Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Angus Mackay was transported on the St Vincent, departing 28th Dec 1852 and arriving 26th May 1853 with 214 passengers.
St Vincent (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/17, Page Number 636. --0-- https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON33-1-115$init=CON33-1-115p137 --0-- http://foundersandsurvivors.org/pubsearch/convict/chain/ai45908 |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
IN VDL: Angus Mackay's VDL Conduct record can be found at https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON33-1-115$init=CON33-1-115p137. He was listed as convict #27981. --0--
NEWSPAPER REPORT OF TRIAL: 23 April, 1850: From the Inverness Advertiser and Ross-shire Chronicle, p5 “INVERNESS SPRING CIRCUIT… Angus Mackay, Lewis, was accused of acts of sheepstealing at different times between July 1849 and January 1850. The prisoner, a young lad, uneducated, and without a word of English, on the nature of the charge being explained to him by Sheriff Cameron, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to seven years' transportation." (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/) --00--
TRIAL: 17 April, 1850: Trial papers relating to Angus Mackay for the crime of sheep-stealing. Tried at High Court, Inverness. Accused: Angus Mackay, Verdict: Guilty, Verdict Comments: Guilty in terms of own confession, Sentence: Transportation - 7 years. Note: Pannel cannot write (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/). --0--
BACK IN SCOTLAND: PRECOGNITION: 1850 Precognition against Angus Mackay for the crime of sheep-stealing Accused: Angus Mackay, Age: 16, shepherd to George Mitchell, tacksman of Fimsgary, Address: [Fimsgary, Uig, Lewis] (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/). --0--
A comprehensive biography of Angus Mackay (also called McKay) can be found on the Founders and survivors website at http://foundersandsurvivors.org/pubsearch/convict/chain/ai45908. From it, his date of birth has been obtained and entered here. I have also uploaded the record of his trial at Inverness from NRS. --0--
Angus was my great grandfather and came from the Isle of Lewis he continued to work as a farmer/shepherd/animal healer and married and raised 5 children . He is buried at Westbury Tasmania with his wife. He died at Golden Valley near Deloraine in 1924 aged 93