Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
James Ramsay was transported on the Phoenix, departing 29th Aug 1826 and arriving 25th Dec 1826 with 191 passengers.
Built at Thames, England 1798. 589 tons.
Phoenix (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
Transported for seven years:— ...James Ramsay, stealing a pocket-book; ... Belfast Commercial Chronicle, 27 March 1826. Mr. Erskine, Keeper of the county Antrim Gaol, passed through this Town on Thursday last with the undernamed prisoners, who were placed under rule of transportation, at last Assizes ; they were strongly guarded an Officer and 17 soldiers of the 72d Regt., and seated on carts, viz. :—William McTier, Robert Lindsay, Peter Dougherty, Terence Murphy, James Wilson, John Brinder, William M‘Clean, Felix Kane, Patrick Creighton, James Ramsay, James .McConaghy, John M'Guinis, John Murray, James Murray, Charles Kennedy, Edward Stewart, John Burkill, Charles Mcllroy, William Alexander, Thomas Hunter, Charles Donaghy and Hugh McKinzie. Belfast Commercial Chronicle, 22 April 1826.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. James Ramsay, age on arrival, 19, per Phoenix III (1826) Tried at Antrim. 1826, 7 years for Picking pockets. No former convictions. DOB, 1807, Native place, Derry. Single, Catholic. Trade, Farmers boy.