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Richard Hurley was transported on the Brampton, departing 8th Nov 1822 and arriving 22nd Apr 1823 with 185 passengers.
The 'Brampton' ship was built in 1817 at King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. Originally used by the East India Company and then whaling before being a convict transport ship. Many of the Irish convicts on this ship were convicted under the Insurrection Act, for White Boy offences. 24 April 1823, the Sydney Gazette reported: On Tuesday last arrived from Ireland, with 183 male convicts, the ship Brampton, Captain Moore. She left London the 28th of July last; sailed from the Cove of Cork on the 8th of November; and last from the Cape of Good Hope, the 20th of February, from whence she brings eleven convicts.—Surgeon Superintendent, Dr. Price, R. N. The guard comprises a detachment of the 3d Regt. (Buffs.)
Brampton (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Colonial Secretary Index. |
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Colonial Secretary Index. HURLEY, Richard. Per "Brampton", 1823 c.1824 Petition to have his family sent out at Government expense (Fiche 3286; 4/1112.1A p.163) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1824. Petition to have his family sent out at Government expense (Fiche 3286; 4/1112.1A p.163) That Memorialist left in Ireland a wife, (whose name is Mary Hurley alias Fitzgerald and residence the town of Tralee, Co of Kerry) and four children in a helpless condition, whom he could support in this Colony. Therefore prays you will take his case into your kind consideration and obtain for his family a free passage to this Territory. For truth of the above statement Memorialist begs leave to refer to the Revd. Cornelius Eagan, parish Clergyman, Tralee, Co. of Kerry, and John Hurley Esq. Clerk of the Peace for the same county. The statement of memorialist is in my opinion correct, John Joseph Therry. R.C.C.
Kerry Assizes, March 27. ... Richard Hurley, Thomas Connor, and Denis Cahill, for administering unlawful oaths at Ballyheige ; John Lynch, for robbery; ... New Times (London) 5 April 1822.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Richard Hurley, age on arrival, 33, per Brampton (1823) Tried Kerry Co. 1822. Life. DOB 1790, native place, Kerry. Stone cutter.