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Transportation
James Twigg was transported on the Henry Porcher, departing 5th Aug 1825 and arriving 3rd Dec 1825 with 176 passengers.
1825 Journey. On Saturday morning (3 Dec) arrived from London and Dublin, the ship Henry Porcher, Captain John Thompson, with 175 male prisoners, having lost one man - the rest in good health. She sailed from London the 10th of July, and Dublin the 5th of August. The guard comprises a detachment of the 47th Regiment, under the orders of Captain Donaldson. The Surgeon Superintendent is Dr. CARTER, R. N. Sydney Gazette, 5 Dec 1825.
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| Primary Source | Irish Convicts to NSW, by Peter Mayberry at http://members.pcug.org.au; and NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842; Bound Indentures 1823-1826 |
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Convict Notes
Convicts Application To Marry. James Twigg, per Henry Porcher (1) , age 42; Life; T. of L.; and Mary Ann McKnight, per Edward (1), age 28; 7 years; Free. Date of application: 28 Oct 1839, at Maitland, by Revd. Robert BLAIN.
1825, 9 December: Something must have gone amiss with his assignment to Lieut Reid because he is on a list of convicts forwarded to Parramatta for distribution; he was assigned to the Commissariat Store, Parramatta (see NSW Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856; Copies of Letters Sent Within The Colony, 1814-1827). 1834: James Twigg or Kelly was granted a Ticket of Leave No 34/729 (see NSW and Tasmania, Australia, Convict Pardons and Tickets of Leave, 1834-1859; New South Wales, 1834-38). 1841, 4 June: James TWIGG or KELLY, per Henry Porcher, life, is granted a Pardon (see NSW and Tasmania, Australia, Convict Pardons and Tickets of Leave, 1834-1859; NSW Pardons 1842-1845).
1825: This is the first reference to him as James Twigg or Kelly. Crime: felony and burglary, life, tried at Dublin City. This record is at odds with another (below) from the Convict Indents in that it gives his age in 1825 as 24 – i.e. a birth year of about 1801 rather than 1807 (see NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842; Warrants of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; 1825, Henry Porcher). 1825, 3 December: On arrival James Twigg, 28, was 5’5¼”, with a pale freckled complexion, brown hair and hazel or grey eyes. His native place was Donnybrook, a southside suburb of Dublin City. He was a weaver, described as being “very well” physically and was assigned to Lieut. Reid at Newcastle (see NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842; Bound Indentures 1823-1826).
1824: James TWIGG, male, tried at Dublin on 25 February 1825 for the crime of breaking and entering a house, convicted and sentenced to transportation for life, petitions against his sentence stating he is the sole support for his three sisters; document ref PPC 4134 (see http://findingaids.nationalarchives.ie/).
CRIME: Burglary felony (see Irish Convicts to NSW, by Peter Mayberry at http://members.pcug.org.au)