Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Simon Mcguigan was transported on the Britannia Iii, departing 10th Dec 1796 and arriving 27th May 1797 with 48 passengers.
Third voyage to Australia. Arrived in Sydney Cove on 18 July 1798 1814 voyage departed from Bengal with 10 male convicts. All tried in India.
Britannia Iii (generic)References
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Claims
"Simon is my 5x great-granduncle"
Photos
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Convict Notes
Simon McGuigan was 32 years old on arrival in NSW - Listed as a Rebel and also a {D} Deserter??. 1805: Simon lived with Susan Roberts (Glatton 1803) 9/8/1807: Married Eleanor Russell (Sydney Cove 1807) at St Phillips Church, Sydney - they had two sons and a daughter. Apparently Eleanor left the Colony in 1815. 10/8/1811: Sydney Gazette: Sold two dwelling houses at No. 26 Castlereagh street, Sydney. 31/8/1819: Granted 130 acres of land in the Bankstown area, NSW by Governor Lachlan Macquarie. Padstow Park Public School is built on part of that land. 19/2/1820 Sydney Gazette: Liquor License for the 'Dog and Duck' - Sydney 5/5/1820: Died after falling from his horse (at the Sydney Toll House). 13/5/1820 Sydney Gazette: On Saturday last, as Mr. Simon McGuigan was going through Liverpool on horseback, he unfortunately fell from his saddle, and only lived until the morning following, when he expired, after suffering much bodily pain.— He was an old inhabitant, and by his honest industry had obtained a comfortable subsistence, and become possessed of a tolerable property.