 Rebellion. Left Cork on 30th May 1802. Ship:- the 'Atlas II' sailed with 208 female convicts on board of which 20 died during the voyage. Arrived on 30th October 1802. Said to have married Ann Roberts (nee Bolton) in 1809 (no record found), they had 9 children between 1809-1827. Ann had arrived on the 'Experiment ' in 1804, as the husband of convict John Roberts ('Coromandel' 1804), it is presumed that John Roberts either died or left the colony. John died on 9th May 1845 at Richmond NSW age 67. Ann died on 18th July 1879 at Windsor NSW age 100.
Sorry Ron Garbutt but you have the wrong ship. John Dempsey was on board the 'Atlas II' not the 'Atlas I'. John's indent papers describe him age 20 years, Native of Kildare , Farm Labourer, Catholic, 5ft 7inches, Dark Brown hair, Hazel eyes swarthy complexion, Life Sentence - Sentencing Ireland Jun 1801 Baltinglass County Wicklow Ireland. John was one of eight men sentenced at Baltinglass. He may have been involved in the 1798 Rebellion. Left Cork on 30th May 1802. Ship:- the 'Atlas II' sailed with 208 female convicts on board of which 20 died during the voyage. Arrived on 30th October 1802.
Correction (re: Convict ship Atlas) Convict John Dempsey, tried at Baltinglass, Ireland, appears on the published passenger lists of Atlas I (arrived July 1802) and Atlas II (arrived October 1802). See Claim a Convict website: http://www.hawkesbury.net.au/claimaconvict/shipDetails.php?shipId=51 and http://www.hawkesbury.net.au/claimaconvict/shipDetails.php?shipId=52 Other sources relating to John Dempsey’s arrival (cited here), clearly states his arrival date as October 1802. So he arrived on Atlas II (1802). The information that I have provided for the Voyage of the Atlas incorrectly refers to Atlas I (July 1802), and is, therefore, irrelevant. For further information on the Voyage of Atlas II (1802) see the Free Settler or Felon? Website. http://www.jenwilletts.com/convict_ship_atlas2_1802.htm and Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_(December_1801) The Wikipedia entry appears below. Atlas was a sailing ship built in Quebec and launched in 1801 for W. Bateson & Company, London. She made her first voyage for the East India Company, sailing to New South Wales and China. On the outward leg of this voyage she carried convicts from Ireland to Australia. Under the command of Thomas Musgrave, she sailed from the Downs 20 Feb 1802. She reached Cork on 6 March, and left on 30 May carrying 208 male convicts. She reached Rio de Janeiro on 30 July, and Sydney Cove (Port Jackson), on 30 October. She landed 190 convicts fit and ready for work, having suffered four or no deaths (accounts differ), and thus demonstrating that the death toll on Atlas (1) was not inevitable. Musgrave reportedly stated that 190 of the men he transported had been United Irishmen and political prisoners, not criminals. Lightning struck Atlas on 5 November, damaging her. Atlas left Port Jackson on 3 January 1803 bound for China. Sometime after she left, stowaways, escaped prisoners from the penal colony of Port Jackson, were discovered. Atlas ultimately returned them to England. On 14 March she arrived at Whampoa. On her return voyage to England she arrived at Macao on 11 April, and St Helena on 1 August. She reached Cork on 30 November, and Deptford on 16 December. Lloyd's Register continues to report Musgrave as Atlas's captain and her trade as China until the issue for 1810, when she is no longer listed. Then in in 1811 she is reported as under the ownership of A. Tomson, with T. Hillier, master, and trading as a transport out of Cowes. Then in 1812 she is listed under the ownership of "Cockshut", R. Hall, master, and trading between London and Quebec. Sources. A list of sources and citations accompanies the article.
Source for More Information and Passenger List: Atlas 1802. Claim a Convict website. http://www.hawkesbury.net.au/claimaconvict/shipDetails.php?shipId=52
Further reading - The Voyage of the Atlas 1802. Free Settler or Felon? website. http://www.jenwilletts.com/convict_ship_atlas_1802.htm Original references: (1) HR NSW, Vol IV., p.798. (2) HRA Series 1 Volume 111, p. 701 (3) HRA, Series 1 Vol. III., p708
Marriage Married free settler Ann Bolton in about 1808 in NSW. Source: Ancestry members' family trees and Australian Royalty Website. http://australianroyalty.net.au/individual.php?pid=I68887&ged=purnellmccord.ged
Brief Profile John's indent papers describe him age 20 years, Native of Kildare , Farm Labourer, Catholic, 5ft 7inches, Dark Brown hair, Hazel eyes swarthy complexion, Life Sentence - Sentencing Ireland Jun 1801 Baltinglass County Wicklow Ireland. John was one of eight men sentenced at Baltinglass. He may have been involved in the 1798 Rebellion as where others on the convict ship 'Atlas'. Source: Australian Royalty Website http://australianroyalty.net.au/individual.php?pid=I68887&ged=purnellmccord.ged