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Thomas Grogan was transported on the Mary, departing 25th May 1819 and arriving 26th Aug 1819 with 161 passengers.
Built 1811, Ipswich,England 361 tons. 1817 Journey On Monday arrived the ship Mary, Capt. ORMON, from Calcutta, with merchandize—Passengers, Captain FAITHFUL and Lieut. HAMILTON: this vessel has brought 6 male prisoners from India, destined for Port Jackson; to which place it is expected she will sail to-morrow. Hobart Town Gazette, 24 May 1817. Ship News. On Thursday arrived from Calcutta, via Derwent, the ship Mary, Captain Ormon, with a various cargo. -Passengers from Calcutta, Captain Faithfull and Lieutenant Hamilton:-The Mary sailed from Calcutta the 23d of February, and left the Pilot the 1st of March. Sydney Gazette, Sat 7 Jun 1817. -------------------------------------------------- Convicts who sailed on the 'Mary' direct from Ireland - 1819 & 1836 - are currently being listed, incomplete data to date.
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| Primary Source | Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849 Irish Convicts to New South Wales 1788-1849, by Peter Mayberry |
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Convict Notes
1825, 3 February: Thomas GROGAN – Certificate of Freedom #4/3127 – convicted Meath, Spring 1818, 7 years; native place Dublin; labourer; 36, 5’5”, ruddy complexion, dark brown hair, hazel eyes. Notation: Torn up 19 March 1825 having been returned mutilated and replaced with Certificate #167/3395 (see NSW, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867). 1825: Thomas GROGAN – free by servitude – Mary 1819, “cleared out for Java” (see NSW and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849, New South Wales General muster A-L 1825).
1819, 25 August: Thomas GROGAN – convicted Meath, Spring 1818; life; native place Dublin; labourer; 30, 5’5½”; dark ruddy complexion, black hair and hazel eyes (see NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842; Bound Indentures 1818-1819). Note: Different records give different ages/dates of birth for Thomas GROGAN. For example, the Ship's Muster says he was 24 in 1819, compared with 30 years old on the 1819 Indentures record. His Certificate of Freedom, granted in 1825, lists him as 36 years old. Both the Cert of Freedom and his Indentures record point to a birth year of 1798/99.
1818, 26 July: Admitted to Kilmainham Gaol from County of Meath; prisoner #3943 (see Ireland, Prison Registers, 1790-1924; Dublin Kilmainham 1815-1910).
TRIED: Spring 1818 (see Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849).