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Denis Lee was transported on the Mary, departing 25th May 1819 and arriving 26th Aug 1819 with 161 passengers.
Built 1811, Ipswich,England 361 tons. 1817 Journey On Monday arrived the ship Mary, Capt. ORMON, from Calcutta, with merchandize—Passengers, Captain FAITHFUL and Lieut. HAMILTON: this vessel has brought 6 male prisoners from India, destined for Port Jackson; to which place it is expected she will sail to-morrow. Hobart Town Gazette, 24 May 1817. Ship News. On Thursday arrived from Calcutta, via Derwent, the ship Mary, Captain Ormon, with a various cargo. -Passengers from Calcutta, Captain Faithfull and Lieutenant Hamilton:-The Mary sailed from Calcutta the 23d of February, and left the Pilot the 1st of March. Sydney Gazette, Sat 7 Jun 1817. -------------------------------------------------- Convicts who sailed on the 'Mary' direct from Ireland - 1819 & 1836 - are currently being listed, incomplete data to date.
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| Primary Source | New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849; Irish Convicts to New South Wales 1788-1849, by Peter Mayberry |
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1829 - 17 Jan. Certificate of Freedom. Trade; Labourer. Year of birth 1803. Remarks; Was transported 1824 for the remainder of his original sentence, Robbery. Again by the Quarter sessions; Nov 1825 for 3 years for stealing from the shop of James Slade of Sydney. Renewed 2 Nov 1829. Vide Mo; 29/977 this having been returned mutilated
1825: Denis LEE – convict – Mary 1819, 7 years; government employee, Port Macquarie (see NSW and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849, New South Wales General muster A-L 1825).
1825, 9 April: Denis LEE – Certificate of Freedom #67/3550 – errand boy, 22, 5’5¾”, sallow complexion, brown hair and hazel eyes; native place Cork. Remarks: “Sent to Port Macquarie 27 January 1824 for the remainder of his original sentence for running from Emu Plains being implicated in a robbery.” Notation says this original certificate was mutilated and replaced on 17 January 1829 with #29/96 (see NSW, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867).
Colonial Secretary Index: LEE, Denis. Per "Mary", 1819 1824 Feb 2: On lists of prisoners transported to Port Macquarie per "Lady Nelson" (Reel 6019; 4/3864 pp.108, 462-3) 9/4/1825: COF 17/1/1829: COF renewed - Listed as Dewis Lee on Ancestry -
1819: Denis LEE 16, 5’3 ¼”, fair ruddy complexion, flaxen hair, hazel eyes, native place City of Cork (see NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842; Bound Indentures 1818-1819).
CRIME: Larceny from a house (see New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849).
TRIED: Lent 1818 (see New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849).