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Transportation
Lawrence Sullivan was transported on the Guildford, departing 12th Jul 1829 and arriving 4th Nov 1829 with 201 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
| Primary Source | "Irish Convicts to NSW 1788-1849", by Peter Mayberry, at https://members.pcug.org.au/ |
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Convict Notes
1847, 11 August: Laurence Sullivan [sic] was admitted to Parramatta Gaol; inmate #447; per Guildford 1829; bond on arrival; bond on admission to gaol; native place Cork, Catholic, labourer; received from Liverpool (New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930 for Laurence Sullivan; Entrance Book; Parramatta; 1844-1848; image 170). 1847, 13 August: He was sent from Parramatta Gaol to Hyde Park Barracks “to be dealt with” (New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930 for Laurence Sullivan; Entrance Book; Parramatta; 1844-1848; image 170). --00--
JAILS AFTER NORFOLK ISLAND: 1846, 28 November: Admitted to Darlinghurst Gaol; #1201 Lawrence Sullivan, per Kelford [sic] 1829; born 1804, 5’8” tall, stout build, sallow complexion, dark hair, hazel eyes (New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930 for Lawrence Sullivan; Description Book; Darlinghurst; 1841-1849; image 434). 1846, 28 November: All details as above; as well as labourer; admitted from Brisbane [from N.I.]; purpose “labour one month”; how disposed of: “Interior to Cockatoo Island December 1st, 1846” (New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930 for Lawrence Sullivan; Entrance and Description Book; Darlinghurst; 1831-1849; image 404). --0--
1841, 29 June: On Norfold Island, Lawrence Sullivan per Guildford had his life sentence reduced to 14 years on this date; “by order of Superintendent of Norfolk Island, under the Penal Settlement Regulations 41/9299”. This advice was communicated to the Superintendent of Convicts on 5 November, 1841 (New South Wales, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891; Convicts Records; Colonial Secretarial Register of Sentences Remitted, 1838-1841; image 72). --0--
NORFOLK ISLAND -- THE FAILED MUTINY: 1834: Lawrence Sullivan was allegedly one the more than 130 convicts on Norfolk Island who attempted a mutiny on 15 January, 1834. His record does not give any indication of the finding of the Commission, held on 10-11 July, to try the prisoners at the settlement. The commission was composed of Justice Burton, Captain Lochart, Lieutenants Blackburne and Owen, of the 17th regiment, David Chambers, Acting Crown Solicitor, and Mr. William Grace, Counsel for the prisoners (Hobart Town Courier, 1 August, 1834, p2). Thirty men were convicted, and thirteen were executed. “The executed men were at least allowed spiritual comfort as the Reverend Dr. William Bernard Ullathorne, the Roman Catholic Vicar-General, and Reverend Henry Tarlton Stiles of the Church of England were sent to the island just before the hangings. They both stayed on the island for six months and later gave testimony to the 1838 Select Committee of the House of Commons on Transportation. Reverend Ullathorne’s testimony told of arriving at the goal where thirty of the convicted men were held. He found that they had not been told who of them was to live and who was to die and that the task then fell to him; ‘I said a few words to induce them to resignation; and then I stated the names of those who were to die; and it is a remarkable fact, that as I mentioned the names of those men who were to die, they one after the other, as their names were pronounced, dropped to their knees and thanked God that they were to be delivered from that horrible place, whilst the others remained standing mute; it was the most horrible scene I ever witnessed. Those who were condemned to death appeared to be rejoiced.’ The evidence of this period in Norfolk’s past is today found in the Commissariat Store Museum in Kingston. In one cabinet leg irons and whips tell of the misery, along with a bell purportedly rung when executions occurred. The January 1834 mutiny attempt was indeed carried out by ‘desperate men’.” (https://www.discovernorfolk.com.au/convict-mutiny-15th-january-1834-norfolk-island/) --0--
1831, 4 August: Lawrence Sullivan, Guildford, appears on a list from the Colonial Secretary’s Office of 14 prisoners “to be sent to Norfolk Island in pursuance of their respective sentences” (New South Wales, Australia, Sheriff's Papers, 1829-1879; Received: 1831-1831; Letters Received by Sheriff from Col Secretary; image 108). 1831, 9 August: Lawrence Sullivan was discharged from the Phoenix hulk to be sent to Norfolk Island (New South Wales, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891 for Lawe Sullivan; Phoenix Hulk; Phoenix Hulk: Discharge Book, 1831-1833; image 38). 1831, 19 September: Lawrence Sullivan arrived on Norfolk Island, per Louisa; listed as 25, single, labourer, reads only (VDL, Norfolk Island Penal Colony). --0--
