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Sylvester Grogan 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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Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Sylvester Grogan, age 27, per Hercules II, 1830, Tried at Roscommon, 1829, Life, Offence, Murder. DOB, 1803, Native place, Leitrim. Married 1 male 1 female children, catholic, Miller. Died 1838, at Newcastle Hospital. -------------------------------------------------- Roscommon, Aug. 4. Murder of Captain Cox. Sylvester Grogan, Michael Grogan, Edmund Gil- born, John Burchill, Patrick Hunt, Francis M'Manus, Patrick M'Manus, of Tullagh, were arraigned for the murder of Capt. Cox, master of the Arigna Iron Works, in February, 1828. At the last Summer Assizes the prisoners were tried for the same offence. The jury, together with the prisoners, were taken to the boundary of the county by the sheriff, where the jury were discharged, and the prisoners brought back to Roscommon gaol. ... London Evening Standard, 13 Aug 1829.