Terrence Kelly

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Maureen Withey on 28th July 2022

On list of prisoners to be sent to Newcastle per "Estramina" July 17 1815. Terrence Kelly, per Boyd, convict, convicted by His Ex. The Gov. July 13th 1815, sentence, 2 years. --------------------------------------------------- List of prisoners to be sent to Newcastle per H. M. Brig Kangaroo, Feb 16, 1816. Terrence Kelly, Boyd, convict, Convicted by His Ex. The Gov. Feb 14, 1816, sentence, 2 years. ------------------------------------------------- Secretary’s Office, Sydney, 19 Feb 1816. To Lieut. Jeffreys, R.N., Commdt. H.M. B. Kangaroo. I have received and laid before his Excellency the Governor, your letter of this date from Watson’s Bay, communicating your having twice attempted to proceed on your destin’d voyage to Newcastle and been obliged to return to the bay from whence your letter is dated, and notifying that two of the male prisoners, (namely Terrence Kelly and Benjn. Dean) who had been put on board the Kangaroo for Newcastle were missing at your muster this morning. The entire of the male prisoners having been put on board in Irons with the intention that they should be continued so until finally delivered to the order of the Commandant at Newcastle, it is to be feared that you have caused them to be taken our of irons which, considering the shortness of the voyage and the liability of their escape it is to be regretted should have been the case. It is now His Excellency the Governor’s desire that you keep all the male prisoners in Irons until you deliver them to the order of the Commandant at Newcastle. Signed, Jno. Thos. Campbell, Sec. -------------------------------------------------- Terence was reported in the newspaper as having absconded, from February to August 1816. Absent Prisoners. Joseph Burridge, Edward Scarr, Herbert Styles, John Pearce, Geo. Stone, Joseph Brooks, Richard Parsons, & Terence Kelly, from Newcastle; Sydney Gazette, 9 Mar 1816. Absent Prisoners. Joseph Burridge, Edw. Scarr, Herbert Styles, John Pearce, Joseph Brooks, Richard Parsons, Thos. Desmond, & Terence Kelly, Richard Holmes, Richard Frederick, Wm. White, Robert Luck, Geo. Williams, Benj. Dean, Florence M'Carthy and Wm. Elliot, from Newcastle ; Sydney Gazette, 10 Aug 1816. --------------------------------------------------- Date: 20/9/1816. ...two of them, Bartholomew Roach and Terrence Kelly, two notorious runaways made their escape from Sydney. --------------------------------------------------- List of Prisoners to be sent to Newcastle per Mary Schooner, Sept 16 1817. Terrence Kelly, Boyd, convict, convicted by His Ex. The Gov, 1 Sept 1817, Retd. to former sentence. Bern. Roche, per Gen. Hewitt, convict, convicted by His Ex. The Gov, 1 Sept 1817, Retd. to former sentence. Pilot. John Murphy, convict, convicted by Mr Marsden, 10 Sept 1817, sentence, one year. -------------------------------------------------- Attestation for a Ticket of Leave, 10 Dec 1822. We hereby certify that Terence Kelly who came by the ship Boyd, Thompson Commander which arrived in the year 1809 has not been convicted of any crime of misdemeanour in this Colony, bu tis to our certain belief an honest, sober and industrious character, having served faithfully in the employment of the Government as Stock keeper under the Superintendence of Charles MCClean, for a period of four years, when he was assigned as Government servant to the late William Broughton, Esq. A.D.C. General with whom he remained until his decease, and since that period up to the present time has remained with Mrs Eliza Broughton, the widow and Executrix of the said William Broughton, under the Superintendence of Mr John Kennedy. Signed, Thomas Redall, J.P. Magistrate. ? Chaplain, Clergyman. Charles McClean, Government overseer. Added below: Dublin City, Oct 1808, Life. --------------------------------------------------- 1828 Census Index. Terence Kelly, age 39, T.L. Boyd, 1809, Life, catholic, Farmer at Quadron Flats, G.Plains district. Has 1 horse, 150 cattle and 25 sheep. -------------------------------------------------- Supreme Court, Tuesday Nov 8th. Before Mr. Justice Kinchela, and a Military Jury. Terence Kelly, a Settler, residing at Stone quarry Creek, stood indicted for receiving four Bulls, the property of Elizabeth Broughton, knowing the same to have been stolen by one Henry McDonald. --Not Guilty. Sydney Monitor, 11 Nov 1836. -------------------------------------------------- NSW Convict Index. Terence Kelly, per Boyd, 1809, Ticket of Leave, No. 38/1674. District, Bathurst; Tried, Dublin City. Terence Kelly, per Boyd, Recommended Conditional Pardon, 1844. Recommended by W. Lee; S N Sloman; P Kite. Terence Kelly, per Boyd, 1809, Second Class Conditional Pardon, 2 Mar 1846, No 46/220.

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Maureen Withey on 4th March 2021

Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Terrence Kelly, per Boyd 1809, Tried at Dublin City 1808, Life. ---------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary Index. KELLY, Terence. Per "Boyd", 1809. 1815 Jul 17 - On list of prisoners to be sent to Newcastle per "Estramina" (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.129) 1816 Feb 16 - On list of prisoners to be sent to Newcastle per "Kangaroo" (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.372) 1816 Feb 19 - Lieutenant Jeffreys, Master "Kangaroo", reporting Kelly missing at Watson's Bay (Reel 6066; 4/1806 p.13). Reply, 19 Feb (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.378) 1816 Aug 31 - On list of prisoners to be sent to Newcastle per "Lady Nelson" (Reel 6005; 4/3495 p.115) 1816 Sep 20 - Notorious runaway escaped from Sydney (Reel 6066; 4/1806 p.48) 1817 Sep 16 - On list of prisoners to be sent to Newcastle per "Mary" (Reel 6005; 4/3497 p.57) 1822 Dec 10 - Servant of E Broughton; attestation as to his character for a ticket of leave (Reel 6026; 4/1715 p.153) -------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 24th June, 1834. TICKETS OF LEAVE CANCELLED. The Tickets-of-Leave granted to the following Prisoners have been cancelled for the reasons set against their respective names, viz: Boyd, Terence Kelly, absence from district and a suspicious character.