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Voyage
Transportation
James Hamilton was transported on the Navarino, departing 22nd Sep 1842 and arriving 10th Jan 1843 with 181 passengers.
Built 1808. 493 tons. Several voyages to Australia with convict transportees. Registers of persons currently being updated - not complete as yet. 1840-1841. Departed Dublin 5th.Sept 1842. Arrived Hobart appx 10th Jan 1843. Sailed with 260 convicts including between 40-50 women,girls & children loaded at Kingstown Harbor. Capt A Warning.
Navarino (generic)References
| Primary Source | Navarino Indent: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON14-1-16/CON14-1-16P203 and https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON14-1-16/CON14-1-16P204 |
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Convict Notes
Belfast Quarter Sessions, John Kelly and James Hamilton, for stealing a sheet, on the 15lh of June, the property of Matthew Black. Both guilty. Had been convicted several times. Seven years’ transportation. Belfast Commercial Chronicle, 6 July 1842. John Kelly and James Hamilton (two notorious young scoundrels), for stealing a sheet, the property of Mr. Matthew Black, near Belfast, on the 13tb June last. Both guilty; each to be transported for seven years. Northern Whig, 5 July 1842.
Navarino Indent: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON14-1-16/CON14-1-16P203 and https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON14-1-16/CON14-1-16P204 James Hamilton, tried at Antrim, 27 June 1842, 7 years. 4 ft 2 ½. Age 13, catholic, can read and write, Single. Offence, Stealing a sheet from a house- for rope, dischd after 8 weeks- for rope, 3 mos, for a blanket, 12 mos - whipped in prison for being bad. Surgeon’s report, Good. Labourer. Native place, Derry. Remarks: M, Eliza – 1 S Catherine.