Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
John Eggleton was transported on the John Barry, departing 30th Apr 1819 and arriving 26th Sep 1819 with 147 passengers.
John Barry (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 149 (76) |
| 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
At the adjourned Sessions for this county, held here last week, Sir B. Folkes, Bart, in the chair, there were thirty prisoners and vagrants brought from Swaffham Bridewell, before the Court:— … Wm. Matthews, for stealing a pocket-book, containing six one pound notes, was sentenced to seven year's transportation; John Eggleton, for stealing a cartsaddle and collar, seven years' transportation; ... Norfolk Chronicle, 7 Nov 1818.
The John Barry had arrived at Portsmouth on 16 April 1819 and on 20 April, 60 male convicts were embarked from the hulk Laurel and 80 from the hulk Leviathan in Portsmouth harbour. On 23 April 1819 two more convicts were sent on board the John Barry from the Leviathan. One of the passengers on board the John Barry was John Thomas Bigge, New South Wales’ first Royal Commissioner. The John Barry finally arrived at Port Jackson on Sunday 26 September 1819 (See The Campbelltown Convicts).