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John Edgworth was transported on the Mary, departing 25th May 1819 and arriving 26th Aug 1819 with 161 passengers.
Built 1811, Ipswich,England 361 tons. 1817 Journey On Monday arrived the ship Mary, Capt. ORMON, from Calcutta, with merchandize—Passengers, Captain FAITHFUL and Lieut. HAMILTON: this vessel has brought 6 male prisoners from India, destined for Port Jackson; to which place it is expected she will sail to-morrow. Hobart Town Gazette, 24 May 1817. Ship News. On Thursday arrived from Calcutta, via Derwent, the ship Mary, Captain Ormon, with a various cargo. -Passengers from Calcutta, Captain Faithfull and Lieutenant Hamilton:-The Mary sailed from Calcutta the 23d of February, and left the Pilot the 1st of March. Sydney Gazette, Sat 7 Jun 1817. -------------------------------------------------- Convicts who sailed on the 'Mary' direct from Ireland - 1819 & 1836 - are currently being listed, incomplete data to date.
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| Primary Source | NSW Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849; Irish Convicts to New South Wales 1788-1849, by Peter Mayberry |
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Convict Notes
FATHER; William Edgworth arrived in the Colony per Ship; James Patterson -1 October 1829. Refer Indent No; 99. Noted against his name; WIFE; here as Mary Edgworth per Asia 7. Two Sons also ?? & John William Edgworth; Died - 20 Sept 1834.
MOTHER; Ann Edgworth. Arrived per Ship; Asia - 13 Jan 1830. Indent No; 129. Age; 60. Noted in the remarks Column; HUSBAND; Wm. Edgworth expected or arrived lately MOTHER; Ann Edgworth. Tickets of Exemption from Govt Labour. Date; 14 March 1831. No; 31/133. Remarks; Lost all her front teeth District; Prospect. Ro reside with her son John Edgeworth per Mary 1. Free by Servitude
1825: John EDGWORTH – free by servitude – Mary 1819, 7 years; labourer at Wilberforce (see NSW and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849, New South Wales General muster A-L 1825).
1824, 4 March: John EDGWORTH – Certificate of Freedom #27/1894 – per Mary 2, 1819; tried at Kildare, Spring 1817; seven years; native place Co Dublin; labourer, 34, 5’9½”, sallow and slightly freckled complexion, brown hair and blue eyes (see NSW, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867). 1839, 28 June: Another Certificate of Freedom issued, #39/209, to replace original that was returned mutilated (see NSW, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867).
1818, 25 July: Admitted to Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin; transferred by the Government; prisoner #3895 (see Ireland, Prison Registers, 1790-1924; Dublin, Kilmainham, 1815-1910). 1819, 25 August: John EDGWORTH 29, 5’9¾”, fair ruddy complexion, light brown hair, grey eyes, native place Ballymore, County Kildare (see NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842; Bound Indentures 1818-1819).
From Freeman’s Journal, Sat August 16, 1817, p2 (from archive.irishnewsarchive.com). First para was also printed by the Belfast Newsletter, Friday August 22, p2: "Yesterday, were brought to the Head Police Office, two notorious out-laws, of the names of Edgworth and Chance (alias Byrne), who, about two years since, escaped out of Naas gaol, and have been ever since infesting the neighbourhood of Co. Wicklow. They were taken in a remote cave at Elvertown, in the Co. of Dublin, by the Gentlemen of Ballymore, Rathmore and Blessington Associations, after a desperate resistance, and the contents of a blunderbuss (fired by Edgworth) having unhappily wounded a Mr. Grace. The cave, it seems, which is called the Fox Cover, was admirably constructed for secrecy, but badly for defence. The inside was deep and spacious, but the entrance to it so small as to prevent a precipitate retreat, and nothing but the threat of burning them alive could have induced them to surrender. They were brought to town yesterday morning, strongly escorted, by Phillip Homar, Esq. (who was principally instrumental to their apprehension), and the other Gentlemen of the different Associations. After remaining at the Police Office for some time, they were committed to Newgate. "These offenders, it may be recollected, attacked Mr. Parr, of Mercer-street, about two years ago, and attempted to rob him on the highway, on the Naas road, in the day time; but Mr. Parr pursued and took Byrne. Edgworth was, some time after, taken at Rathfarnham, by McDermott, the Peace Officer of the Police stationed there. Both were tried and convicted before Baron Smith, at the Spring Assizes, 1816."
CRIME: Assaulting to rob (see NSW Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849).
TRIED: Spring 1817 (see NSW Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849).