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Voyage
Transportation
John Sullivan was transported on the Guildford, departing 14th Nov 1817 and arriving 1st Apr 1818 with 203 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
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Convict Notes
THERE WERE TWO JOHN SULLIVANS ON THE GUILDFORD. Both were tried at Cork, one in the City Court, and the other in the County Court. Ages were different. It is easy to confuse them. ----------------------------------------------------- Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. John Sullivan, age on arrival, 28, per Guildford (3) 1818, Tried Cork Co., 1817, 7 years. DOB, 1790, native place, Cork City, Labourer.
CORK ASSIZES. These are the Convictions in the County of Cork, at the last assize. … John Collins, Wm. Barry, James Walsh, David Hennessy, James Ellen, James Martin, John Donovan, Thomas Linehan, Ellen Brien, Danl. Sweeny, John Sullivan, James Brien, James Murphy, and Pat Shea, for various robberies, to be all transported for 7 years. ... Limerick Gazette, 25 April 1817.
Married Helen Bryan, convict on ship Elizabeth 1818