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Transportation
Wessels Figeland was transported on the Pekoe, departing 10th Jul 1840 and arriving 7th Nov 1840 with 191 passengers.
Built Dundee, Scotland 1834. 379 tons. Rig type S. Transported convicts from Dublin, Ireland 1840 to New South Wales, Australia. List of 177 - 180 male persons. As this ship sailed direct from Ireland, the details of those on the voyage are NOT fully entered on this site, but being updated by volunteer researchers. Military Guard of the 96th Regiment plus 5 women and 11 children. Two boys, Matthew Wood (son of Michael Wood) and Patrick McArdle (son of James McArdle) - they were considered as free persons. Ship Surgeon, Robert Bower kept a Medical Journal.
Pekoe (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
NSW Convict Index. Wessels Figeland, per Pekoe 1840, Ticket of Leave, No 44/2982. District, Port Phillip. Tried Grahams Town CM.
NOTE. This website does not allow to enter the place of conviction as Grahams Town Court Martial, South Africa. Instead I have entered Cape of Good Hope Court Martial.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Wessels Figeland, age on arrival, 18, per Pekoe 1840. Tried at Grahams Town Court Martial South Africa, 1838, 7 year sentence, for Mutiny. DOB, 1822, native place, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Trade, Soldier & Groom. Single. Protestant.