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Transportation
Joseph Savage was transported on the Hercules, departing 3rd Jul 1830 and arriving 1st Nov 1830 with 205 passengers.
The "Hercules" ship was built in 1801 at South Sheilds, England. 1801 voyage from Ireland to New South Wales, Australia. Sailed via Rio de Janeiro and the Cape. A mutiny occurred just prior to their arrival at Rio - after 45 minutes it was quashed but 13 convicts had been killed. Jeremiah Pendergass was named as the ring leader and shot. 44 deaths in total on this voyage. There was then another ship, also named, "Hercules" built 1822 at Whitby, England who made 3 trips to Austraia, in 1825, 1830 & 1832.
Hercules (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
RECORDER’S Trial. Five Sweeps for Robbery. James Lord, Joseph Savage, Denis Regan, Michael Hinchy, and Wm, Murray, were indicted for stealing two hampers of empty bottles out of the stores of Mr. Charles A. Greglietti, in Copier-alley, the I9th February. Savage, Lord, and Hinchy were found guilty, and the other two acquitted.— Savage and Lord, being old offenders, were sentenced to transportation for seven years, and Hinchy was ordered be imprisoned for six months Newgate Dublin Weekly Register, 13 March 1830.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Joseph Savage, age on arrival, 17, per Hercules II (2) 1830. Tried at Dublin, 1830, 7 years for Stealing bottles. DOB, 1813, Native place, Cork. Single Protestant, Trade, Shoemakers apprentice.