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Voyage
Transportation
Edward Swan was transported on the Pilot, departing 28th Feb 1817 and arriving 28th Jul 1817 with 120 passengers.
The Pilot was built at Newcastle UK and owned by S.F.Somes (Lloyds Register). 392 tons. 1817 voyage: Sailed to Port Jackson, New South Wales and then on to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). Convicts on this voyage came from throughout Ireland. Capt William Pexton (accompanied by his wife, who kept a journal of the voyage)
Pilot (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Colonial Secretary Index. |
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Convict Notes
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Edward Swan, age on arrival, 58, per Pilot (1817) Tried at Dublin Co., 1815, 7 years. DOB 1759, native place, Dublin Co., trade, Carter. ------------------------------------------------------ Colonial Secretary Index. SWAN, Edward. Per "Pilot", 1817. 1824 Oct Memorial (Fiche 3112; 4/1839B No.952 pp.1049-52) -------------------------------------------------- Date: 4 Oct 1824. The humble petition of Edward Swan most respectfully states that Your Excellency’s Petitioner came to this Colony per the ship Pilot in the year 1817 and is now free by servitude. that Your Excellency’s Petitioner having a wish to settle himself in this Colony most humbly hopes your Excellency will be pleased to locate to him such quantity of Land as Your Excellency may consider him deserving of from the recommendations of the undersigned. .... Signed, (another signature, illegible) Thos. Cartwright. ---------------------------------------------------- NSW 1828 Census index. Edward Swan, age 56, F.S. Pilot, 1818, 7 years, catholic, Labourer, Peter Green, Kent Street, Sydney.