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John Heffernan was transported on the Norfolk, departing 24th Jul 1832 and arriving 30th Dec 1832 with 14 passengers.
1832 Voyage - Norfolk 3 from Ireland. Henniker - Master. William Clifford - Surgeon Superintendent. Total originally embarked; 200. Died on voyage; 5. Arrived in Sydney Cove 9 February 1832
Norfolk (generic)References
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Convict Notes
Heffernan John, Norfolk 4, 32-2875, 26 County Dublin, waiter and soldier, 5 feet 11, sallow comp. dark brown hair brown eyes, mole right side of upper lip MH MP and laurel on lower right arm, left little finger contracted, from Argyle Bridge, since 26th ditto. Second time of absconding. (Sydney Gazette, 12 Apr 1834, p. 1.)
Principal Superintendent of Convicts. LIST OF RUNAWAYS APPREHENDED DURING THE WEEK. … Heffernan John, Norfolk (4), No. 7 Road Party. … (NSW Government Gazette 5 Feb 1834, issue 101, p. 71.)
NEW SOUTH WALES. RETURN OF ALL MALE CONVICTS ASSIGNED AND TRANSFERRED BETWEEN 1st AND 31st JANUARY, 1833. … 75. HEFFERNAN JOHN, Norfolk (4), waiter, to W. D. Kelman, Kirkton … (Sydney Gazette, 28 Feb 1833, p. 1.)
SUPREME CRIMINAL, COURT. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12. (Before Mr. Justice Burton and a Military Jury.) John Heffernan and Patrick Gaffney, were indicted for a highway robbery, and putting in bodily fear John Sheehy, at Cox's River, on the 7th October last … (Sydney Gazette, 14 Nov 1835, p. 2.) [Both men were found guilty and sentenced to death which was later commuted to life and sent to Norfolk Island. – CHRIS ISON]
Domestic Intelligence- We have no arrivals this week, but three or four vessels have left us for other ports, as will be seen in our shipping intelligence. By the Norfolk, for Sydney, the following passengers have embarked :—Mrs. Aubrey and child, Mrs. Steadman and two children, and 15 prisoners. The Tasmanian, 21 Dec 1832. Shipping Intelligence. Arrivals- On the 30th ult. ... Same day, the barque Norfolk Henniker master, from Madras, the Mauritius, and Hobart Town with merchandise. Passengers-Mrs Aubrey, Mrs Henniker, Mrs Stedman, fourteen convicts from Madras and one from the Mauritius. Sydney Monitor, 2 Jan 1833. Passengers, per Norfolk :— Lieut. Allan, Bengal Artillery ; Mrs. Henniker, Mrs. Aubrey and child ; Messrs. James George, Jonathan Warburton, George Tuckey, Thomas Morgan, Andrew White, Robert Knowles, John M‘Kennan, John Hefferman, Evan Kinsey, James M‘Kinsey, James Kelly, Benjamin Webriton, John Salisbury, and Edward Fowley, for Van Diemen’s Land ; and Mrs. Headman and two children, for New South Wales. The Colonist and Van Diemens Land Commercial Advertiser, 7 Dec 1832. ------------------------------------------------------------- Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. John Heffernan, age on arrival, 24, Per Norfolk (4) 1834, Tried, 1831 at Madras Court Martial, India, 7 years, for Mutiny. Former conviction, 300 lashes. DOB, 1808, native place, Dublin Co. Single, Catholic, Trade, Soldier, waiter. Remarks: Norfolk Island.