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Transportation
Stephen Nash was transported on the Java, departing 24th Jul 1833 and arriving 18th Nov 1833 with 208 passengers.
Embarked: 206 men Voyage: 117 days Deaths: 5
Java (generic)References
| Primary Source | Conduct Record: CON33/1/34. CON35/1/2 Page 316 Description List: CON18/1/35 Employment: CON30/1/2 Page 341 Indent: CON14/1/16 Pages 222-223 |
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Convict Notes
Stephen was transported three times: First on the Java; Then, after escaping and returning to Ireland, the second time per Blenheim, and the third time, per Navarino 2 having again been tried in Waterford City on 15 July 1842, and being sentenced to transportation for Life for returning from Transportation before the expiry of his term.
Waterford City Quarter Sessions.  Stephen Nash was indicted for stealing a silver watch and several articles of wearing apparel, the property of Hugh Leary. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and being old offender, was sentenced be transported for seven years. Waterford Mail, 19 Sep 1832.
1833 - NSW Convict Indents. No; 33-3112. 169 Age 25 [born abt 1807] Date of Conviction Sep 1832 at Waterford Trade; Baker & Confectioner [good] Offence; Pledging clothes 1835 - New South Wales Government Gazette. Wed 8 Apr 1835 [Issue No.162] Page 203. Government Gazette Notices Principal Superintendent of Convicts' Office, April 7, 1835. THE undermentioned Prisoners having absconded from the individuals and employments set against their respective names, Stephen Nash,. Java, 33-3112, 27, Waterford, baker and confectioner, 5 feet 5½ inches, ruddy comp., brown hair, hazel eyes, two middle front teeth in upper jaw apart, scar right side of neck, scar back of fore finger of right hand, scar inside top of middle finger of right hand, mark of a burn back of forefinger of left hand, from W. Heyward, Bathurst-street, Sydney, since April, 5. 1842 - CON33-1-34 Image 138. No; 8312 Offence; returning from transportation before expiration of sentence from New South Wales. Was transported to Sydney in 1832 per Java Escaped in 1836 was transported per Blenheim for returning from transportation & received a second 7 years in 1839. returned to England per Bolend fir first time Aged; 23 years old, Married Roman Catholic 1858 - ACCIDENTLY DROWNED while bathing in the River Derwent - 5 January 1858