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Transportation
Samuel Miller was transported on the Mary, departing 25th May 1819 and arriving 26th Aug 1819 with 161 passengers.
Built 1811, Ipswich,England 361 tons. 1817 Journey On Monday arrived the ship Mary, Capt. ORMON, from Calcutta, with merchandize—Passengers, Captain FAITHFUL and Lieut. HAMILTON: this vessel has brought 6 male prisoners from India, destined for Port Jackson; to which place it is expected she will sail to-morrow. Hobart Town Gazette, 24 May 1817. Ship News. On Thursday arrived from Calcutta, via Derwent, the ship Mary, Captain Ormon, with a various cargo. -Passengers from Calcutta, Captain Faithfull and Lieutenant Hamilton:-The Mary sailed from Calcutta the 23d of February, and left the Pilot the 1st of March. Sydney Gazette, Sat 7 Jun 1817. -------------------------------------------------- Convicts who sailed on the 'Mary' direct from Ireland - 1819 & 1836 - are currently being listed, incomplete data to date.
Mary (generic)References
| Primary Source | New South Wales Government. Musters and other papers relating to convict ships. Series CGS 1155, Reels 2417-2428 |
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Convict Notes
Colonial Secretary Index. MILLER, Samuel. Per "Mary", 1819. 1822 Apr 6-7,10 - Referred to at the inquest into the death of William Sullivan held at Clarendon, Windsor and Richmond; deemed responsible for Sullivan's death by the jurors (Reel 6054; 4/1758 pp.82a-87a) 1822 - On list of convicts at Port Macquarie (Reel 6019; 4/3864 pp.362-3) ----------------------------------------------------
1823, 6 January: Samuel MILLER – sent to Port Macquarie re conviction for manslaughter (see Cert of Freedom). 1824, 15 March: Samuel MILLER – Certificate of Freedom #114/1971 – sailmaker and labourer; 31, 5’4¾”, dark sallow complexion, dark brown hair and dark hazel eyes; native place Taunton. Remarks: “Had a Ticket of Leave No 151/155 deposed to be lost”. Notation: Sent to Port Macquarie 6 January 1823 for the remainder of his original sentence for manslaughter (see NSW, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867).
1825: Samuel MILLER – free by servitude – Mary 1819, 7 years; labourer at Richmond (see NSW and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849, New South Wales General muster M-Z 1825).
1819: Samuel MILLER 27, 5’5½”, fair ruddy complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes, native place Somersetshire (see NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842; Bound Indentures 1818-1819).
CRIME: Picking pockets; tried Spring 1817; 24yo (see NSW Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849).
Native place: Somersetshire England