Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Barnard Duffey was transported on the Shipley, departing 20th Dec 1816 and arriving 24th Apr 1817 with 125 passengers.
Shipley (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 317 (160) |
| 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
"Barnard (Barney Duffy) was my paternal 4x great-grandfather through his convict daughter Maria Hamill nee Courtney"
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Convict Notes
National Archives. HO-9-4_2 page 19/49. Hulk Records. Woolwich Hulks, Prudentia, Retribution or Justitia. Received 10 Oct 1816. Bard. Duffey, age 56, High Treason. Tried Berwick upon Tweed, 24 July 1816, Sentence, Beyond Seas, Life, Transported 20 Nov 1816. James Moen, age 23, High Treason. Tried Berwick upon Tweed, 24 July 1816, Sentence, Beyond Seas, Life, Transported 20 Nov 1816.
1825 - General Muster. Wife of Bernard Duffy LIne above; Bernard Duffy, Shipley 1817. Life. Govt. Employ. Port Macquarie Line below; Catherine Duffy aged 15 years old. Came Free. Ship; Friendship-1817 Daughter oif Bernard Duffy.
Letter dated 9 Jan 1824. from Col Sec Office. To John Nicholson, Master Attendant, Port Jackson. I have to request that Mary Duffey and her two children, Catherine and Bernard, may be allowed to proceed to Port Macquarie by the first convenient opportunity.
Letter dated 12 Jan 1824, to Capt Allman, Commandant, Port Macquarie, From F. Goulburn, Col. Sec. Mary Duffey with her two children have permission to proceed by this opportunity to join her husband, Bernard Duffey. (per cutter Sally)
Colonial Secretary Index. DUFFY, Bernard. Per "Shipley", 1817 1817 May 2 On list of convicts disembarked from the "Shipley" and forwarded to Windsor for distribution (Reel 6005; 4/3496 p.129) 1823 Sep 22-Oct 15 Sentenced to death; commuted to transportation to Port Macquarie. In reports of prisoners tried at Court of Criminal Jurisdiction (Reel 6023; X820 p.109) 1823 Oct 30 Re warrant for his execution (Reel 6011; 4/3509 p.490) 1823 Oct 31 Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3231; 4/1869 p.48) 1823 Nov 1 Sentenced to death; reprieved (Reel 6070; 4/1265 p.40) 1823 Nov 3,6 Re respite of his sentence (Reel 6011; 4/3509 pp.518, 532) 1823 Nov 5 Sentenced to death (Reel 6057; 4/1766 pp.64-64a) 1823 Nov 6 Execution respited (Reel 6057; 4/1767 p.131) 1823 Nov 10 Re withholding of execution (Reel 6011; 4/3509 p.542) 1823 Nov 10 Tried in Sydney. Sentence commuted to transportation (Reel 6070; 4/1265 pp.11-2) 1823 Nov 12 Capital sentence commuted. Petition (Reel 6069; 4/1817 p.28) 1823 Nov 26 On lists of prisoners transported to Port Macquarie per "Sally"; not conveyed per "Sally" but per "Lady Nelson" on 17 Dec 1823 (Reel 6019; 4/3864 pp.92, 452-3) 1824 Jan 12 His wife and two children permitted to proceed to Port Macquarie (Reel 6019; 4/3864 p.101) -------------------------------------------------- Criminal Court, Tuesday. (October 7) Patrick McCourt was indicted for a burglary in the dwelling house of E. S. Hall, Esq. at Richmond, and stealing therefrom a large quantity of property. Bernard Duffey was indicted as an accessory before the fact; and Andrew Callaghan and Daniel McLeese, for receiving the said property, knowing it to have been stolen. All Guilty. McCourt and Duffey—Remanded. Callaghan—transportation for life. McLeese—7 years transportation. Sydney Gazette, 9 Oct 1823. -------------------------------------------------- CRIMINAL COURT. WEDNESDAY.—This forenoon all the prisoners who had been convicted and remanded during the sessions, were now brought up for the judgement of the Court. DEATH.— ... Patrick McCourt, Bernard Duffey, ... Sydney Gazette, 16 Oct 1823.
The Newcastle Courant of 17 August 1816 reported: The mayor of Berwick, last week, received a respite, during the pleasure of the Prince Regent, for the five criminals now under sentence of death in the gaol of that town, for coining. Forgery was regarded as a serious crime, and forgers were less likely to have their sentences reduced to transportation than murderers, burglars and robbers. Forgery of the King's currency was treason. Men were punished by hanging, drawing and quartering, and women by burning at the stake. By the 18th century, punishment for men was in practice reduced to simple hanging, but women were still burnt at the stake. Barnard DUFFEY and James MOEN, sailed from England on the Shipley on the 18th December 1816. The ship came direct to Sydney without stopping, arriving 24 April 1817: a voyage of 127 days. There were no deaths, probably due to the speed of the trip. Built at Whitby in 1805, the Shipley was a second class ship of 381 tons and two decks, commanded by Lewis William Moncrief.
Born: Antrim, Northern Ireland. Died: Cumberland NSW Australia. Crime: Coining Sixpences from sheet cooper and applying silver polish. Sentenced to death Berwick upon Tweed, Borough Gaol -24 July 1816. He and an accomplice were convicted of robbery, and he was sentenced to death in September1823. This sentence was commuted in november 1823 and he was transported to Port Macquarie in November 1823 per the Lady Nelson.