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Anthony Kelso was transported on the Hercules, departing 3rd Jul 1830 and arriving 1st Nov 1830 with 205 passengers.
The "Hercules" ship was built in 1801 at South Sheilds, England. 1801 voyage from Ireland to New South Wales, Australia. Sailed via Rio de Janeiro and the Cape. A mutiny occurred just prior to their arrival at Rio - after 45 minutes it was quashed but 13 convicts had been killed. Jeremiah Pendergass was named as the ring leader and shot. 44 deaths in total on this voyage. There was then another ship, also named, "Hercules" built 1822 at Whitby, England who made 3 trips to Austraia, in 1825, 1830 & 1832.
Hercules (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
TRANSPORTS. — The high sheriff of Fermanagh has received an order to transmit forthwith to the hulk at Kingstown, for the purpose of being transported, the following persons convicted at the last assizes of Enniskillen : ... and Anthony Kelso, for feloniously breaking the windows of a dairy at Colebrooke, and taking thereout articles to the value of ?£. 10s. These convicts are to be escorted to Kingstown by a military force. New Times (London) 1 May 1830.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Anthony Kelso, age on arrival, 23, per Hercules II (2) 1830. Tried at Fermanagh, 1830, 7 years for Robbery house. DOB, 1807, Native place, Fermanagh Co. Married, 1 female child. Protestant, Trade, Groom.