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Transportation
John Royle was transported on the Eliza, departing 13th Jul 1822 and arriving 22nd Nov 1822 with 161 passengers.
The Eliza was a 511-ton (later 538 ton) merchant ship built in British India in 1806. She made five voyages transporting convicts from England and Ireland to Australia.
Eliza (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 189 (95) |
| 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 |
Claims
"Familial connection. 3x great grandfathers brother DNA connection"
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Convict Notes
Morning Advertiser London, England 30 Mar 1822: LANCASTER ASSIZES, March 20, LANCASTER ASSIZES, March 20, John Holland and John Royle were charged with a burglary at the house of Mr. C. G. Smart, draper, Deansgate, Manchester. ....The prisoner Royle declined saying anything. Holland asked the Jury if they thought either of them, only eighteen, and of their small make, could have forced the grating? "I firmly speak from my heart, my conscience would not let me do such a barbarous act as sticking Mr. Smart with such an instrument." Royle called his sister and another woman to prove an alibi, but failed. The Jury fould both prisoners Guilty, and the Judge told them to prepare themselves, as he could give them no hopes whatever. John Holland arrived NSW per 'Ocean' 1823. John Royle was listed as 18 years old on arrival. John was 5'2¼" tall, pale complexion, black hair, grey eyes. 15/7/1845: TOL Raymond Terrace Bench - Allowed to remain in the district of Dungog, March 1845. Altered to Scone 17/9/1845. The following is from: http://www.hawkesbury.net.au/claimaconvict/convictDetails.php?convictId=11945 From the research of Peter Jones and other researchers: John's death certificate indicates that his surname may have been Royle rather than Riley. Nevertheless, as Riley seems to have been commonly used (for example to register the names of all his children) it is unclear what proper surname was. It also shows that he had been in New South Wales 51 years so he is almost certainly the John Royle who arrived as a convict aboard the 'Eliza' in 1822. According to Louise Westall Taylor: "Within three years, however, he had appeared in Liverpool Court when he was sentenced to three years imprisonment at Port Macquarie." In both the 1825 General Muster and the November 1928 Census John is recorded as being in Port Macquarie but he and more than twenty of the convicts from the 'Eliza' in 1822 ultimately resided in the Hunter Valley region. He may have committed further misdemeanours as it was over 20 years until he obtained a Ticket of Leave at Dungog on 26 July 1845 and a further 4 years until he was granted his Conditional Pardon on 31 January 1850. His death certificate records that he married Mary Hampton around 1840 at Raymond Terrace and that together they had 16 children of whom 11 were living at the time of his death and 5 had died as children. "Small parcels of land were purchased by Royle in the townships of Scone and Aberdeen in the Upper Hunter in the period 1854-55. Their children stayed in the general area and gradually bought up larger quantities of land. The eldest son and his wife also had 15 children, all born in Gunnedah, and the youngest couple had 14, all born in Scone. Unsurprisingly, there are many of their descendants in the Scone/Gunnedah region today."
John Royle received a Conditional Pardon on 24 Dec 1849.