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Voyage
Transportation
James Rowe was transported on the Chapman, departing 25th Mar 1817 and arriving 26th Jul 1817 with 202 passengers.
The Chapman ship was built at Whitby, England in 1777, rebuilt in 1811 and refurbed in 1815. Tonnage: 558 The 1817 voyage from Ireland to New South Wales, Australia is not yet fully recorded on this web site - currently being updated. A mutiny occurred on this voyage with 7 men killed and many others wounded. (200 male convicts embarked) 1824 voyage from England to Van Diemen's Land (180 male convicts). 1826 voyage from England to Van Diemen's Land (100 male convicts, 2 escaped). Royal Staff guards & 19 private passengers.
Chapman (generic)References
| Primary Source | New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849; 1817 Chapman |
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Convict Notes
22/11/1839: He received a Free Pardon #499 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-34$init=CON31-1-34p235). 29//11/1839: From the Hobart Town Courier and Van Diemen's Land Gazette, p2: "THE GAZETTE. FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 29, 1839. GOVERNMENT NOTICE, No. 245, Colonial Secretary's Office, November 22. Memoranda of Pardon have been issued for the following Convicts until Her Majesty's pleasure be known:— Free Pardon -- Thos. Elwell, Lord Hungerford; Chas. Harris, Sir Godfrey Webster; Thomas Kelly, Chapman and Jupiter; John Manning, Calcutta and Ocean; Dan. Rankin, Competitor; Patrick Gormley, Minerva; JAMES ROWE [my emphasis], Chapman and Jupiter; Samuel Shore, Phoenix; John Kinchett, Commodore Hayes; James Norris, Neptune and Prince Leopold; James Whyte, Malabar; John Lawrence, Arab; William Taylor, Guilford; Elias Wood, Recovery and Darling; Thomas Wainwright, Woodman. Conditional Pardon -- Charles Lewis, Commodore Hayes; Ann Garnett, Sovereign; John Martin, alias Scallian, Competitor; George Whitby, York; Mary Williams, Mellish; Patrick O' Neil, Manlius; Robert Rhodes, Asia (2); Dominick Conlan, York; Robert Horton, Layton; John Aims, Dromedary; Ann Croft, Mary; William Butcher, Commodore Hayes; James Starr, Surrey. By His Excellency's command, M. FORSTER."
IN VDL: 1817: On arrival in VDL, he was listed as James Rowe, per Chapman and Jupiter, sentenced in Dublin City in 1814 to death, commuted to transportation for life. He was a coachman by trade but listed in other documents as a labourer (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-34$init=CON31-1-34p238). 12/1/1821: He was charged with assaulting Mary Briscoe with the intent to commit a rape. He was acquitted of the assault with intent to commit a rape but found guilty of assaulting Mary Briscoe. His Ticket of Leave was forfeited. 1/9/1821: He was charged with assaulting and beating Constable McKenna and received 25 lashes. 1822-23: He was assigned to Mr Lackey/Laskey (New South Wales, Australia, Settler and Convict Lists, 1787-1834 New South Wales; Male and Female; 1822; and New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849). 2/5/1831: He was granted a Conditional Pardon #221 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-34$init=CON31-1-34p235). 18/3/1832: For being drunk and assaulting William Hughes, he was fined 5 shillings for being drunk. The assault charged was dismissed. --0--
IN NSW: 1817: On arrival in NSW, James Rowe was listed as 38 years old, 5'6" tall with a pale dark complexion, brown hair and hazel eyes (New South Wales, Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849; 1817; and New South Wales, Convict Indents, 1788-1842; Bound Indentures 1814-1818). On the Irish Convicts database, his year of birth is given as 1778, and his native place was Meath (http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/cgi-bin/irish/irish.cgi). 9/8/1817: He was one of 70 convicts (69 from the Chapman and one from the Pilot) who were forwarded to VDL per the brig Jupiter.
IN IRELAND: December 1814: James Rowe was tried in Dublin City, and convicted of rape. [Note: Two different years for his trial appear in various records, so both are listed here.] He was sentenced to be transported for life. While awaiting transportation, he was held finally at Newgate jail in Green Street, on Dublin’s north side, and was sent from there to board the Chapman.