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Voyage
Transportation
Owen Mcdaniel was transported on the Chapman, departing 25th Mar 1817 and arriving 26th Jul 1817 with 202 passengers.
The Chapman ship was built at Whitby, England in 1777, rebuilt in 1811 and refurbed in 1815. Tonnage: 558 The 1817 voyage from Ireland to New South Wales, Australia is not yet fully recorded on this web site - currently being updated. A mutiny occurred on this voyage with 7 men killed and many others wounded. (200 male convicts embarked) 1824 voyage from England to Van Diemen's Land (180 male convicts). 1826 voyage from England to Van Diemen's Land (100 male convicts, 2 escaped). Royal Staff guards & 19 private passengers.
Chapman (generic)References
| Primary Source | New South Wales, Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849; 1817; and New South Wales, Convict Indents, 1788-1842; Bound Indentures 1814-1818 |
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Convict Notes
IN VDL: 20 February, 1822: Owen McDaniel received his Free Certificate (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON23-1-1$init=CON23-1-1-p099j2k). 30 September, 1828: Drunk and disorderly -- fined 5 shillings (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-9$init=CON31-1-9p13). 5 April, 1831: For assaulting and beating Jane Farrell, he was fined £3 and ordered to find sureties to keep the peace for 6 months (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-9$init=CON31-1-9p13).
IN NSW: 1817: On arrival in NSW, Owen McDaniel was listed as 20, a servant from County Wexford; 5’2½” tall with a pale fair complexion, brown hair and hazel eyes (New South Wales, Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849; 1817; and New South Wales, Convict Indents, 1788-1842; Bound Indentures 1814-1818). 9 August, 1817: He was one of 70 convicts (69 from the Chapman and one from the Pilot) who were forwarded to VDL per the brig Jupiter. --0--
IN IRELAND: 18 February, 1815: Owen McDaniel was tried in Dublin City, convicted and sentenced to 7 years’ transportation for burglary and robbery (New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849; 1817, Chapman). 10 January, 1816: Owen McDaniell [sic] was admitted to Kilmainham jail in Dublin, prisoner #2074, listed as having escaped from Newgate prison, also in Dublin. He was returned to Newgate on 8 June, 1816. 21 September, 1816: Owen McDowell [sic] was admitted to Kilmainham jail, prisoner #2830, listed as a convict from Newgate and one of several men received from Newgate on that day. All were sent from Kilmainham to board the Chapman on 19 December (Ireland, Prison Registers, 1790-1924; Dublin, Kilmainham). --0--