Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
David Jackson was transported on the Marion, departing 27th Sep 1847 and arriving 9th Jan 1848 with 301 passengers.
Built 1834 at Calcutta. Wood ship of 684 Tons. The 1847/48 voyage sent to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) BUT also went on to Port Phillip Bay, Victoria where 300 exiles disembarked. (The newspaper source says they were from Millbank, Pentonville & Parkhurst prisons.)
Marion (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 224 |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
Claims
"David H. Jackson, great, great newphew"
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Convict Notes
The Slave Ship Marion continued from Van Dieman's Island to what is now Melourne. He was given a conditional pardon and sent to Parkhurst. Disposal-went as Shepherd and General Servant for George Coghill.
Suffolk Assize. Fire at Redlingfield. David Jackson stood charged with having on the 3rd of June last, a Redlingfield, wilfully set fire to a barn, in the occupation of Charles Cracknell, the property of Sir Robt. Adair, Bart, of Flixton. A policeman named Jackson deposed, that the prisoner admitted to him he had taken piece of coal, or charcoal, from the house in a tin thing and put it upon the straw in the barn. He went away& returned in an hour, and according to his own words he was deuced glad to find there was no blaze. He also said that the thought of firing the barn first entered his mind on Monday morning and that he had heard men talking about the fires all over the country, which led him to think about it. Guilty. Chelmsford Chronicle, 2 Aug 1844. Removal of Convicts.-On Saturday the 10th inst. the following convicts were removed from the County Gaol in this town, by Mr. Johnson and assistant, under sentence of transportations to the Milbank Prison: viz., Edmund Botwright, for life; James Friend and David Jackson. for 15 years; and Robert Stannard, John Sills, and War. Mason, for 10 years each. Ipswich Journal, 17 Aug 1844.