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Transportation
John Murphy 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 | New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849 |
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Convict Notes
1825: John MURPHY (2) – free by servitude – Mary 1819, silver plater at Sydney (see NSW and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849, New South Wales General muster M-Z 1825). Of the two men aboard the Mary named John Murphy, this is (2) – the one born in 1874 – who was tried at Dublin City and is a native of Dublin City.
1824, 23 February: John MURPHY (2) was convicted at Sydney and sentenced to serve the remainder of his original sentence at Port Macquarie (see NSW, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891; Port Macquarie Penal Settlement; Port Macquarie: List of Convicts, 1822-1825). 1825, 13 June: John MURPHY (2) – Certificate of Freedom #46/3889 – convicted Dublin City, June 1818, 7 years; native place Dublin; silver plater; 41, 5’7”, sallow complexion, brown to grey hair, hazel eyes with scar under left eye. Remarks: Sent to Port Macquarie 18 March 1824 for the remainder of his original sentence as a runaway. Notation: “Torn up 5 Feb 1827 it having been found in the possession of a runaway John Danford … and transmitted to this office by Dr Fitzgerald of Illawarra” (see NSW, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867).
CRIME: Felony of handkerchiefs (see New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849). 1819, 25 August: John MURPHY 35, 5’7½”, dark complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes, native place Dublin City (see NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842; Bound Indentures 1818-1819). Not to be confused with fellow convict John MURPHY, a seaman born in 1783 and tried at Waterford in 1817 for stealing apparel.
Occupation: Silver plater (see Irish Convicts to New South Wales 1788-1849, by Peter Mayberry). TRIED: June 1818 (see New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849).