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Transportation
James Dovey was transported on the Marquis Of Huntley, departing 10th May 1826 and arriving 13th Sep 1826 with 202 passengers.
Marquis Of Huntley (generic)References
| Primary Source | National Archives UK, Surgical journal, Ref. ADM 101/50/7. UK Prison Hulk Registers and Letterbooks 1802-1849 |
| 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 |
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Convict Notes
My entry for the 18 March 2021 should in fact read: On 8 February the Magistrate Charles Throsby at Sutton Forest remanded John Champley for assault. The complainants were Rev John Vincent and his assigned servants John Reynolds and James Dovey. At the time Dovey held a ticket of leave. It’s not know where or when the alleged offence took place in fact nothing further is known.The Rev John Vincent was the minister of All Saints Church Sutton Forest.
On 8 February the Magistrate Charles Throsby at Sutton Forest remanded John Champley for assault. The complainants were Richard Vincent and his assigned servant John Reynolds and also James Dovey. At the time Dovey held a ticket of leave. It’s not know where or when the alleged offence took place in fact nothing further is known.
Bong Bong was bypassed by Surveyor General Thomas Mitchell’s new road to the south (Great South Road) which road gangs constructed in the early 1830s. It ran through the new town of Berrima, where a court house was opened in 1838. As a direct result, Bong Bong ceased to be significant. The post office moved to Berrima in 1837, the Argyle Inn closed and the police and military buildings at Bong Bong were in disrepair by 1843, when the entire government site was sold to Charles Throsby Junior. The old commissariat store remained as a general store. This prospered under its proprietor Dovey in the later 1860s when the Argyle Road was redirected past the store, cutting the site of old Bong Bong into two unequal parts. Soon afterwards the new railway from Mittagong bypassed Berrima. The consequent growth of Moss Vale at the expense of Berrima did not restore Bong Bong but gave a modest prosperity for a while to its surviving store.
Surgeon Journal: " James Dovey, aged 20, prisoner; disease or hurt, constant nausea and vomiting can retain notting upon his stomach and what he vomits is green and bitter taste. Put on sick list, 25 July 1826. sent 13 September 1826 to general hospital at Sydney." Folios 19-21
Mentioned in surgeons journal: aged 20 Trial 17 February 1825
James was sent to the Hulk "Retribution" anchored at Woolwich 25 June 1825 before leaving on the Marquis of Hastings 10th May 1826.
James Dovey, Aged: 24 years Born: Hampshire [HAM ENG]; Religion: Protestant; Indoor servant & porter, Marriage status: Single, Trial crime: Highway robbery, Tried: 18 Feb 1825, at London [MDX ENG], Sentence: Life, Embarked from: England; Arrived per Marquis of Huntley Arrival status: Convict 13 Sep 1826, at Sydney Repository. Arrived Sydney 1826. 1836 Ticket of Leave Number: 36/0108 Year: 1836; Allowed to remain in the District of Sutton Forest; 1837 Ticket of Leave; Residence: Berrima [NSW AUS] Recommended date 1 Oct 1842; Original Remarks: Conditional Pardon; George Vidal; 1850 Pardons not collected
James Dovey applied for permission to marry Emma Borough and they married on 5th February 1836 at Sutton Forest NSW. James was also a witness for the marriage of Thomas Smith and Harriet Owens in 1837 at Sutton Forest.
1828 Census at Parramatta, No 5 Iron Gang, Baulkham Hills James Dovey, age 21, prisoner, ship, Marq. Huntley, 1826, Life, Government employment, resident at Baulkham Hills, protestant.