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Voyage
Transportation
John Kelly was transported on the Navarino, departing 22nd Sep 1842 and arriving 10th Jan 1843 with 181 passengers.
Built 1808. 493 tons. Several voyages to Australia with convict transportees. Registers of persons currently being updated - not complete as yet. 1840-1841. Departed Dublin 5th.Sept 1842. Arrived Hobart appx 10th Jan 1843. Sailed with 260 convicts including between 40-50 women,girls & children loaded at Kingstown Harbor. Capt A Warning.
Navarino (generic)References
| Primary Source | Navarino Indent: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON14-1-16/CON14-1-16P213 and https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON14-1-16/CON14-1-16P214 |
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Convict Notes
Belfast Quarter Sessions, John Kelly and James Hamilton, for stealing a sheet, on the 15th of June, the property of Matthew Black. Both guilty. Had been convicted several times. Seven years’ transportation. Belfast Commercial Chronicle, 6 July 1842. John Kelly and James Hamilton (two notorious young scoundrels), for stealing a sheet, the property of Mr. Matthew Black, near Belfast, on the 13tb June last. Both guilty; each to be transported for seven years. Northern Whig, 5 July 1842. James Hamilton, (aged 13) was also transported on the Navarino.
Navarino Indent: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON14-1-16/CON14-1-16P213 and https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON14-1-16/CON14-1-16P214 John Kelly, tried at Antrim, 27 June 1842, 7 years. 5 ft 3. Age 17, protestant, can read, Single. Offence, Stealing a sheet, pr at Belfast. For house robbery, 3 mos. Have acquitted for a watch, acquitted.. Surgeon’s report, For fighting, caned on the breech. Factory boy. Native place, Belfast. Remarks: F James. 3 S, Ellen, Mary, Sally Ann,