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Joseph Howard was transported on the Hooghley, departing 5th Jan 1825 and arriving 22nd Apr 1825 with 194 passengers.
The Hooghley was built in London in 1819. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Hooghley in 1825, 1828, 1831 and 1834. 1831 Voyage - Hooghley. Shipping; Intelligence. ARRIVALS. From Cork, on Tuesday last, whence she sailed the 24th June last, the ship, Hooghley,309 tons, Captain Reeves, with- 184 female prisoners. Surgeon superintendent, James Ellis, Esq. this vessel brings out ten free settlers and 20 children, as steerage passengers. Source; The Sydney Herald. Mon 3 Oct 1831. Page 4. Shipping Intelligence.
Hooghley (generic)References
| Primary Source | New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 Warrants of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1824, Hooghley |
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age 22 5'7" grey eyes brown hair fair complexion. Convicted of assault and rioting New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856 Copies of Letters Sent Within The Colony, 1814-1827. On a list of prisoners sent to Minto for assignment and assigned to Mr Douglas New South Wales, Australia, Tickets of Leave, 1810-1869 for Joseph Howard Received a ticket of leave in 1837 no 37/866 but also says cancelled in 1841 and sent to 6 months in an iron gang. Also states Norfolk Island New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930 for Joseph Howard 1842 Was a catholic and sawyer. Transported for 10 years to Cockatoo Island, Phoenix Hulk, from Bathurst Court for robbing a dray. Australasian Chronicle (Sydney, NSW : 1839 - 1843) View title info Tue 29 Mar 1842 Page 2 Bathurst Court of Quarter Sessions. William Collis, soldier, attached to the 80th regiment, stationed at a place called the Soldiers' Pinch stockade, on the Muston road, in company with two convicts attached to the stockade, named Joseph Howard and Richard Gibbons, were charged with robbing the dray of William Lawson, Esq., of a chest of tea while encamped at night. The jury found the prisoners guilty, and the court sentenced Collis to be transported to Van Diemen's Land for fifteen years, and Howard and Gibbons to a penal settlement for ten years.