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Robert Robinson was transported on the Mary, departing 25th May 1819 and arriving 26th Aug 1819 with 161 passengers.
Built 1811, Ipswich,England 361 tons. 1817 Journey On Monday arrived the ship Mary, Capt. ORMON, from Calcutta, with merchandize—Passengers, Captain FAITHFUL and Lieut. HAMILTON: this vessel has brought 6 male prisoners from India, destined for Port Jackson; to which place it is expected she will sail to-morrow. Hobart Town Gazette, 24 May 1817. Ship News. On Thursday arrived from Calcutta, via Derwent, the ship Mary, Captain Ormon, with a various cargo. -Passengers from Calcutta, Captain Faithfull and Lieutenant Hamilton:-The Mary sailed from Calcutta the 23d of February, and left the Pilot the 1st of March. Sydney Gazette, Sat 7 Jun 1817. -------------------------------------------------- Convicts who sailed on the 'Mary' direct from Ireland - 1819 & 1836 - are currently being listed, incomplete data to date.
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| Primary Source | NSW Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849 |
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1844, 20 January: At Norfolk Island – Robert ROBERTSON, per Mary, convicted in the Supreme Court, Sydney, on 6 November 1839 and sentenced to life for rape, is on a list of prisoners deemed “Invalids and Ineffective” and recommended for removal to Sydney. He is described as “aged 80, very infirm”. He arrived on Norfolk Island on 5 January 1840 (see New South Wales, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891; Norfolk Island: Returns of Convicts to NSW, 1844-1845).
1839, 9 November: The following story appeared in The Colonist, p2: “Domestic Intelligence. Supreme Court Criminal Side… Wednesday, November 6… Before Mr Justice Willis. “Robert Robertson, an old man, nearly blind, was found guilty of rape on a child [she was named as Jane Morgan, aged 14, in the Sydney Gazette] about eleven years of age [on 23 September]. She came from Concord to Sydney with the prisoner; he made her tipsy on the road home, pulled her out of the cart, and perpetrated the crime [at Iron Cove Bridge, according to the Sydney Gazette]. Guilty. "The Jury recommended the prisoner to mercy on account of his age and infirmity [and a “good character from Mr. G. T. Nichols, the Solicitor, who had known him for sixteen years”]. The learned Judge sentenced him to be transported for life. Had it not been for the recommendation of the Jury he should have sentenced him to death and most probably the sentence would have been carried into execution.” When was Robert ROBINSON sent to Norfolk Island? The Nautilus 2 (master HF Alloway) from Dublin arrived at Norfolk Island in 1840 with 178 convicts from Dublin and 21 from Sydney, according to Wikipedia. Robert Robinson may have been one of the prisoners from Sydney. However, a check of the Nautilus’s Convict Indents shows only one Robert Robinson, aged 38, who was tried in Dublin in 1839 and sentenced to seven years for bigamy.
1825, 3 March: Robert ROBINSON – Certificate of Freedom #49/3277 – convicted Wexford, Lent 1818, 7 years; native place Co Wicklow; labourer; 37, 5’10½”, ruddy complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes [that are] weak, nearly blind (see NSW, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867). Remarks: Had a Ticket of Leave No 45/979 now delivered up and cancelled. 1839: Robert ROBINSON was sentenced to be transported to Norfolk Island, by the Supreme Court, 6 Nov 1839, for life, according to a notation on his Certificate of Freedom #49/3277.
1822, 29 June: Robert ROBINSON per Mary 1 assigned to John McKan, Castlereagh Street, Sydney (see NSW, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891; Alphabetical List of Convicts; List of Assigned Convicts Non-Mechanics, 1822-1824). 1825: Robert ROBINSON – convict – Mary 1819, labourer Sydney (see NSW and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849, New South Wales General muster M-Z 1825).
1819: Robert ROBINSON 31, 5’11”, fair sallow complexion, light sandy hair and hazel eyes (see NSW, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842; Bound Indentures 1818-1819).
TRIED: Lent 1818 (see NSW Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849).