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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
James Nugent was transported on the Westmoreland, departing 3rd Mar 1835 and arriving 15th Jul 1835 with 221 passengers.
The Westmoreland was a 405-ton sailing ship built in 1832 at Lynn, Norfolk, England. Four (4) sailings listed for her to transport convicts (and some free settlers and soldiers) to Australia - New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). (Voyage in 1838 from Ireland to NSW is currently being compiled, incomplete list of persons to date.)
Westmoreland (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 2 |
| 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 |
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Convict Notes
Bristol Quarter Sessions. TRANSPORTATION:… seven years: ...-James Nugent, for stealing a trunk, a picture, and other articles, from John Taylor. The prosecutor found the prisoner and another man in his bedroom, who offered him considerable violence. Bristol Mercury 17 Jan 1835. Thursday se’nnnight, the eight undermentioned male Convicts were put on hoard the Justitia Hulk. at Woolwich, viz. Henry Linfield, William Underwood, Thomas Cary, Henry Ponchard, James Nugent, Edward Mulchay, John Evans, and William Cunningham. Bristol Times, 14 Feb 1835.