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Transportation
Ephraim Montgomery was transported on the Fame, departing 9th Oct 1816 and arriving 8th Mar 1817 with 201 passengers.
Fame (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 283 (143) |
| 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
22 Aug 1822. On list of prisoners transported to Newcastle per "Mermaid" Ephraim Montgomery, Tried by the Bench, Sydney, 11 August, Labourer, Sentence: Remainder of sentence. Per Fame. Original Conviction: Lancaster, 25 Mar 1815, Life.
Lancaster Assizes. John Montgomery (22) a black, for falsely assuming the name of John Glover, for the purpose of receiving 40£. due to the said Glover, as a seaman on board one of his Majesty's ships of war. — Guilty. Lancaster Gazette, 1 April 1815.
Colonial Secretary Index. MONTGOMERY, Ephraim. Per "Fame", 1817 1818 Nov 5 On list of prisoners sent to Newcastle per "Lady Nelson" (Reel 6006; 4/3499 p.128) 1821 Aug 22 On list of prisoners transported to Newcastle per "Mermaid" (Reel 6008; 4/3504 p.254) 1822 May, Jul On monthly returns of prisoners punished at Newcastle (Reel 6023; 4/1718 pp.149, 153) 1823 Sep 26 On list of convicts removed from Newcastle to Port Macquarie per "Sally" (Reel 6019; 4/3864 pp.434-5)
Colonial Secretary Index. MONTGOMERY, Ephraim. Per "Fame", 1817 1818 Nov 5 On list of prisoners sent to Newcastle per "Lady Nelson" (Reel 6006; 4/3499 p.128) 1821 Aug 22 On list of prisoners transported to Newcastle per "Mermaid" (Reel 6008; 4/3504 p.254) 1822 May, Jul On monthly returns of prisoners punished at Newcastle (Reel 6023; 4/1718 pp.149, 153) 1823 Sep 26 On list of convicts removed from Newcastle to Port Macquarie per "Sally" (Reel 6019; 4/3864 pp.434-5)
There is a black man, a prisoner of the crown, named Ephraim Montgomery under examination at the Police Office who under the fictitious cognomen of John Williams has been endeavouring to rob and swindle several respectable shopkeepers about town. Having gone to Mr. Toogood's Eating House in King Street, and offered for sale a delft sauce tureen, Mr. T. questioned him as to the mode by which it was obtained. His evident embarrassment aud inability to account satisfactorily for its possession excited suspicion and caused him to be apprehended. It afterwards appeared that a Mr. Harriet, a publican, was induced to cash a note of band, endorsed, at his request, with his mark as John Williams. The fellow hoping to baffle the prosecution against him, managed to exchange his hat, but Mr. Toogood found small difficulty in identifying him. Sydney Gazette, 5 May 1836
Absconded Prisoners. Montgomery Ephraim, Fame, Servant, 31, America, 5 feet 2, black eyes, black hair, black comp. from Mr. T. Watson, South-head. Sydney Gazette, 15 Oct 1827. Ephraim Montgomery, a runaway from an iron gang, was put to the bar, charged with sundry acts of robbery, and among the rest with robbing the house of his former master, Mr. Watson, the pilot, and taking therefrom a silver watch, which was produced in Court. The person in whose posession the watch had been found, stated, that he had purchased a watch, not from the prisoner, but from a tall man, whose name he did not recollect. The Bench gave this witness till the following morning to produce the person from whom he had bought the watch, otherwise he would be put upon his defence for receiving stolen property. The prisoner was remanded. Sydney Gazette, 31 Dec 1827.
Sydney Gazette, 13 Oct 1831 Absconded prisoners Montgomery Ephraim, Fume, 36, Servant, American Black, 5 feet 2, black eyes, black hair, black comp. from Mr. Robert Crawford, 4th time of running.