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Transportation
Hugh O'neil was transported on the Hooghley, departing 5th Jan 1825 and arriving 22nd Apr 1825 with 194 passengers.
The Hooghley was built in London in 1819. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Hooghley in 1825, 1828, 1831 and 1834. 1831 Voyage - Hooghley. Shipping; Intelligence. ARRIVALS. From Cork, on Tuesday last, whence she sailed the 24th June last, the ship, Hooghley,309 tons, Captain Reeves, with- 184 female prisoners. Surgeon superintendent, James Ellis, Esq. this vessel brings out ten free settlers and 20 children, as steerage passengers. Source; The Sydney Herald. Mon 3 Oct 1831. Page 4. Shipping Intelligence.
Hooghley (generic)References
| Primary Source | 1. NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842, Bound Indentures 1823-1826 2. New South Wales, Australia, Convict Registers of Conditional and Absolute Pardons, 1788-1870 3. New South Wales, Australia, Tickets of Leave, 1810-1869 4. NSW and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849, New South Wales General muster M-Z 1825 5. Sydney Gazette and NSW Advertiser, 1826, 3 May p3 and 2 August p3 6. NSW Births, Deaths and Marriages https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search/result?26 |
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Convict Notes
1824, 20 December: On list of prisoners who suffered a "bowel complaint" during the voyage to Port Jackson (see UK, Royal Navy Medical Journals, 1817-1856, Hooghly 1824 26 Oct - 1825 28 Apr). 1825: Hugh O'Neil, Hooghly, general servant to Ann Barnett, Sydney (see NSW and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849, New South Wales General muster M-Z 1825) 1826, 3 May: “May 1 – Martin Gill, and Hugh O'Neale, prisoners of the crown, charged, the prisoner O'Neale with fighting in the streets, and the other prisoner Gill, with having attempted to rescue him from the constable who had him in charge; Gill 10 days, and O'Neale 7 days to the tread mill.” (see Sydney Gazette and NSW Advertiser, p3: The police). 1826, 2 August: “Hugh O'Neal, and Martin Gill, prisoners of the crown, charged by their master, the first with assaulting him, and the latter with having run away with a Spanish dollar from a table, when the master's back was turned ; Gill 14 days, and O'Neal 5 days, to the treadmill, and returned to Government.” (see Sydney Gazette and NSW Advertiser, p3) 1836: Granted permission to marry Alice Kirby [Kerby], free, both aged 34 (see NSW Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1826-1851, Granted 1836). 1836, 29 June: Married (NSW BDM Reg 301/1836 V1836301 20)
TRIED: Tyrone, 19 March 1824 NATIVE OF: Dungarvan, Ireland Ticket of Leave: Granted 6 April 1836 Conditional Pardon: Granted 26 November 1840 Description: 5'1¾", brown complexion and hair, grey eyes