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Transportation
Francis Morgan 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.
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| Primary Source | NSW Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849 |
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Convict Notes
1825: Thomas [Francis] MORGAN – convict – Mary 1819, 7 years; government employment Port Macquarie (see NSW and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849, New South Wales General muster M-Z 1825). 1828, 1 October: Francis MORGAN – Certificate of Freedom #28/861 – born 1799; 5’8¼", ruddy complexion, brown to grey hair, blue eyes. Has a perpendicular scar between the eyebrows and another on left side of upper lip (see NSW, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867).
1825, 16 June: Francis MORGAN, free, charged with having obtained meat and bread in the name of his master, after having been discharged from his service, was fully committed for trial (see The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, 23 Jun 1825, p3). 1825, 30 August: Tried in Sydney and sentenced to three years jail. The following report appeared in the Sydney Gazette on 1 September, p3: “Quarter Sessions – Francis Morgan, a servant discharged from the service of Mr. Simeon Lord, was indicted for obtaining a quantity of beef and mutton from Messrs Fopp and Thomson, butchers, under false pretences; and also, on a second indictment, for obtaining 4 loaves of bread, from Michael Joyce, a baker. Guilty - To be transported for 3 years.”
1822, 8 November: Notice in the Sydney Gazette, p3: “The undermentioned Prisoners having absented themselves from their respective Employments, and some of them at large with false Certificates, all Constables and others are hereby required to use their utmost Exertions in lodging them in safe Custody… FRANCIS MORGAN, per Mary (1); aged 43; native of Dunmore; 5 ft. 9 in; grey eyes; brown hair; fair pale complexion; from Grose Farm Establishment…” 1825, 31 March: Francis MORGAN – Certificate of Freedom #52/3280, from his original sentence of seven years (see New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867).
1819, 25 August: Francis MORGAN – convicted Armagh, Spring 1818; seven years; native place Co Armagh; soldier; 40, 5’9”; fair complexion, brown hair and grey eyes (see NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842; Bound Indentures 1818-1819).
CRIME: Actual charge was "having stolen linen in possession" (see NSW Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849).
TRIED: Spring 1818 (see NSW Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849).