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Transportation
David Semphill was transported on the Bussorah Merchant, departing 16th Aug 1831 and arriving 14th Dec 1831 with 100 passengers.
The Bussorah Merchant was built at Calcutta in 1818, 531 tons. The ship transported convicts from England in 1828 to New South Wales, from Ireland in 1829/30 to Hobart, Van Diemen's Land and in 1831 another voyage to Sydney, New South Wales. (The ship also made voyages to Australia, in 1837, 1839 & 1845 with free immigrants.)
Bussorah Merchant (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
1835 - New South Wales Government Gazette. Wed 8 Apr 1835 [Issue No.162] Page 203. Government Gazette Notices Principal Superintendent of Convicts' Office, April 7, 1835. THE undermentioned Prisoners having absconded from the individuals and employments set against their respective names, .............. Semphil, David, Bussorah Merchant (2), 31-2189, 24, Down, servant and groom, 5 feet inches, ruddy and fair freckled and pock-pitted comp. light brown hair, hazel eyes, nose slightly inclined to left side, from A. Kemmis, Bathurst, since March 30.
County of Down Assizes. ... David Semple for a burglary in the house of Dr. Hawthorn. This trial was proceeding half past four when our reporter left. Belfast Commercial Chronicle, 30 March 1831. SENTENCES, &c., AT THESE ASSIZES. ... —Samuel Wilson, Patrick M‘Graw, David Semphil. To be Transported to New South Wales. ... Newry Telegraph, 5 April 1831.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. David Semphill, age on arrival, 20, per Bussorah Merchant (3) 1831. Tried 1831, at Down, Life for Burglary. DOB, 1811, native place, Down. Single, 2 children, Protestant. Servant groom.