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Transportation
Thomas Mcguigan was transported on the Isabella, departing 4th Nov 1821 and arriving 9th Mar 1822 with 203 passengers.
The Isabella was built in London in 1818. She was owned by William Wiseman, Patrick Chalmers and James Wallace. The Isabella transported convicts to Australia in 1818 (NSW), 1822 (NSW), 1823 (NSW), 1832 (NSW), 1833 (VDL) and 1842 (VDL).
Isabella (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Belfast Commercial Chronicle, 24 March 1821. Belfast Newsletter, Friday, March 23, 1821, p.4 |
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Convict Notes
‘ISABELLA’ INDENT: Thomas McGuiggan, aged: 36 years, native of Antrim; trade: Reaper; Height 5 feet 6 inches; Complexion: Ruddy; Hair: Brown; Eyes: Grey; Tried March 1821, at Armagh (County); Sentence: Life. Isabella (2) arrived 9 Mar 1822, at Sydney. Nov 5 1824 - On list of prisoners assigned (Colonial Secretary Correspondence) 1825 Muster - Convict; Clearing Party; Residence: Richmond (residence of Mr Rouse). NOTE: This Rouse's clearing party, at nearby Windsor, was where Arthur had been assigned in 1822. 1828 Census: Thomas Maguigan, Aged: 41 years Religion: Catholic; Arrived per Isabella (2) 1822; Current Status: Govt Servant, Householder. Householder: Thomas Maguigan, Kent St Mary Maguigan, Aged: 28 years Religion: Catholic; Arrived per Thames 1826; Current Status: Came Free, Householder: Thomas Maguigan, Kent St Robert Maguigan, Aged: 8 years Religion: Catholic; Arrived per Thames 1826; Current Status: Came Free, Householder: Thomas Maguigan, Kent St Sarah Maguigan, Aged: 2 years Religion: Catholic; Current Status: Born in Colony, Householder: Thomas Maguigan, Kent St Other lodgers or residents of THomas McGuigan's Kent Street home in 1828: * William McGrath, Aged: 33 years Religion: Catholic; Arrived per Pilot 1817; Current Status: Free by Servitude, Labourer, Householder: Thos McGuigan, Kent St * John Donelly, Aged: 35 years Religion: Catholic; Arrived per Almorah 1820; Current Status: Free by Servitude, Labourer, lives at Thos Macguigan, Kent St (lodger/lives at) * Lawrence Burns, Aged: 28 years Religion: Catholic; Arrived per Grenada (2) 1821; Current Status: Free by Servitude, Labourer, at Thos McGuigan, Kent St * Patrick Tourisk, Aged: 40 years Religion: Catholic; Arrived per Daphne 1819; Current Status: Free by Servitude, Shoemaker, Householder: Tho Maguigan, Kent St. * Thomas Tubman, Aged: 37 years Religion: Protestant; Arrived per Three Bees 1814; Current Status: Ticket of Leave, Labourer, Householder: Tho Maguigan, Kent St * Martha Tubman, Aged: 12 years Religion: Protestant; Current Status: Born in Colony, Householder: Tho Maguigan, Kent St [NSW AUS]; Census District: Sydney NSW * Robert Tubman, Aged: 7 years Religion: Protestant; Current Status: Born in Colony, Householder: Tho Maguigan, Kent St * Rebecca Tubman, Aged: 7 years Religion: Protestant; Current Status: Born in Colony, Householder: Tho Maguigan, Kent St [NSW AUS]; Census District: Sydney. 1833 - Ticket of Leave Number: 33/0598; Allowed to remain in the District of Parramatta; 1838 – Cancellation of T/L - Residence: Parramatta; Reason for ToL cancellation: Absent from district 1839 - Ticket of Leave Number: 39/0425; Allowed to remain in the District of Liverpool;
Colonial Secretary Index. MCGUIGAN, Thomas. Per "Isabella", 1822 1824 Nov 5 - On list of prisoners assigned (Fiche 3290; 4/4570D p.88)
Belfast Newsletter, Friday, March 23, 1821, p.4 “Armagh Assizes “Arthur and Thomas McGuigan, and John Kane, indicted for stealing three horses from Patrick O’Neill near Glenarn, in June last year. It appeared by the evidence that the prisoners brought three horses to the house of John McShane in Newtownhamilton, the day before the fair; they put them into his field. "About 22d June, Patrick O’Neill claimed one of them as his property; and McShane applied to Captain Reid, a magistrate, who arrested the prisoners. "They said they had bought the horses on the road from three men they did not know, and that they gave 12l 10s for them. For the defence, two persons swore that they saw the prisoners purchase three horses from Hugh Hamill and two other men, on the road, for which they paid 12l. All the prisoners were found guilty." ______________________________________
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Thomas McGuiggan, age 36, per Isabella I (2) 1822, tried at Armagh Co., 1821, Life, Native place Antrim, DOB.-1786, Reaper. -------------------------------------------------- County Armagh Assizes. Sentences pronounced at these assizes: Thomas McGuigan, and John Kane, convicted of horse stealing to hanged on 1st May. Belfast Commercial Chronicle, 24 March 1821.