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Transportation
James Gahan 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.
Mary (generic)References
| 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
1825: James GANN (GAHAN) – convict – Mary 1819, 7 years [incorrect; it’s life]; employed by William Spark, Sydney (see NSW and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849, New South Wales General muster A-L 1825).
1827, 10 December: James GAHAN granted a Ticket of Leave #27/835; allowed to remain in the District of Sydney (see NSW Tickets of Leave, 1810-1869; Ticket of leave butts, Sep 1827-Aug 1828). 1831, 25 August: James GAHAN’s wife Rose Kennedy is on a “List of wives and families of convicts in New South Wales who are recommended by the Governor of that colony to be provided with a free passage for the purpose of joining such convicts. Wife, Rose Kennedy, residing at Mr. George Thompson's Clonscreigh Castle, near Mill Town, Dublin”. (see Document ref1: FS 1831 1 at https://www.nationalarchives.ie/article/penal-transportation-records-ireland-australia-1788-1868-2/). 1832, 5 July: James GAHAN’s wife Rose Kennedy granted a free passage to NSW (see Petitions, #FS 1832 4 at https://www.nationalarchives.ie/article/penal-transportation-records-ireland-australia-1788-1868-2/)
1818, 25 July: Admitted to Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin; transferred by the Government (see Ireland, Prison Registers, 1790-1924; Dublin, Kilmainham, 1815-1910). 1819, 25 August: James GAHAN or GAHAM or GAHON 30, 5’7”, fair ruddy complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes, native place Dublin city (see NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842; Bound Indentures 1818-1819).
CRIME: Burglary and robbery (see NSW Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849).
TRIED: Spring 1818 (see NSW Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849).