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Voyage
Transportation
James Ring was transported on the Mariner, departing 30th Apr 1816 and arriving 11th Oct 1816 with 147 passengers.
The 1825 Journey. The ship Mariner, Captain Fotherley, arrived from Ireland with female prisoners, on Sunday evening. She left the Cove of Cork, the 12th of March, and brings 112 female prisoners, having lost only one on the passage. A few passengers also came per this opportunity. Surgeon Superintendent Dr. Cochrane, R. N. Sydney Gazette, 14 July 1825.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 255 (129) |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
James Ring was 17 years old when indicted for stealing 9 watches, value £15, 2 watch cases, value 5s., and £5 in money, the goods of Thomas Elliott, a watch-maker. James was sentences to death. 18/10/1816: Forwarded to Windsor for distribution. 1/2/1819: Re permission to marry at Windsor. 1821: Memorial requesting restitution of money taken from him by Mr Fitzgerald. 17,22,24/5/1823: Servant of the Rev. Samuel Marsden. Marsden accepting responsibility for Ring's living outside his house and hiring his own labour. James was allowed to keep his own house at Parramatta and was doing jobs of painting and glazing arount Parramatta. Marsden allowed this for good behaviour, James having been an indoor servant to Marsden. However, 2 other Judges charged Marsden for allowing a convict to work for himself (although they both had hired James themselves for work that needed doing). Mardsen was fined £10, and James was sent to prison in irons. 7/8/1823: James now 24, had escaped from the Painter's Gang. They advertised for him for at least a year. James was 5'5" brown hair and eyes, dark ruddy complexion. At this time James escaped to New Zealand. James Marsden actually ran into James in NZ on one of his missionary trips, but intentionally did not recapture him. 1/8/1828: Rev. Marsden was finally exonerated of wrongdoing in regard to James Ring, although he seems not to have come back to NSW.