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Francis Mcnaught was transported on the Castle Forbes, departing 3rd Oct 1819 and arriving 4th Mar 1820 with 143 passengers.
The Castle Forbes was a 439-ton merchant ship built by Robert Gibbon & Sons at Aberdeen, Scotland in 1818. She made two voyages transporting convicts from Ireland to Australia. Castle Forbes arrived at Port Jackson, New South Wales on 27 January 1820. After their arrival in Sydney, 136 men were sent on to Van Diemen's Land Colony (now named Tasmania), arriving in Hobart 1 March 1820. 4 men remained in New South Wales and 4 deaths recorded on this voyage. Alexander Pearce (the infamous bushranger) was one of these men. (Incomplete register of persons transported - records are currently being inputted)
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Convict Notes
Joseph Potaskie, Thomas Graney, Robert Hunter, James Flin, Edward Brady, Charles Leonard, George Ryan, William Tully, Francis McNight, Thomas Elorn, and Joseph Purrell, all prisoners except the two former, for the burglary on Mr. Alfred Thrupp's premises at Restdown, as formerly mentioned in our paper. Hobart Town Gazette, 25 Nov 1820.
Colonial Secretary Index. MCNAGHT, Francis. Per "Castle Forbes", 1820 1821 Apr 28,30 Prisoner arrived from Hobart per "Medway" under sentence of transportation to Newcastle; to be held in Sydney Gaol. Appears as McNaught (Reel 6008; 4/3504 pp.7, 10) 1821 May 28 On list of prisoners transported to Newcastle per "Snapper"; listed as McNaught (Reel 6008; 4/3504 p.37) 1821 Dec 24 Convict at Newcastle under sentence from Van Diemen's Land. Request for details of his sentence (Reel 6008; 4/3504A p.196) 1822 Feb 14 On list of prisoners transported from Van Diemen's Land to Newcastle (Reel 6009; 4/3505 p.257) 1823 Sep 25 On list of convicts removed from Newcastle to Port Macquarie per "Elizabeth Henrietta"; listed as McNaught (Reel 6019; 4/3864 pp.424-5) -------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary Document: Francis McNaught, per Castle Forbes, Tried at Hobart Town by Bench, sentence 5 years, on March 1821. Died 5 April 1824.
Tasmanain Convict Conduct Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-29$init=CON31-1-29p280 No 46. Francis McNaght, per Castle Forbes, tried Lent 1819, Life. March 6 1821. Accessy. to a robbery in the Dw. Ho of Alfred Thrupp. To be transported to Newcastle for 5 years.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Francis McNaught, alias McNaght, age on arrival, 27, per Castle Forbes (1), 1820, Tried at Antrim Co., 1819, Life, DOB, 1793, native place, Antrim Co., Trade, Labourer.