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Transportation
William Mcgrath was transported on the Mary, departing 25th May 1819 and arriving 26th Aug 1819 with 161 passengers.
Built 1811, Ipswich,England 361 tons. 1817 Journey On Monday arrived the ship Mary, Capt. ORMON, from Calcutta, with merchandize—Passengers, Captain FAITHFUL and Lieut. HAMILTON: this vessel has brought 6 male prisoners from India, destined for Port Jackson; to which place it is expected she will sail to-morrow. Hobart Town Gazette, 24 May 1817. Ship News. On Thursday arrived from Calcutta, via Derwent, the ship Mary, Captain Ormon, with a various cargo. -Passengers from Calcutta, Captain Faithfull and Lieutenant Hamilton:-The Mary sailed from Calcutta the 23d of February, and left the Pilot the 1st of March. Sydney Gazette, Sat 7 Jun 1817. -------------------------------------------------- Convicts who sailed on the 'Mary' direct from Ireland - 1819 & 1836 - are currently being listed, incomplete data to date.
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| Primary Source | NSW Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849; Irish Convicts to New South Wales 1788-1849, by Peter Mayberry |
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Convict Notes
1825, 7 March: William McGRATH or SHEAREN – Certificate of Freedom #86/3314 – convicted Kildare, Spring 1817, 7 years; native place County Dublin; baker; 29, 5’6¾” sallow complexion, brown hair, blue eyes. Remarks: Had a duplicate Conditional Pardon No 53 now delivered up and cancelled (see NSW, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867).
1823, 20 November: William McGRATH or William SHEARAN – granted a Conditional Pardon – baker, native place Co Dublin; 7 years; year of birth not given; 5’6¼”, ruddy complexion, brown hair and grey eyes (see NSW Convict Registers of Conditional and Absolute Pardons, 1788-1870; Conditional 1823). Note: His physical characteristics do not agree with those listed on his 1819 Convict Indents record.
1819, 25 August: William McGRATH or MAGRATH or SHARNES or SHEARON 24, 5’7½”, sallow complexion, dark flaxen, hazel eyes, native place Naas, County Dublin (see NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842; Bound Indentures 1818-1819).
1818, 25 July: Admitted to Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin; transferred by the Government (see Ireland, Prison Registers, 1790-1924; Dublin, Kilmainham, 1815-1910).
TRIED: Spring 1817 (see NSW Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849).