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Voyage
Transportation
Alexander Macgeary was transported on the Shipley, departing 20th Dec 1816 and arriving 24th Apr 1817 with 125 passengers.
Shipley (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 318 |
| 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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Convict Notes
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Alexander MacGeary, age on arrival, 25, per Shipley (1), 1817, Tried 1816, Life, DOB, 1792, native place, Antrim. Labourer. ------------------------------------------------- The above database mistakenly gives the place of conviction as Cheshire Sessions, instead of Derbyshire Assizes. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Derbyshire Summer Assizes. When the following prisoners took their trials : viz, -Alexander MacGeary, aged 23, charged with having feloniously …. upon Sarah Spencer, of Clifton in the county of Stafford, arid against her will did feloniously ravish arid carnally ... --Guilty; but recommended to mercy.-condemned. Derby Mercury, 8Aug 1816. At Derby assizes, … Alexander Mac Geary, aged 23, for a rape ... sentence of death. Staffordshire Advertiser, 10 Aug 1816. Derby Mercury. Alexander MacGeary, convicted at the late Derby assizes for a rape, and ... have been reprieved. Staffordshire Advertiser, 17 Aug 1816.
Colonial Secretary Index. MCGEARY, Alexander. Per "Shipley", 1817 1818 Jan 31 Discharged from town gang to service of Mr Buckley (Reel 6047; 4/1741 p.224) 1818 Feb 7 Transferred from service of Mr Buckley to town gang (Reel 6047; 4/1741 p.225) 1819 Mar 5 On list of convicts embarked on "Prince Leopold" for the public service in Van Diemen's Land (Reel 6006; 4/3500 p.28)
National Archives. ADM 101/67/2/1 Diary of the convict ship Shipley for 19 November 1816 to 3 May 1817 by George Clayton, Surgeon and Superintendent, during which time the ship was employed in carrying convicts, soldiers and passengers from England to New South Wales. Folio 5: 7 December 1816: Alex McGeary, convict, complained of pain in the bowles with purging, thirst and shivering. Folio 5: 12 December 1816: Alex McGeary discharged cured. Folio 13: 15 March 1817: Alexander McGeary applied with jaundice and complained of pain in the region of the stomach probably from a stone in the gall duct. Folio 15: 18 April 1817: Discharged cured Alex McGeary.
—Derby Mercury. Alexander MacGeary, convicted at the late Derby assizes for a rape, and ... have been reprieved. Staffordshire Advertiser, 17 Aug 1816.
Tasmanian Record. CON13-1-1 Image 212 Alexander McGeary, per Shipley (1st0 Tried at Derby Ass, 6 July 1816, Life. Age 25 native of Co. Antrim. Labourer. 5Ft 4 ½. Grey eyes, sandy hair, pale freckled comp. General remarks, Well behaved.
Colonial Secretary Index. MCGEARY, Alexander. Per "Shipley", 1817. 1818 Jan 31 Discharged from town gang to service of Mr Buckley (Reel 6047; 4/1741 p.224) 1818 Feb 7 Transferred from service of Mr Buckley to town gang (Reel 6047; 4/1741 p.225) 1819 Mar 5 On list of convicts embarked on "Prince Leopold" for the public service in Van Diemen's Land (Reel 6006; 4/3500 p.28)