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Transportation
Bryan Spalding was transported on the Britannia Iii, departing 10th Dec 1796 and arriving 27th May 1797 with 48 passengers.
Third voyage to Australia. Arrived in Sydney Cove on 18 July 1798 1814 voyage departed from Bengal with 10 male convicts. All tried in India.
Britannia Iii (generic)References
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Convict Notes
Tried and convicted at Mullingar Co. Westmeath in 1796 as an Irish Rebel, he was sentenced to transportation for life. Left Cork on 10th December 1796. Ship:- the 'Britannia' sailed with 144 male and 44 female convicts on board of which 10 males and 1 female died during the voyage. Arrived on 27th May 1797. Bryan had a defacto relationship with convict Mary Welch ('Nile I' 1801) that resulted in the birth of 2 children. Bryan figured largely in the 1804 brief, but bloody uprising by Irish prisoners at Rouse Hill that resulted in the deaths of 30 rebels. As a consequence nine rebel leaders were hanged, seven were given between 200 and 500 lashes and 30 others were exiled to the Newcastle coal mines. Bryan, an emancipist at the time escaped the lash but lost his freedom...yet again, being transported to the Coal River penal colony, (later called Newcastle). In the 1828 Census Bryan Spolin (Spalding) was overseer at Duck River Farm owned by Dr Francis Moran. His wife Mary was employed as a dairywoman. Bryan was listed as aged 57. Later, just a few years before his death he, his wife and his son Charles would appear in court on sheep stealing charges. The evidence against the three was overwhelming and the entire court including the three accused were amazed when they were acquitted on a slender but farcical legal technicality. 10th June 1829: Convict Death Register - Bryan died at Hexham, Newcastle.
There was another Bryan Spollan per 'Fergusson 1828'. He is the one that died in 1829 before the ship arrived. -- This Bryan was said to be 36 years old on arrival. In 1804 he was involved in the Castle Hill Revolt and was then transported to Coal River. In the 1828 Census Bryan Spolin (Spalding) was overseer at Duck River Farm owned by Dr Francis Moran. His wife Mary was employed as a dairywoman. Bryan was listed as aged 57, which would make his birthdate 1771. 10/6/1829: Convict Death Register – Bryan died at Hexham, Newcastle.
His common law wife was Mary Welch. They had two children a son Charles and a daughter born in the colony Catherine Spalding. Catherine married Samuel Marshall, a convict who arrived on the Ocean in 1816 from Yorkshire...and later took part in the exploration of the Hunter Valley. Together they made a life for themselves and acquired property around the Maitland Branxton area. They had 7 children. Brian Spalding was my great, great, great grandfather.
Bryan Spollin died on the voyage.