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Transportation
James Mickleburgh was transported on the St Vincent, departing 28th Dec 1852 and arriving 26th May 1853 with 214 passengers.
St Vincent (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/17, Page Number 626 |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
DEATH: 24 June, 1916: Benjamin Mackinolty died at Glendevie, according to Libraries Tasmania which does not hold a copy of this death record (File 613, record ID NAME_INDEXES:2008571). However, family researchers list his place of death as Dover, Port Esperance, Tasmania (https://www.ancestry.com.au/family-tree/person/tree/154150320/person/422088130291/facts). --00--
16 March, 1894: Benjamin James McKinolty [sic] married Susan McGuinnis in St George’s Church, Hobart. He was a widower and farmer, of full age, and she was a widow, also of full age (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-53p117j2k). --00--
4 June, 1883: “Discharged to freedom” (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON33-1-115$init=CON33-1-115p129). -- 1 November, 1883: Benjamin Mackinolty acquired 46 acres of land in the Parish of Thane, County of Kent, for which he paid a little over £61 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RD1-1-94$init=RD1-1-94P141JPG). --0--
23 September, 1880: At Franklin, he was committed for trial. -- 14 December, 1880: Tried in the Supreme Court, Hobart, for bigamy. 15 December, 1880: From the Hobart Mercury, p3: “Benjamin McInolty [alias of James Mickleburgh] pleaded guilty to a charge of bigamy, in that while he was married on the 4th August, 1863, to one Ellen Connolly, spinster, he did on the 4th February, 1880, marry one Emma Morris, knowing at the time that his first wife was alive, and was remanded for sentence.” (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8991298) Note the discrepancies in the date of the second marriage and name of his second wife compared with official records. In the Tasmanian archives, his pseudonym is spelled both Macinolty and Mackinolty. -- 16 December, 1880: From the Launceston Examiner, p2: “The Criminal Sessions were concluded to-day... McInolty, who was convicted of bigamy on the previous day, was brought up for sentence, and pleaded hard for leniency. His Honour said that the case had shocked him; it had been proved that the prisoner had contracted a bigamous marriage with his step-daughter, who had been residing in the house with his wife and himself. He was sentenced to four years' imprisonment with hard labour.” (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/38265476) --00--
From the Police Gazette, 16 April, 1880, p62: “Warrants issued… Desertion FRANKLIN.—On the 8th instant, by E. A. Walpole, Esquire, J.P., for the arrest of Benjamin Mackinolty, charged with having, on and since the 14th January, 1880, left his wife, Ellen Mackinolty, without means of support.” (https://stors.tas.gov.au/POL709-1-17$init=POL709-1-17P64) --0--
6 February, 1880: James Mickleburgh, 39, a bachelor and labourer, married Ellen Conelly [sic; aka Emma Morris], 21, a spinster and servant, at Green Ponds (Kempton) in the southern midlands of Tasmania. The marriage was performed in the house of the Rev Henry Kennedy (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-39p23j2k). Note: By this time, he would have been about 48 years old, not 39. --0--
OTHER: 4 August, 1863: Benjamin Mackinolty [alias of James Mickleburgh], 31, a bachelor, married Ellen Connelly, 24, a spinster, in St Mary’s Church, Franklin, Huon (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-22p55j2k). 27 October, 1865: Benjamin Mackinolty, free by servitude, was charged with housebreaking at Franklin and tried in Hobart. The charge was “ignored” (https://stors.tas.gov.au/AB693-1-1$init=AB693-1-1_077). 16 September, 1868: Caroline Mcinulty [sic], daughter of Benjamin Mcinulty [sic], labourer, and Ellen Conoly [sic], was born and her birth registered at Port Cygnet by her mother whose address was Petcheys Bay (about 26 kilometres south of the town of Huonville, in south-east Tasmania). 18 March, 1874: Benjamin Mackinolty was assigned 49 acres of land in the Parish of Bagot, County of Buckingham, for which he paid a little over £21 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RD1-1-76$init=RD1-1-76P008JPG). --0--
IN VDL: 26 May, 1853: On arrival, he was listed as convict #27973, aged 21, single, a tailor (perfect), Roman Catholic, able to read and write; native place Littleborough, Norfolk. Surgeon’s report: “very bad”. 15 June, 1853: He was sent to Port Arthur and assigned to spend 1 year and 9 months’ probation on #2 Gang. Four months later, he was punished for “insolence” with 14 days in solitary confinement. Other infringements resulted in punishments including a 6 months’ extension of his original sentence, with hard labour. 14 March, 1855: He became a Pass Holder. 25 April, 1855: He absconded. 26 April, 1855: Sent to the Prisoners’ Barracks at Hobart to serve 18 months’ hard labour. 2 December, 1856: Issued with a Ticket of Leave. 15 May, 1857: Absconded. 25 May, 1857: Recaptured and ToL revoked (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON33-1-115$init=CON33-1-115p129). --00--
VOYAGE TO VDL: From the medical journal of the St Vincent, by Thomas Somerville, Surgeon Superintendent: 11 May, 1853: “Folio 3: James Mickleburgh, aged 19, convict; sick or hurt, gastritis; put on sick list, 11 May 1853, discharged duty 25 May 1853.” (https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C4106910) --0--
HULK: 1850: He was received aboard the York hulk at Gosport. One of about 500 convicts aboard at any one time, he was inmate #3432, aged 18, to be transported for 7 years for stealing wood; before convicted; behaviour “bad” at Millbank prison. Light brown hair, grey eyes and a sallow complexion; 5’6 ½” tall; Protestant, able to read, and a labourer (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951 for James Mickleburgh; Misc.; Register of Prisoners; 1808-1814 [mislabelled]). 21 October, 1851: James Mickleburgh was sent from the hulk to Dartmoor prison at Princetown, Yelverton, in Devon. Dartmoor was built in 1809 but reopened as a male convict public works prison in November 1850. Within five years the prison became reserved for less able-bodied convicts (https://www.prisonhistory.org/prison/dartmoor-prison/). --0--