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Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Richard Martin was transported on the Hashemy, departing 2nd Dec 1848 and arriving 9th Jun 1849 with 240 passengers.
Built 1817 at Calcutta. Wood barque of 523 Tons.
Hashemy (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 364 |
| 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
FOOTNOTE: Richard Martin Jnr, then 13 according to court records, was convicted of larceny at Penzance, Cornwall, and sentenced to transportation for 10 years. He had a previous conviction for felony (England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 for Richard Martin Junr; England; Cornwall; 1845). Newspaper coverage of his trial said, "Richard Martin, a lad, pleaded guilty of stealing a silver spoon, the property of Wm. Mitchell Baynard" (Royal Cornwall Gazette, 10 January 1845, p2). --0--
DEPARTURE: The Hashemy finally departed Portsmouth in February 1849.
ENTRY IN SURGEON’S JOURNAL: "Folios 9-10: case no. 2: Richard Martin, aged 19, prisoner from Parkhurst, taken ill at Woolwich; sick or hurt, cholera; put on sick list 3 December 1848, discharged 5 December 1848 to Unite hospital hulk." (https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10531421) --00--
19 December, 1848: According to the journal of the ship’s surgeon, Colin Arrott Browning, RICHARD MARTIN was one of several boys and men (convicts, guards and crew) on board the Hashemy to contract cholera (https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10531422). He was also one of the fortunate ones. “Illness on Board: The first two cases entered on the sick list were prisoners who were sent back to shore to be admitted to the Unite hospital hulk at Woolwich, both suffering from Cholera—Thomas Francis and Richard Martin. There were many others affected with cholera as well and the ship was delayed for weeks in consequence. The surgeon gave lengthy details of the following prisoners who died while the ship was still in England… Joseph Taylor died 10th December; John Collins died on 19th December; Thomas Hoare died 19th December while the ship lay off Spithead; James Cornish died 22 December 1848; William Carter died 19th December off Spithead; John Self died 23 December; Thomas Wells died 23 December; James Elliott died 29th December at Spithead; Levi Mason died 23 December; Henry Williams 28th December; James Carter died 30th December; William Henry Graham died 22nd December; and William Brown died 24th December.” (https://www.freesettlerorfelon.com/convict_ship_hashemy_1849.htm) —0—
BOARDING THE HASHEMY: Of the prisoners, 25 boys were received from Parkhurst on 24 November 1848 at Woolwich, 1 man was received from Millbank, 111 from Wakefield on 28 November, and 100 prisoners were received from Pentonville on 29 November 1848 (https://www.freesettlerorfelon.com/convict_ship_hashemy_1849.htm). RICHARD MARTIN went aboard from Parkhurst. In just a few days, he was on the ship’s sick list. --0--