James Murphy

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Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	James Murphy
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1784
Occupation:	Labourer
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 57 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	House robbery
Convicted at:	Ireland, Wicklow
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Mary
Departure date:	25th May, 1819
Arrival date:	26th August, 1819
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 160 other convicts

References

Primary source:	NSW Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849
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Community Contributions

Dianne Jones on 8th July, 2020 wrote:

TRIED: Lent 1818 (see NSW Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849)

Dianne Jones on 6th August, 2020 wrote:

1819: James MURPHY (1) per Mary 1, 1819, tried at Wicklow, Lent 1818, seven years; native place Goree; labourer; 35, 5’8”, fair ruddy complexion, black to grey hair, hazel eyes (see New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842; Bound Indentures, 1818-1819).

Dianne Jones on 6th August, 2020 wrote:

1825: James MURPHY (1) – convict – Mary 1819, government employment Port Macquarie (see NSW and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849, NSW General muster M-Z 1825). NOTE: A remark on his Certificate of Freedom says he was “Sent to Port Macquarie 5 June 1824 for 7 years by the Windsor Bench for a rape”.

1825, 9 April: James MURPHY (1) – Certificate of Freedom #66/3549, 41, labourer; convicted Wicklow, 7 years; 5’7½”, ruddy complexion, black to grey hair, hazel eyes; born 1784, native of Goree.
Notation: “Certificate received in letter from Stonequarry Bench dated 29 September 1828” (see NSW, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867).

Convict Changes History

Dianne Jones on 8th July, 2020 made the following changes:

convicted at, term: years, voyage, source: NSW Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849 (prev. ), firstname: James, surname: Murphy, alias1: , alias2: , alias3: , alias4: , date of birth: 1784, date of death: 0000, gender: m, occupation,