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John Grey 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 | Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
James M'Donough, Richard Butter, Daniel Reynolds, Wm. M'Auley, and Thomas King, were indicted for feloniously entering the counting-house of Walter Jones, in the Parish of St. Peter, and stealing thereout quantity of plate. In a second count, James Grey, Margaret Grey, his wife, Margaret Oulton, and Margarel Armstrong, were indicted with receiving part of the property, knowing it stolen. Baron Smith charged the Jury, who returned verdict acquitting all the prisoners, but John Grey, whom guilty of the receiving. Cork Constitution, 7 Nov 1829.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. John Grey, alias Gray, age on arrival, 39, per Hercules II (2) 1830. Tried at Dublin City, 1829, 7 years for Stolen plate, DOB, 1791, Native place, Belfast Antrim Co. Married. Protestant. Trade, Clockmaker. Colonial sentence.