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Voyage
Transportation
John Murray was transported on the Chapman, departing 25th Mar 1817 and arriving 26th Jul 1817 with 202 passengers.
The Chapman ship was built at Whitby, England in 1777, rebuilt in 1811 and refurbed in 1815. Tonnage: 558 The 1817 voyage from Ireland to New South Wales, Australia is not yet fully recorded on this web site - currently being updated. A mutiny occurred on this voyage with 7 men killed and many others wounded. (200 male convicts embarked) 1824 voyage from England to Van Diemen's Land (180 male convicts). 1826 voyage from England to Van Diemen's Land (100 male convicts, 2 escaped). Royal Staff guards & 19 private passengers.
Chapman (generic)References
| Primary Source | New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849; 1817 Chapman |
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Convict Notes
IN VDL AGAIN: From the Hobart Town Gazette of 18 November, 1826, p1: John Murray per Chapman is on a list of convicts who have been granted a Conditional Pardon. 1826 Muster: He is also listed as a clerk in the Commissariat's Office (New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849; Tasmania; List of convicts (incomplete), 1826). --0--
IN NSW TOO: There are indications in his record that he was back in NSW in 1819 and the early 1820s, as follows: 1819: He is on a list of convicts in NSW, and is a "settler's man in this colony" (New South Wales, Australia, Settler and Convict Lists, 1787-1834). 1820: John Murray per Chapman 1817 is a similar list for this year and entered as having been sent to Mr Amos, in NSW. 1822: He is on a similar list and entered as employed on Public Works in NSW (New South Wales, Australia, Settler and Convict Lists, 1787-1834). --0--
IN VDL: There are only two entries on his VDL Conduct Record: 25 April, 1820 -- he was punished for neglect of duty; and 23 June, 1831 -- he was fined 5 shillings for drunkenness. The latter entry indicates that he held a Certificate of Freedom at this time (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-29$init=CON31-1-29p15). Other records show the Certificate of Freedom #1829/72 was granted to John Murray per Chapman in March 1829 (Tasmania, Australia, Convict Court and Selected Records, 1800-1899; Register; Comprehensive register of convicts (CORE SERIES) N - Z, 1804-1847).
IN NSW: 1817: On arrival in NSW, he was listed as John Murray, aged 38. He was from Longford, and was 5'5½" tall, with a dark, pale complexion, brown hair and hazel eyes (New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849; 1817 Chapman; and New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842; Bound Indentures, 1814-1818). 9/8/1817: He was one of 70 convicts (69 from the Chapman and one from the Pilot) who were forwarded to VDL per the brig Jupiter. —0—
IN IRELAND: TRIED: March 1815, at Antrim, and sentenced to 14 years' transportation for fraud. JAIL: Admitted to Kilmainham jail in Dublin on 25 August, 1815, to await transportation. He was prisoner #1841, and was discharged to be sent to the convict ship on 6 September, 1815 (Ireland, Prison Registers, 1790-1924; Dublin, Kilmainham 1815-1910). --0--
OCCUPATION: Merchant's clerk