Andre Mignott

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Chris Ison on 3rd December 2024

NORFOLK ISLAND. The last accounts from this settlement were of a very unfavourable nature. On the morning of the 19th June, a most daring act of piracy was committed by eleven of the prisoners, who succeeded in making their escape from the island. These men, who are stated to be of the most desperate and abandoned characters, contrived to elude the vigilance of the constables on duty in the camp, proceeded to the settlement, distant about a quarter of a mile, and by some means, which have yet to be explained, within a few paces of the guard-house, and close to the sentry, succeeded in launching a new whale boat, but just finished, into which they put a few articles (after a fruitless attempt to break open the stores close to the guard), and were actually crossing the bar when the first alarm was given, which was done partly by the pirates giving three cheers, and partly by the sentry alarming the guard, who fired two or three random, but ineffectual shots at them. … … The Commandant, who had turned out when the alarm was given, and was nearly the first man on the spot, then became seriously alarmed for the safety of Mr. Cunningham, the botanist (who arrived there in May), and three men who accompanied him on a botanical tour to Phillip Island a few days previous. … [The Commandant was right to be concerned, for the runaways had, in fact, plundered Cunningham’s camp for all they could carry away. They then bore out to sea and were never heard of again. Chris Ison] (Sydney Gazette 30 Oct 1830, p. 2.) ------------------------------------------------------------- THE undermentioned Prisoners having absconded from the Individuals and Employments set against their Names, respectively, and some of them being at large with stolen Certificates, and Tickets of Leave, all Constables and others are hereby required and commanded to use their utmost Exertions in apprehending and lodging them in safe Custody. … … Brown. William, Guilford (5), 26, button maker, Gloucestershire, 5 feet 5, hazel eyes, dark hair, pale complexion, from Norfolk Island. … Callaghan James, John Barry (2), 27, Labourer, County Monaghan, 5 feet 4 ½ in, brown eyes, light hair, sallow comp. from Norfolk Island. … Darcey or Dacey James, Richmond, from Norfolk Island. … Fallen [Fallon] Peter, Bencoolen, 28, Labourer, Dublin, dark blue eyes, flaxen hair, fair ruddy comp. from Norfolk Island. [Probably Fallon – death recorded at NI 19 June 1830] … Hennessy William, Mary (1), 25, Plaisterer, London, hazel eyes, brown hair, fair ruddy comp. from Norfolk Island. [from 31 Oct 1830 - … Handley Florence, Mangles (1), … [rest of entry is duplicate of Hennessy above]] … Hammond Thomas, Asia (2), 24, Glass blower, London, 5 feet 2 ½ in, dark eyes, brown hair, rudy comp. from Norfolk Island … Keilley [Keily] Michael, Hooghley, 28, Ploughman, Dangannon, 5 feet 8, grey eyes, brown hair, fresh comp. from Norfolk Island. … Mignott Andrew [Andre], Marquis Wellington, 45, sailor, from Norfolk Island. … Wallis John, Countess Harcourt, 24, Gardener, Dublin, 5 feet 4, grey eyes, flaxen hair, ruddy comp. from Norfolk Island. …Walker William, Minerva (5), 31, Weaver, Lanark, 5 feet 7, hazel grey eyes, brown hair, fresh comp. from Norfolk Island. (Sydney Gazette 21 Oct 1830, p. 4.)

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Maureen Withey on 6th May 2023

List of 33 prisoners transported to Port Macquarie on board Sally, dated 26 Nov 1823, Sydney. They did not proceed per Sally, but were forwarded per ship Lady Nelson, 17 Dec 1823. Andre Mignott, tried Crim Court, Sydney, Oct & Nov 1823, Life sentence in double irons. Trade, fisherman. Per Mqs. Wellington (2). Original conviction: at Kent, 14 Mar 1814, Life.

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Maureen Withey on 11th September 2021

TUESDAY.—Edward Migniotte, James Curtis, John Bryan and Peter Coleman, were indicted for stopping and robbing William Coleman and Richard Brewer, on the king's highway, near Knapsack Valley, on the Bathurst road. Guilty—remanded. Sydney Gazette, 2 Oct 1823. WEDNESDAY.—This forenoon all the prisoners who had been convicted and remanded during the sessions, were now brought up for the judgement of the Court. DEATH.— ... Edward Migniotte, James Curtis, John Bryan, Peter Coleman, ... The Sessions have terminated. Sydney Gazette, 16 Oct 1823.

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D Wong on 29th October 2020

Kentish Gazette Kent, England 11 Mar 1814 Andred Mignott removed above, charged with having Feb. 25, on board his Majesty’s ship Sampson, lying in the River Medway, in the parish of Hoo, feloniously, wilfully, and maliciously cut and stabbed John Ashby, with an intent to murder him. Andre Mignott was 30 years old on arrival. Native Place: France. Andre was 5'8" tall, sallow complexion, light brown hair, blue eyes. Colonial Secretary Index: MIGNOTT, Andre. Per "Marquis of Wellington", 1815 1815 Feb 2: On list of convicts disembarked from the "Marquis of Wellington" and forwarded to Liverpool for distribution (Reel 6004; 4/3493 p.437) 1821 Sep 8: Boatman. On list of all persons victualled from H.M. Magazines; listed as Edward Mignot (Reel 6016; 4/5781 p.84) 1823 Sep 22-Oct 15: Sentenced to death; commuted to transportation to Port Macquarie. In reports of prisoners tried at Court of Criminal Jurisdiction; appears as Edward Mignotte (Reel 6023; X820 p.105) 1823 Nov 10: Tried in Sydney. Sentence commuted to transportation; appears as Edward Mignotte (Reel 6070; 4/1265 pp.11-2) 1823 Nov 12: Notification of commutation of capital sentence to transportation for life to Port Macquarie; appears as Edward Mignotte (Reel 6069; 4/1817 p.28a) 1823 Nov 26: On lists of prisoners transported to Port Macquarie per "Sally"; not conveyed per "Sally" but per "Lady Nelson" on 17 Dec 1823 (Reel 6019; 4/3864 pp.92, 452-3) 2/10/1823 Sydney Gazette: Tuesday.__Edward Migniotte, James Curtis, John Bryan, and Peter Coleman, were indicted for stopping and robbing William Coleman and Richard Brewer, on the King's highway, near Knapsack Valley, on the Bathurst road. Guilty ___Remanded. 16/10/1823 - All were sentenced to Death. 19/6/1830: Andre/Edward Mignott died on Norfolk Island.