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Francis Mcnamara was transported on the Boddingtons, departing 15th Feb 1793 and arriving 7th Aug 1793 with 129 passengers.
The Boddingtons was Built in 1781. She departed Cork Ireland on 15 February 1793 bound for New South Wales.
Boddingtons (generic)References
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Convict Notes
On Friday morning died of the adder poison, Francis McNamara, servant to Mr. Sparrow on the Rocks; the circumstances attending which are very remarkable. The poor man went in the woods with a boy on Wednesday to procure a boat load of wood; and while cutting a tree the boy observed a small snake between the feet of the deceased, who did not appear alarmed at the circumstances, and was soon after seized with a dimness of sight and swimming in the head, which however, soon went off again. Upon his return home, he complained not; but supped and went to bed, saying he was much fatigued. Early on Thursday morning, his master being alarmed by the boy coming out of the room in which the deceased slept, went thither, and beheld him in a state of speechless stupor, beating alternately his head and right heel, upon which was distinctly visible the puncture occasioned by the fang teeth, upon opening which nothing particular was observable. He remained until nearly daybreak on Friday morning, when his speech indistinctly returned to him, and shortly afterwards he expired. Sydney Gazette, Sunday, 2 Aug 1807.
List of Convicts Transported from Ireland to New South Wales by the Boddington Transport, February 1793. Arrived August 1793. https://search.records.nsw.gov.au/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=INDEX1950301&context=L&vid=61SRA&lang=en_US&search_scope=Everything&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=default_tab&query=any,contains,Boddingtons%201793,AND&facet=tlevel,include,Digitally_Available&facet=topic,include,Convict%20Indents%20(Digitised)%20Index%201788-1801&mode=advanced&offset=0 Francis McNamara, ?, Tried Co Clare, August 1791. 7 years. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Francis McNamara, age on arrival, not recorded, per Boddingtons, 1793, Tried at Co. Clare, 1791, 7 years sentence. Trade, Overseer labourer. DOB, Not given. Died 1807 at The Rocks, Sydney. Killed by a white viper snake. Colonial sentence. References: 1806 Muster Hall – Of Infamous Character, p 143 -145.