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Summary

Born
Jan 1811
Conviction
Making threats
Departure
May 1832
Arrival
Sep 1832
Death
Sep 1883
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Personal Information

Name: Gregory Gleeson
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1811
Death: 27th Sep 1883
Age at death: 72
Occupation: Ploughman & shepherd

Crime

Crime: Making threats
Convicted at: Tipperary Ireland
Sentence term: 99 years

Voyage

Departed: 10th May 1832
Ship: Eliza
Arrival: 6th Sep 1832
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

Gregory Gleeson was transported on the Eliza, departing 10th May 1832 and arriving 6th Sep 1832 with 196 passengers.

The Eliza was a 511-ton (later 538 ton) merchant ship built in British India in 1806. She made five voyages transporting convicts from England and Ireland to Australia.

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References

Primary SourceNSW BDM. Ancestry. NSW State Archives & Records (Indents NRS 12189; Item X634; Microfiche 701)(Pardons HO10/52)&(4/4466, Reel 791, pages 493-4, Entry 49/895). https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gleeson-675

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Naomi Klahn avatar
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on 27th July 2022

Other children: Alice 1845-1918, Mary 1846-1940, Theresa 1857

Tony Beale avatar
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on 16th December 2021

New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1826-1851 Granted 10/5/1845 Mary Baker 21 Bond (7yrs) per ship Surrey to marry Gregory Gleeson 34 ToL (life) per ship Eliza (6) Rev K D Smythe Bathurst NSW BDMs marriages 480/1845 V1845480 30B GLEESON GREOGRY BAKER MARY CW (Church of England Abercrombie District, Bathurst) Births GLEESON JOHN 2255/1848 V18482255 65 GREGORY MARY GLEESON SARAH 2337/1849 V18492337 66 GREGORY MARY GLEESON THOMAS 549/1851 V1851549 69 GREGORY MARY GLEESON REBECCA 2548/1853 V18532548 70 GREGORY MARY GLEESON MATHEW 3021/1854 V18543021 72 GREGORY MARY

Iris Dunne avatar
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on 21st February 2021

Annotated Printed Indentures: aged 21, can read & write, roman Catholic, Single, Trade: Ploughs, sows, reaps, shepherd, conviction 17 March 1832 for Compelling to quit, no previous convictions, Remarks: Scar on inner corner of left eye-brow, stout-made Index: Ticket of Leave No. 40/2411 https://records-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/1e5kcq1/INDEX249055 Conditional Pardon No. 49/895 dated 1 May 1849 https://records-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/1e5kcq1/INDEX249054 https://records-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/1e5kcq1/INDEX249053 Probable Death: 1883 in Carcoar, NSW, but age is 63

Paul Gleeson avatar
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on 20th February 2021

Gregory was charged with the unusual crime of "compelling to quit". He was sentenced to death but had this later commuted to life and transportation