| Name: | John Long |
| Aliases: | none |
| Gender: | m |
| Date of Birth: | 1793 |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Date of Death: | - |
| Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 53 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
| Crime: | Sheep-stealing |
| Convicted at: | Cork City |
| Sentence term: | 7 years |
| Ship: | Dorothy |
| Departure date: | 5th May, 1820 |
| Arrival date: | 29th September, 1820 |
| Place of arrival | New South Wales |
| Passenger manifest | Travelled with 192 other convicts |
| Primary source: | 1. NSW, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls… 1790-1849 2. Convict Indents, 1788-1842, Bound Indentures 1820-1821 ---- 3. Settler and Convict Lists, 1787-1834, NSW Male L-Y 1820 4. Convict Musters, 1806-1849, NSW General muster 1822) 5. NSW Convict Musters, 1806-1849, General muster A-L 1825 |
| Source description: |
Dianne Jones on 4th June, 2020 wrote:
WHEN convicted: March/Lent 1820 (see NSW, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls… 1790-1849)
DESCRIPTION: 5’2 ½”, freckles, dark hair and blue eyes (see Convict Indents, 1788-1842, Bound Indentures 1820-1821)
Dianne Jones on 4th June, 2020 wrote:
OTHER:
1820: John Long, per Dorothy, tried Cork, March 1820 (see Settler and Convict Lists, 1787-1834, NSW Male L-Y 1820).
1822: General servant to James [alias John] Dorr, Windsor (see Convict Musters, 1806-1849, NSW General muster 1822).
1822, 27 April: On return of convicts discharged from the Establishment, Emu Plain, between 1 Mar-31 May; to J Dore, Nepean (see Colonial Secretary’s Papers, 1788-1856, Special Bundles, 1794-1825).
1825: General servant to James [alias John] Dorr, Evan (see NSW Convict Musters, 1806-1849, General muster A-L 1825).
After 1825, John Long disappears from the usual convict-related records…
1839: A John Long whose death was registered in NSW in 1839 may be our man (see NSW BDM Deaths, 52/1839 V183952 122A).
Dianne Jones on 4th June, 2020 wrote:
FURTHER INFORMATION FROM NEWSPAPERS:
1827, March: On a list of convicts who have obtained Certificates of Freedom in the last week – John Long per “Dorothy” (see The Sydney Gazette and NSW Advertiser, Sat 24 Mar 1827, p3).
1838, 12 September: John Long takes out an ad in the Sydney Herald: “CAUTION. The undersigned Cautions all Constables and others not to molest him, he being free, and his Certificate by accident burnt. Description: Name John Long, ship, Dorothy (Hargraves) 1820; sentence, seven years; native place, Cork; trade or calling, laborer [sic]; complexion, sallow ; hair, brown to grey; eyes, grey; height, five feet three inches” (see The Sydney Herald, 12 Sep 1838, p 3 Advertising).
Dianne Jones on 4th June, 2020 made the following changes:
convicted at, term: 7 years, voyage, source: 1. NSW, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls… 1790-1849 2. Convict Indents, 1788-1842, Bound Indentures 1820-1821 (prev. ), firstname: John, surname: Lyon, alias1: , alias2: , alias3: , alias4: , date of birth:
Dianne Jones on 4th June, 2020 made the following changes:
source: 1. NSW, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls… 1790-1849 2. Convict Indents, 1788-1842, Bound Indentures 1820-1821 ---- 3. Settler and Convict Lists, 1787-1834, NSW Male L-Y 1820 4. Convict Musters, 1806-1849, NSW General muster 1822) 5. NSW Convict
Dianne Jones on 4th June, 2020 made the following changes:
surname: Long (prev. Lyon)
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