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Transportation
James Gillespy 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.
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| Primary Source | NSW Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849 |
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Convict Notes
Omagh Assizes…. J. Gillespey, Jas. Gillespey. G. Huston, James Smith, Alexander McNeill, Wm. Mitchell and R. Turner, for cow stealing- to be transported 7 years. … Belfast New-Letter, 22 Aug 1817.
1824, 5 August: James GILLESPY – Certificate of Freedom #50/2479 – labourer; 50, 5’5½”, ruddy complexion, dark brown hair, blue eyes; native place County Tyrone. Remarks: “Ticket of Leave No 607/907 now delivered up and cancelled” (see NSW, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867). 1825: James GILLESPIE (GILLESPY) – free by servitude – Mary 1819, 7 years; employed by Captain Piper, Sydney (see NSW and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849, New South Wales General muster A-L 1825).
1819, 25 August: James GILLESPY – convicted Tyrone, Summer/Lent 1817; 7 years; native place County Tyrone; labourer; 40, 5’6½”; dark ruddy complexion, black to grey hair and hazel eyes (see NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842; Bound Indentures 1818-1819).
Not to be confused with JOHN GILLESPY, fellow prisoner on the Mary (see NSW Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849).
TRIED: Summer 1817 (see NSW Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849). 1818, 16 June: Admitted to Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin; prisoner #3667 (see Ireland, Prison Registers, 17901 924; Dublin Kilmainham 1815-1910).