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Michael Mason was transported on the Hercules, departing 3rd Jul 1830 and arriving 1st Nov 1830 with 205 passengers.
The "Hercules" ship was built in 1801 at South Sheilds, England. 1801 voyage from Ireland to New South Wales, Australia. Sailed via Rio de Janeiro and the Cape. A mutiny occurred just prior to their arrival at Rio - after 45 minutes it was quashed but 13 convicts had been killed. Jeremiah Pendergass was named as the ring leader and shot. 44 deaths in total on this voyage. There was then another ship, also named, "Hercules" built 1822 at Whitby, England who made 3 trips to Austraia, in 1825, 1830 & 1832.
Hercules (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
ESCAPE OF PRISONERS FROM NEWGATE. At ten o’clock yesterday morning, six prisoners escaped from Newgate. Five them were, we understand, under sentence of transportation, and the sixth was to be tried this Commission, for the robbery of Mr. Wall, a pawnbroker. Saunders’s News-Letter, 1 Sep 1829. Escape of Prisoners from Newgate. In about a couple of hours after their escape had been discovered, Peace-officer apprehended one them, a fellow named Thomas Cunningham, Kevin-street. Cunningham was quite drunk, and would not state how had made his escape. An investigation into the circumstances is to take place this day in Newgate. The following were the prisoners who escaped: Laurence Leonard, pick-pocket; Thomas Quigly, confined for highway robbery, Christopher Byrne, robbery off jaunting car; Michael Mason, burglary, and Thomas Field, for the robbery Mr. Wall’s. Thomas Cunningham, for burglary, has been retaken. Dublin Weekly Register, 5 Sep 1829.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Michael Mason, age on arrival, 20, per Hercules II (2) 1830. Tried at Dublin City, 1829, 7 years for Robbery house, 1 former conviction. DOB, 1810, Native place, Dublin. Single. Catholic. Trade, Painter glazier.