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Transportation
James Martin was transported on the Marquis Cornwallis, departing 9th Aug 1795 and arriving 11th Feb 1796 with 198 passengers.
Captain Michael Hogan. Surgeon Matthew Austin. Surgeon John Hogan. First Officer Hugh Reid; Midshipman William Roberts. Embarked: 163 men; 70 women Voyage: 186 days Deaths 11
Marquis Cornwallis (generic)References
| Primary Source | Belfast Newsletter, Monday 13 April 1795 p. 2 NSW State Records: * Indents of Convict Ships - Marquis Cornwallis. *Musters of convicts, 1825. |
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Convict Notes
Two other convicts who were sentenced at the same Monaghan Assizes to be hanged on the same day - John Davison also for horse stealing, and Hugh Boyle for burglary and theft of a gun - were also pardoned and transported to NSW with Hugh Boyle on the Marquis Cornwallis.
James Martin was tried at Monagan in 1795 for horse-stealing and found guilty. He was transported for seven years after clemency was extended to him so that his original death sentence was not carried out. Belfast Newsletter, Monday 13 April 1795 p. 2 “Monaghan Assizes “James Martin found guilty of horse-stealing – ordered to be hanged 11th May next.” Appears on the indent of the Marquis Cornwallis, arriving in Sydney in February 1796. in the NSW 1825 Muster he claimed he came free on 'Cornwallis' in 1795. He was a housekeeper (i.e. probably meaning for himself) at Parramatta.