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Voyage
Transportation
James Roberts was transported on the Indefatigable, departing 30th Sep 1814 and arriving 26th Apr 1815 with 202 passengers.
The Indefatigable was built at Whitby. She was square-rigged three masted ship of 549 tons and had three decks; a length of 127 ft. and a beam of 31ft. 8ins. (Details of the 1812 sailing are to be found under separate listing for Indefatigable and Minstrel.)
Indefatigable (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 184 |
| 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
1828 Census index. James Roberts, age 42, T.L, Indefatigable 2, 1815, Life, protestant, Blacksmith, George St. Sydney. Elizabeth Roberts, alias Conolly, age 35, Francis and Eliza, 1815, 7 years, protestant. William, age 5, B.C. Eleanor, age 3, BC. John, age 2, BC. Infant, BC.
Colonial Secretary Index. MCCONNELL, Elizabeth (Per "Francis and Eliza", 1815) see also ROBERTS, Elizabeth MCCONNELL, Elizabeth. Per "Francis and Eliza", 1815 1815 Aug 14 On list of convicts disembarked from the "Francis and Eliza" and sent to the Government Factory at Parramatta; listed as Connolly (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.139) ROBERTS, Elizabeth. Per "Francis and Eliza", 1815 as Elizabeth McConnell (which see also); wife of James Roberts, per "Indefatigable", 1815 1822 Petition to have husband James assigned to her (Fiche 3225; 4/1867 p.39b) c.1824 Her husband a smith, servant to William Bowman. Memorials for an allotment in Sydney; as McConolly (Fiche 3146; 4/1843B No.574 pp.715-20). Reply, 28 May 1824 (Reel 6013; 4/3511 p.326) 1825 May 18 Petition for her husband James, a blacksmith in the service of William Bowman, to be assigned to her (Fiche 3251; 4/1875 pp.194-194a). Reply, 29 Jun (Reel 6014; 4/3514 p.551)
New South Wales, Australia, St. John's Parramatta, Marriages, 1790-1966 James Roberts 33 per ship Indefatigable Prisoner married by Banns at Parramatta Elizabeth Dempsey 27 Prisoner on 13/12/1819 by John Cross
James was described as a blacksmith James was convicted of steeling a sheep in 1814 in Monmouth County in 1814 and Sentenced to hang. Sentence changed to life in Australia. Shipped on Indefatigable 2 arrived NSW 26th April 1815. He was a blacksmith and went to work at stone hill farm as blacksmith/mechanic. He was granted ticket of leave 1825. James was a servant of William Bowman who was a wheelwright on a property at Sutton Forest NSW. James was assigned to him as a mechanic and blacksmith.