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Transportation
Bryan Roache was transported on the Dorothy, departing 5th May 1820 and arriving 29th Sep 1820 with 193 passengers.
Built In Liverpool in 1815. Transported Male only prisoners from Ireland
Dorothy (generic)References
| Primary Source | 1. NSW, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls… 1790-1849 2. NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842, Bound Indentures 1820-1821 3. Settler and Convict Lists, 1787-1834, New South Wales Male L-Y 1820) 4. NSW Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856, Copies of Letters Sent Within The Colony, 1814-1827 5. NSW and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849, NSW General muster 1822 6. NSW Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856, Memorials To The Governor, 1810-1826 7. NSW Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856 |
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Convict Notes
The following is among the many instances of promptitude evinced in the disposal of the convicts transmitted from the different counties in this kingdom to our depot, for transportation to Botany Bay. On the evening of Sunday last, four Ribbonmen, whose names, Thady Hasty, Bryan Roche, Thady Hanly, and Patrick Guff, are familiar to our readers as being among those convicted at Roscommon Assizes, and whose trial appeared in our paper, reached this city, and were yesterday clothed and otherwise fitted out, and immediately conveyed in the steamboat to the convict-ship, now lying in our harbour. Cork Morning Intelligencer. Saunders News-Letter, 27 April 1820.
NATIVE OF: Roscommon, Ireland (see NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842, Bound Indentures 1820-1821). CRIME: He was one of 12 men on the "Dorothy" convicted at Roscommon, during Lent 1820, for "seditious practices". Four got life, eight got 7 years (NSW, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls… 1790-1849). DESCRIPTION: 33yo, 5’10”, fair complexion, black hair, hazel eyes (see NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842, Bound Indentures 1820-1821). OTHER: 1820: Brian [sic] Roache, per Dorothy, Roscommon, life (see Settler and Convict Lists, 1787-1834, New South Wales Male L-Y 1820). 1820, 29 September: On list of convicts disembarked from the "Dorothy" and forwarded to Liverpool for distribution – he is one of six to go to Mr James Meehan (see NSW Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856, Copies of Letters Sent Within The Colony, 1814-1827). 1822: Bryan ROCHE [sic], general servant to Mr Meehan, Liverpool (see NSW and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849, NSW General muster 1822). 1823, 12 March: A letter from Mr James Meehan to the Governor re a Licence of Occupation for land granted to him on the Goulburn Plains, and seeking permission to send four convicts, including Bryan Roache per “Dorothy”, as shepherds to oversee his 1100 sheep and 400 cattle (see NSW Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856, Memorials To The Governor, 1810-1826). 1823, 24 March: A letter to Mr James Meehan, Macquarie Field, from the Governor, granting permission for his flocks and herds on a grazing run to be placed under the charge of four convicts including Bryan Roache, per “Dorothy” (see NSW Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856, Copies of Letters Sent Within The Colony, 1814-1827). 1825: General servant to Mr Meehan, Liverpool, County of Argyle (see NSW and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849, New South Wales General muster M-Z 1825) 1829, 10 June: Ticket of Leave granted to Bryan Roache; born 1787; Ticket Place: NSW; Origin: Roscommon; Vessel: Dorothy. Allowed to remain in the District of Goulburn Plains, on recommendation of Goulburn Bench, January 1829 (see Tickets of Leave, 1810-1869, Ticket of leave butts (NRS 12202) Ticket of leave butts, May 1829-Dec 1829). 1830, 1 August: Bryan ROACH [sic], 42, was buried at Goulburn Plains. Strangely (for a Deaths Register), no date of death is listed (see Convict Records, 1810-1891, Convicts Deaths Death Register, 1828-1879).