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Voyage
Transportation
James Rogers was transported on the Guildford, departing 12th Jul 1829 and arriving 4th Nov 1829 with 201 passengers.
The ‘Guildford’ was built on the River Thames, England in 1810. Used as a Convict Transport ship to Australia - voyages 1812, 1816, 1818, 1820, 1822, 1824, 1827 & 1829. The ship was lost at sea near Singapore in 1831, loosing all aboard.
Guildford (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convicts to New South Wales, 1788-1849, by by Peter Mayberry at https://members.pcug.org.au/ |
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Convict Notes
1829: Muster Roll – James Rogers, 75th Regiment of Foot, 21 years old, 5’9” tall, brown hair, dark eyes, sallow complexion. Country: England; no trade (New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849; 1829; Guildford; images 10 & 19). Note: Image 30 of the Muster Roll document contains a copy of a letter from Charles Kendal Bushe, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, which states that the General Regimental Court Martial at Birr Barracks found James Rogers’ offence not worthy of capital punishment and instead adjudged “the said James Rogers to be transported as a felon for the term of seven years”. --0--
NEW SOUTH WALES: 1829: On arrival, James Rogers per Guildford (8) was listed as born 1807, single, Protestant, soldier/labourer; native place Surry, England; sentenced to 7 years for desertion (Irish Convicts to New South Wales, 1788-1849, by by Peter Mayberry at https://members.pcug.org.au/). --00--
COURT MARTIAL: 1828, 1 December: Birr Barracks, County Offlay – Private James Rogers, 75th Regiment of Foot; proceeding laid before the King on 24 December; “desertion; sentenced to transportation as a Felon, for 7 years and sent to New South Wales” (General courts martial: register, 1806-1838 at https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1606824491/view; image 71). Birr Barracks, also known as Crinkill Barracks, was “a military installation in Crinkill, near Birr, County Offaly in Ireland”, completed around 1812 and within a few hours’ march of the Shannon River (https://en.wikipedia.org/). --0--