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James Mcgill was transported on the Guildford, departing 31st Jul 1811 and arriving 18th Jan 1812 with 214 passengers.
The ‘Guildford’ was built on the River Thames, England in 1810. Used as a Convict Transport ship to Australia - voyages 1812, 1816, 1818, 1820, 1822, 1824, 1827 & 1829. The ship was lost at sea near Singapore in 1831, loosing all aboard.
Guildford (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 55 (29) |
| 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
List of 80 male convicts (originally sent on Guildford 1812) be embarked per Ruby of Calcutta to Hobart Town, with the indents from Guildford, master Johnson, in 1812. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON13-1-1$init=CON13-1-1P23 James McGill, tried Messina C.M., 22 Jan 1810, Life.
This extract about the capture of Michael Howe, many years later, gives a little more light on James McGill's role in the capture of the bushranger. ... There was at this time in the service of the Government as guide to the military, a man named James M'Gill, who from his stature and strength passed by the enviable nom de guerre of 'Big M'Gill.' He had once been a bushranger himself, but now followed the more captitvating occupation of pursuing them instead. He was a rough fighting fellow, fearing neither man nor devil, and was always ready for a standup with anybody or everybody whenever they liked to come on; and however hungry 'a customer' might to at setting to, he always went home with a full stomach when Mr M'Gill had done with him. This pleasant fellow was either selected or volunteered to bring Howe in, and he started off quite jolly on the exciting service. He wanted no assistance, being quite confident in his own powers to bring Howe to reason any day single-handed. Still it was thought best to give him a companion in case of matters not going on quite so smoothly as be expected, and an active man of one of the native tribes of New South Wales, Mosquito, an old enemy of the bushrangers, accompanied him as a tracker, and to give such assistance as he could, which was not exactly nothing, for Mosquito was not deficient in daring, as he often proved in after times when leading the East Coast tribes of natives against the settlers. The black soon got on Howe's tracks, and the two found him some where on the Clyde, then called the Fat Doe River, and there was warm work between them when this took place. Howe had been often heard to say he never would be taken alive, and in the struggle that took place this determination appears to have worked with its full force. He was overmatched, it was true, but this did not shake his resolution in any degree. .... Daily Telegraph (Launceston) 7 May 1904.
James McGill was one of 80 male convicts from the Guildford who were sent to VDL by the "Ruby" in 1812. Tasmanian Docs: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON13-1-1$init=CON13-1-1p22 & https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON13-1-1$init=CON13-1-1p23
His Excellency the GOVERNOR in CHIEF'S free pardon is awarded, at the recommendation of the LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, to James McGill, who had previously an emancipation, and to Thomas Worrell, crown servant, for their exertions and services in the case of Michael Howe. Hobart Town Gazette, 9 Jan 1819.
Tasmanian Doc. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON13-1-2$init=CON13-1-2 Dated 20 Jan 1820. Free Pardon. James McGill, Tried Messina Ct.Ml. 22 Jan 1810. Life.