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Transportation
James Lugg was transported on the Larkins, departing 24th Jul 1817 and arriving 22nd Nov 1817 with 250 passengers.
1829 Voyage - Ship; Larkins, Captain Campbell, from Cork the 10th August, with 195 male prisoners. A Surgeon Superintendent, P. Sprout, Esquire. Arrived; 22 December 1829. Recapitulation; Mustered; 196. Died on Voyage; 3. Disembarked; 1. Total; 200
Larkins (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 367 (185) State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia; Series Name: Butts of Certificates of Freedom; Series Number: NRS 12210; Archive Roll: 1008 Ancestry.com. Birmingham, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Anglican Parish Records. Birmingh |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Hulk Record HO-9-7_5 page 3/42 Bellerophon Received twenty prisoners from Warwick, 8 May 1817. James Lugg, age 18, having forged notes in his possession, Tried at Warwick 1 April 1817, 14 years, Disch’d 4 July 1817 Larkins.
ASSIZES.—The business of these assizes commenced, at the Crown bar, on Monday last . ... Subjoined will be found the names and offences of those criminals who were either capitally convicted or sentenced to transportation. ... TRANSPORTATION. -... and  Edw. Hastings and James Lugg, charged with uttering forged bank notes (permitted to plead guilty to the minor charge of having them in their possession) for fourteen years. Aris’s Birmingham Gazette, 14 April 1817. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Colonial Secretary Index. LUGG, James. Per "Larkins", 1817 1817 Dec 2 On list of convicts disembarked from the "Larkins" and forwarded to Windsor for distribution (Reel 6005; 4/3497 p.192) 1820 Jul 17 Government labourer at Emu Plains (Reel 6049; 4/1745 p.184) 1821 Sep 8 Water carrier. On list of all persons victualled from H.M. Magazines (Reel 6016; 4/5781 p.100) 1822 Apr 29-May 9 To be transported for life. In reports of prisoners tried at Court of Criminal Jurisdiction (Reel 6023; X820 p.49) 1822 May 15 On lists of prisoners transported to Port Macquarie per "Lady Nelson" (Reel 6009, 4/3505 p.277; Reel 6019, 4/3864 pp.356-7)
James was baptised son of James and Ann Lugg in St Martin's Birmingham on May 31 1798. James was 5 feet 6 inches tall, of ruddy complexion and had two remaining teeth. He had lost all the fingers of his right hand. He was transported to Norfolk Island for life by the Criminal Court of Sydney on 7 May 1822 and granted a certificate of freedom on 8 February 1841.