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Henry Gibb was transported on the Royal Admiral, departing 1st Jul 1830 and arriving 8th Nov 1830 with 194 passengers.
The Royal Admiral was built at Lynn in 1828. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Royal Admiral in 1830, 1833, 1835 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1842. 1833 - Ship; Royal Admiral. Commenced fitting as a Convict Transport at Deptford on the 29 March. Surgeon Superintendent [Andrew Henderson] joined on the 3rd April. Guard embarked on the 13th. Sailed on the 17th and anchored in Kingston Barbour near Dublin on the 9th May. 220 convicts embarked on the 16 May 1833 and the ship sailed from Dublin Bay for Sydney on the 4th June and arrived there on the 20 October. Originally embarked with 221 convicts, 5 Died at sea, 1 was Relanded. 11 sick on shore, The convicts were described as 220 such wretchedly debilitated creatures ... Refer to the surgeons journal for full details
Royal Admiral (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 424 |
| 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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Portsmouth, Leviathan Hulk Records. HO-9-8_6 page 10. Received from Maidstone, 16 Feb 1830 Henry Gibb, age 35, Felony, Tried 14 Jan 1830, at Maidstone, Life, To NSW 26 June 1830, R. Admiral.
LARCENY.  Henry Gibbs, 35, Jonas Johnson, 28, for stealing large quantity of oak paling, elm and oak board, and a wooden black frame, the property of Charles Leigh, at Sundridge, indicted for having been before convicted of felony,  on a charge similar to the present one. Verdict guilty. The Chairman said that prisoners had been previously convicted  before the Court, and therefore sentenced them both to transportation for life. South East Chronicle, 19 Jan 1830.
Tried and convicted at the Kent Quarter Sessions in Maidstone on 14th January 1830 for the theft of timber, sentenced to transportation for life. Left England on 1st July 1830. Ship:- the 'Royal Admiral' sailed with 193 male convicts on board, there were no reported deaths during the voyage. Arrived on 8th November 1830. Henry had married Elizabeth Edwards on 20th September 1819 at Withyham, England and they had 6 children, Henry 1820, Amos 1821, George 1822, Thomas 1825, Eliza 1826 & Ann 1828. Elizabeth and the children remained in England. On arrival he was assigned to John Town, the miller, in the Hawkesbury district. At some point after arriving in Australia, Henry started using the name Gibbs. Later he was assigned to Mr Bell of Bell's farm. Mary Anne Quigley also worked for Mr. Bell. She had come to Australia with her mother, brother & sister in 1838, her father, Patrick, being a former convict, arriving on the 'Sophia' in 1829. Henry & Mary Anne married in 1840 at Wilberforce when she was 25 & he was 42. Their cottage was in Charles Street in Enfield (later North Richmond) & they both died in this house. They had nine children between 1839-1859 who, with the exception of the youngest who died aged ten, all married the offspring of local Hawkesbury pioneers. He was granted his Ticket of Leave and in 1843 had his Ticket of Leave Transport, which allowed him to travel between the Hawkesbury District & Sydney for the farmer who employed him at that time. This was Mr. I L. Bell of Bell's Farm. Mary Ann died on 19th October 1863 at North Richmond, NSW age 47. Henry died on 1st May 1883 at North Richmond, NSW age 90.