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Transportation
James Ennis was transported on the Pitt, departing 31st May 1791 and arriving 14th Feb 1792 with 406 passengers.
Built Thames, England 1780. 775 tons. Rig type: S.
PittReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 167 (85) |
| 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
Family connections for James (Ennis) are: ENNIS Noted a James (Ennis) was tried at Stafford Assizes, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict in 1792 (on 14 2 1792 in fact) after a voyage of 8.5months on PITT. It is possible that he, or a child he produced in 1792 (though not recorded in Smees records) is the person referred to here] He married Maria (Nash her second marriage) on 4 9 1820 at St Davids CofE Hobart. [These details taken from this Website] Maria (Nash) was born on 30 4 1796 on Norfolk Island. A Mary (Nash) is recorded as child >2yrs on stores in February 1805 on Norfolk Island-could she be Maria (Hannaway) mentioned above?. On 3 9 1808 she left Norfolk Island as part of the first evacuation with her parents on CITY OF EDINBURGH to Derwent Tasmania, arriving on 5 10 1808; to New Town Hobart Rivulet & Pittwater. She was baptised on 11 11 1812 age16 at St Davids CofE Hobart. She married firstly Nathaniel (Ayres his first relationship) on 17 4 1813 at St Davids CofE Hobart. She died in 1881 age about85 mother of 1known child. Details of Maria (Nash)s family are given REFERENCES Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony. Irene Schaffer & Thelma McKay 'Exiled Three Times Over! Profiles of Norfolk Islanders Exiled in Van Diemens Land 1807-1813' James Hugh Donohoe 'Norfolk Island 1788-1813-The People and Their Families' Reg Wright 'Forgotten Generation of Norfolk Island & Van Diemens Land'