James Greylish

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Summary

Born
Jan 1787
Conviction
Sedition
Departure
May 1820
Arrival
Sep 1820
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: James Greylish
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1787
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Labourer - general
Aliases: Greglish, Grealish

Crime

Crime: Sedition
Convicted at: Galway Ireland
Sentence term: 99 years

Voyage

Departed: 5th May 1820
Ship: Dorothy
Arrival: 29th Sep 1820
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

James Greylish was transported on the Dorothy, departing 5th May 1820 and arriving 29th Sep 1820 with 193 passengers.

Built In Liverpool in 1815. Transported Male only prisoners from Ireland

DorothyDorothy (generic)

References

Primary Source1. NSW, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls… 1790-1849 2. UK, Royal Navy Medical Journals, 1817-1856, Dorothy 1820 01 Mar - 1820 29 Sep 3. NSW Settler and Convict Lists, 1787-1834, NSW Male A-K 1820 4. NSW Tickets of Leave, 1810-1869; Ticket of leave butts, May 1829-Dec 1829 5. NSW Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1826-1851

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Convict Notes

Dianne Jones avatar
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on 12th June 2020

1829, 16 July: Granted Ticket of Leave for the District of Appin (see NSW Tickets of Leave, 1810-1869; Ticket of leave butts, May 1829-Dec 1829). 1830, 16 June: His Ticket of Leave is reissued for the District of Illawarra (see NSW Tickets of Leave, 1810-1869; Ticket of leave butts, May 1829-Dec 1829). 1830, March: James Greylish, 43, bachelor, and Sarah Cramsie, 31, widow, apply for publication of banns at St Luke’s, Liverpool. Both are deemed to be of good character (see NSW Convict Applications for the Publication of Banns, 1828-1830, 1838-1839, (Reel 3035)). 1830, 14 April: James Greglish, 43, per Dorothy, life, and Sarah Cramsie, 31, per Brothers 2, 7 years, are granted permission to marry. Both have a Ticket of Leave (see NSW Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1826-1851). 1837, 27 April: James Greylish (aka Grealish), 50, per Dorothy, native place Galway, labourer, born 1787, 5’6”, ruddy complexion, black hair, hazel eyes (see NSW Convict Registers of Conditional and Absolute Pardons, 1788-1870, Conditional 1826-1842 (Reel 797)). 1838, 9 May: On list of Conditional Pardons (see NSW Government Gazette, [Issue No.332], p364 PARDONS).

Dianne Jones avatar
218
on 12th June 2020

1820: James Greylish, 23, born 1787 (his age and date of birth are from his Conditional Pardon, below), was convicted at galway at lent and sentenced to life for seditious practices, along with 11 other men - only three of whom received sentences of 7 years (NSW, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls… 1790-1849). His brother Thomas was convicted of the same crime on the same day, and also received a Life sentence. Both men were transported on the Dorothy. 1820, 29 May: One of several prisoners “unironed”, as reported by the ship’s surgeon superintendent, Robert Espie, in his journal (see UK, Royal Navy Medical Journals, 1817-1856, Dorothy 1820 01 Mar - 1820 29 Sep). 1820: James Greylish (see NSW Settler and Convict Lists, 1787-1834, NSW Male A-K 1820).