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Transportation
Joseph Green was transported on the Hercules, departing 3rd Jul 1830 and arriving 1st Nov 1830 with 205 passengers.
The "Hercules" ship was built in 1801 at South Sheilds, England. 1801 voyage from Ireland to New South Wales, Australia. Sailed via Rio de Janeiro and the Cape. A mutiny occurred just prior to their arrival at Rio - after 45 minutes it was quashed but 13 convicts had been killed. Jeremiah Pendergass was named as the ring leader and shot. 44 deaths in total on this voyage. There was then another ship, also named, "Hercules" built 1822 at Whitby, England who made 3 trips to Austraia, in 1825, 1830 & 1832.
Hercules (generic)References
| Primary Source | New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Joseph Green, alias Byrne, Conway, age on arrival, 18, per Hercules II (2) 1830. Tried at Dublin City, 1829, 7 years for Robbery house. 1 former conviction. DOB, 1812, Native place, Dublin. Single, Catholic, Trade, Bricklayer. Colonial sentence under surname of Conway to Norfolk Island.
1852 - 24 June. Original admission date to and Asylum. Admitted for Mania 1854 - 9 June 1854. Asylum - Patients Admitted Joseph Green, prisoner. Ship; Mary Ann Watson ** Aged 32 years. ** As per register Disease on Admission; Amentia Remarks from New Norfolk "General abdominal disease, Chronic Peritonitis [Inflammation of peritonium, the membrane that lines the inner abdominal wall and encloses organs within the abdomen.] of long duration
1841 - 11 October. Tried at Sydney . Sentence; Life STABBING - Joseph Green, a prisoner of the Crown, was then given in charge to another jury, for stabbing one Jose San Martin, at Port Macquarie, in August last. 1846 - From Norfolk Island per Lady Franklin 4 March 1846
2013 - 193. Trial; 15 December 1829. Trade; Bricklayer - 2 years Assigned on arrival to the Department of Public Works