Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Thomas Prendergast was transported on the Brampton, departing 8th Nov 1822 and arriving 22nd Apr 1823 with 185 passengers.
The 'Brampton' ship was built in 1817 at King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. Originally used by the East India Company and then whaling before being a convict transport ship. Many of the Irish convicts on this ship were convicted under the Insurrection Act, for White Boy offences. 24 April 1823, the Sydney Gazette reported: On Tuesday last arrived from Ireland, with 183 male convicts, the ship Brampton, Captain Moore. She left London the 28th of July last; sailed from the Cove of Cork on the 8th of November; and last from the Cape of Good Hope, the 20th of February, from whence she brings eleven convicts.—Surgeon Superintendent, Dr. Price, R. N. The guard comprises a detachment of the 3d Regt. (Buffs.)
Brampton (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. |
Claims
No one has claimed Thomas Prendergast yet.
Photos
No photos have been added for Thomas Prendergast.
Convict Notes
Queens County. The following convictions took place at Maryborough -—James Devine, Humphrey Brown, Thomas Prendergast, and James Murphy, for breaking into Doctor Harte’s house ot Castle-durrow, to be hanged. John Cummins and Patrick Murphy, sheep stealing, and John Murphy perjury before the Grand Jury, to be transported seven years; Dublin Evening Post, 22 Sep 1821.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, September 21, 1831. THE following Prisoners have obtained Tickets of Leave, since the last Day of Publication, viz : Bathurst. Pendergast Thomas, Brampton Sydney Herald, 10 Oct 1831.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Thomas Prendergast, age on arrival, 23, per Brampton (1823) Tried Queens Co. 1822. Life. DOB 1800, native place, Kildare. Carter groom.