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James Flynn was transported on the Guildford, departing 14th Nov 1817 and arriving 1st Apr 1818 with 203 passengers.
The ‘Guildford’ was built on the River Thames, England in 1810. Used as a Convict Transport ship to Australia - voyages 1812, 1816, 1818, 1820, 1822, 1824, 1827 & 1829. The ship was lost at sea near Singapore in 1831, loosing all aboard.
Guildford (generic)References
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Convict Notes
PUBLIC NOTICE. THE undermentioned Persons have obtained Certificates, Free Pardon, or Tickets of Leave, during the last Week:- CERTIFICATES. Guildford (3) ...... James Flynn; Sydney Gazette, Thurs 4 March 1824.
James Flynn was 32 years old on arrival and his native place was Roscommon County. Colonial Secretary: FLINN, James. Per "Guildford", 1818; married to widow of Stephen Murphy. 1818: Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3185; 4/1854 p.93) 1818 Jul 6,11 Re permission to marry at Sydney (Reel 6006; 4/3498 p.294) 1822 Jun 30-1823 Mar 31: Of Cambridge Street. On lists of persons to whom convict mechanics have been assigned (Fiche 3296; X53 pp.16, 28, 43, 59) 1822 Dec 6-1824 Nov: On list of persons receiving an assigned convict (Fiche 3290; 4/4570D pp.29, 47, 32, 66, 81) 1823 Feb: Convict transferred from his service. Fiche 3290; 4/4570D p.21) 1823 Jun 30, Sep 30: On list of persons to whom convict mechanics have been assigned (Fiche 3296; X53 p.73) 1824 Mar 30:Memorial (Reel 6061; 4/1778 p.264) 1824 Apr 3:Affidavit re date of arrival of James Martin (Reel 6061; 4/1779 p.6) 1824 Apr 29:Re application referred to Mr Wemyss (Reel 6013; 4/3511 p.23) 1824 May 3: Memorial (Fiche 3088; 4/1837A No.343 p.347). Reply, 8 May (Reel 6013; 4/3511 p.182) 1824 May 22: Publican in The Rocks. Re contaminated rum (Reel 6060; 4/1776 p.119 1824 Jun 2: Re damaged spirits in bonded warehouse (Reel 6013; 4/3511 p.360) 1824 c.Jul: On account of rents received for assigned convict tradesmen for the three quarters ending 30 Jun 1824 (Reel 6061; 4/1779 p.173b) 1824 Oct 8: On list of defaulters in payment for assigned convict tradesmen up to 30 Sep 1824 (Fiche 3293; 5/3821.1 p.3) 1825 Jul 11, Aug 29: Memorial (Fiche 3131; 4/1841B No.279 pp.787-94). Reply, 8 Oct (Reel 6015; 4/3515 p.402) 1825 Oct 8: On list of persons who have received orders for grants of land (Fiche 3266; 9/2652 p.90) Marriages: James FLINN a widower to Alice MURPHY widow 27th July 1818. Alice died in 1825. Birth: Son, John FLINN born 1819 at Campbelltown, NSW James FLYNN widower to Eleanor WALSH widow December 1825. Both marriages gained FLINN 2 pubs and both women were the widows of publicans. Flynn did all right for himself. He had arrived in 1818 as a convict and shortly after married a widow, Alice Murphy, less than two months after her husband Stephen died. The Murphys had been amongst the earliest Rocks settlers, and Flynn thus acquired their St. Patrick's Hotel in Gloucester Street. This hotel stood directly opposite William and Eleanor's Lord Wellington, across Cribb's Lane, and the Walshes were witnesses to the Flynn's marriage. Both Alice Flynn and William Walsh died in 1825 (William's executors were fellow Rocksmen Thomas Dunne and Patrick Cullen), and six months after Alice's death, James Flynn married Eleanor Walsh. Having thus acquired a second hotel, he leased the first to another ex-convict Irish couple, James and Sarah Byrne. Years owned: 1818 - c.1827. In the 1828 census, James and Eleanor do not get a mention, and positive deaths have not been able to be found for them in NSW.