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Transportation
John Lindon was transported on the Chapman, departing 25th Mar 1817 and arriving 26th Jul 1817 with 202 passengers.
The Chapman ship was built at Whitby, England in 1777, rebuilt in 1811 and refurbed in 1815. Tonnage: 558 The 1817 voyage from Ireland to New South Wales, Australia is not yet fully recorded on this web site - currently being updated. A mutiny occurred on this voyage with 7 men killed and many others wounded. (200 male convicts embarked) 1824 voyage from England to Van Diemen's Land (180 male convicts). 1826 voyage from England to Van Diemen's Land (100 male convicts, 2 escaped). Royal Staff guards & 19 private passengers.
Chapman (generic)References
| Primary Source | Hobart Town Gazette, 10 June 1825. NSW, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849; 1817 Chapman Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
16 August, 1824: His Conduct Record shows that he was at Macquarie Harbour by this date when he was given 25 lashes for "absenting himself from the small island boat" (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-27$init=CON31-1-27p60). 1833 Muster: Listed as having absconded in 1825 (New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849; Tasmania; List of convicts (incomplete); 1833). 1849 Muster: John Lindon per Chapman is still listed as an absentee (New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849; Tasmania; Ledger Returns; 1849).
11 June, 1824: John Lindon was tried for burglary in the Supreme Court, his case being reported in the Hobart Town Gazette on 18 June, p2: "John Lindon was then tried for burglary, with intent to steal in the house of a man named Richard Hutchinson, at Hobart Town, on the 4th of March last. The prosecutor deposed, that at the time already stated, about midnight, he and his wife were (as all other loving married people should be) in bed together; that she had occasion to get up for a minute, and unexpectedly trod on the prisoner, who was creeping under the bedstead; that she screamed out lustily, "robbers, robbers, robbers!" he instantly jumped up, and caught the prisoner by the calf of his leg, as he was getting out at the window, but he escaped. It was quite dark, and witness could not see prisoner's face. A candle was then lit, the room searched, and a hat found in it which he knew immediately, to be the prisoner's, by a mark on the crown. Outside the window a pair of shoes were picked up, but witness could not swear to them. On the following day, witness accused prisoner, who made no reply, and was then given into the custody of constable Coggins, who told the Court a very pitious tale, in real Hibernian accents, as to how he came for to go to take the prisoner, as how prisoner gave him a bating, and as how, when a mob near the Penitentiary rescued the prisoner, they had the impudence to laugh at witness, and cry huzzah. Thomas Ransden was called on behalf of the prisoner, and stated he had lodged, on the 4th of March, at Hutchinson's; that the hat was found outside the house, and that the prosecutor said, "I do not know whose it is, but to-morrow I'll search for an owner!". Cross-examined by the Attorney-General. - Witness swore he never had said he would get Lindon through this affair, and then there would be £40 to take him home. The evidence was read over, and the law, which states that both night and an intent to steal are indispensible to establish burglary, having been most distinctly pointed out, after a short consultation, the prisoner was found - Guilty." Note: John Lindon was sentenced to 7 years' transportation. --0--
IN VDL: 1823: From the Hobart Town Gazette, 7 June, p1: "Government Public Notice. THE undermentioned Persons have obtained Certificates and Ticket of Leave during the last Week:- Certificates. Joseph Fox, Almorah Thomas Marlow, Chapman John Lindon, Ditto William Hart, Lady Castlereagh Thomas Myers, Morley (1) Ann Bass or King, Canada. Ticket of Leave Thomas Brown, Bencoolen. Port Dalrymple.- Certificate William Harris, Almorah. H. E. ROBINSON, Secretary. Secretary's Office, June 6, 1823." (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1089914) --0--
TRIED: March 1816 in County Down on a charge of sheep stealing. He started his 7 years term in County Down prison before being transferred to Kilmainham Gaol on January 1, 1817 (prisoner #3111). He was discharged from Kilmainham on January 18 to be “sent aboard the convict ship” (see Ireland, Prison Registers, 1790-1924; Dublin, Kilmainham 1815-1910).
Hobart Town Gazette, 10 June 1825. The following Prisoners have absented themselves from Macquarie Harbour, between Feb 26 and March 8, 1825: John Lindon (16), 5ft. 5in. dark brown hair, hazel eyes, 26 years of age, a labourer, tried at County Down, March 1816, sentence 7 years, arrived at Port Jackson per Chapman 1817, and to this Colony per Jupiter same year, native place County Down, absconded from Macquarie Harbour March 3, 1825.-£2 Reward. Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. John Lindon, age 20, Chapman (1) 1817; Tried Down Co. 1816, sentence 7 years. Native of Down Co. weaver.