HULK: 1831, 18 July: Admitted to Phoenix Hulk – Lawrence Sullivan #31/327; all personal details as per previous records; as well as purpose admitted “hard labour for life”; disposed of to Norfolk Island on 20 April, 1831. So, too, were: Henry Ellis #31/238 and William Gomme #31/239. Both James Mann #31/240 and Thomas Lurcher [sic] #31/241 – sentenced to 7 years – were sent to Moreton Bay on 30 July, 1831 (New South Wales, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891 for Lawrence Sullivan; Phoenix Hulk; Phoenix Hulk: Transportation Entrance Books, 1831-1834; image 17). --0--
COLONIAL TRIAL: 1831, 21 June NEWSPAPER REPORT OF TRIAL: From: The Sydney Herald, 27 April, 1831, p3 at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12843211 “SUPREME COURT ... Tuesday, June 21.—Before Mr. Justice Stephen, and the usual Commission. Lawrence Sullivan, Henry Ellis, James Mann, William Gomme, and Thomas Lurcher [sic], were jointly indicted for a highway robbery, and putting in bodily fear William Crilly, at Windsor, on the 4th April. All the prisoners were found guilty, the Jury recommending Mann and Lurcher, who are two boys, to mercy. The prisoners were then called up for judgment, and the whole of them were sentenced to suffer death. The learned Judge intimating that the recommendation of the Jury should be attended to.” --0--
1831, 7 April: Admitted to Sydney Gaol from Windsor – Lawrence Sullivan, #950, arrived 1829 per Guildford; sentenced in April to 3 years’ penal settlement for larceny and absconding, along with #951 Henry Ellis per Morley (1818), #952 James Mann per Marquis of Huntley (1826) and #953 William Gomme per Royal Charlotte (1825). Also Lawrence Sullivan, Henry Ellis, James Mann, William Gomme and #954 Thomas Lurcher [aka Thomas Robert Lurchens] per Lord Melville (1830) were admitted awaiting trial for highway robbery. Notation: “21 June all five sentenced Death. "13th July Mann and Lurcher [sic] commuted to seven years each at Moreton Bay; Sullivan, Ellis and Gomme to labour for life at Norfolk Island. 18th July to the Hulk” (New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930; Entrance Book; Sydney; 1825-1832; image 594). From the Sydney Gaol Entrance and Description Book: #950 Lawrence Sullivan, per Guildford 1829, born 1806, 5’7” tall, swarthy build, brown hair, hazel eyes, “a bad character”; #951 Henry Ellis, per Morley 1818, born 1803, 5’2½” tall, stout, swarthy, dark brown hair, blue eyes, “a bad character”; #952 James Mann, per Marquis of Huntley 1826, born 1813, 5’1” tall, slim, ruddy, brown hair, blue eyes, “a bad character”; #953 William Gomme, per Royal Charlotte 1825, born 1801, 5’8” tall, stout, swarthy, black hair, blue eyes, “a bad character”; and #954 Thomas Lurchin [sic] per Lord Melville 1830, born 1816, 4’9¼” tall, slender, fair, reddish hair, hazel eyes “a bad character” (New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930; Entrance and Description Book; Sydney; 1831-1847; images 217-18). --00--
COLONIAL SENTENCES & JAILS: 1831, 6 April: Admitted to Parramatta Gaol – Lawrence Sullivan, #511, arrived 1829 per Guildford; bond on arrival, bond on entering gaol; native place City of Cork; Catholic; labourer; sentenced to 3 years’ penal settlement; along with: #514 Henry Ellis, labourer, per Morley (1818), bond on arrival, bond on entering gaol, native place London, Protestant; #512 James Mann, painter, per Marquis of Huntley (1826), bond on arrival, bond on entering gaol; native place London, Catholic; #513 William Gomme, labourer, per Royal Charlotte (1825), bond on arrival, bond on entering gaol, native place Aylesbury; Protestant; and #515 Thomas Linchin [aka Thomas Robert Lurchens], labourer, per Lord Melville (1830), bond on arrival, bond on entering gaol; native place London, Protestant. All were sent to Sydney Gaol on 7 April (New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930; Description Book; Parramatta; 1830-1832; image 22). --0--
MUSTER: 1829, 6 November: On arrival, Lawrence Sullivan was listed as 26 years old, 24th Regiment of Foot, 5’7½” tall, hazel eyes, dark hair and fresh complexion; from Ireland; no trade; one of nine “Military Convicts” embarked on the Guildford (New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849; 1829; Guildford; images 10, 19 and 26). Other Military Convicts: John Anderson 91st Regiment of Foot, Thomas Patterson 84th; John Main 53rd; James Rogers 75th; Peter Mulligan 17th; George Brittle 24th; John Perkins 32nd; and John Johnston 1st Guards (New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849; 1829; Guildford; image 26). --0--