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Thomas Larkin was transported on the Countess Of Harcourt, departing 14th Feb 1827 and arriving 28th Jun 1827 with 198 passengers.
Ship of 517 tons, built in India 1811. Voyages to NSW and VDL 1821, 1822, 1824, 1827 & 1828. Researchers please note that sailings direct from Ireland to Australia are not recorded under British data, and therefore not all details of people are on this web site (they are being added in, by volunteers, so please check thoroughly or send a message on community fb if you have queries).
Countess Of Harcourt (generic)References
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Convict Notes
National Archives. ADM 101/18/4 Medical journal of the Countess of Harcourt, convict ship, from 21 December 1826 to 11 July 1827 by Michael Goodsir, surgeon and superintendent, during which time the ship was employed in taking convicts from Kingston harbour Dunlary to New South Wales. Folio 14: Thomas Larkin, aged 18, convict, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, has several hard movable tumours on the left side of the neck, painful, soft and to the feel evident fluctuation of matter; put on sick list 28 March 1827, discharged 18 April 1827.
Thomas Larkin and Edward Gage were indicted for stealing a quilt, window curtain, and pair of stockings. Edward Johnston, lives in this county; lost, on the 5th July, a quilt, pair of stockings, and window curtain; saw no one take them; saw the quilt afterwards, next day, in a house, where the prisoners had sold it; followed them and took them prisoners; got the window curtain and stockings upon them. The Jury found both the prisoners guilty. His Lordship then addressed them—he understood it was not the first offence, but that they bad been, for some time, prowling on the public; he considered himself, therefore, as consulting their own interests, and the public safety, by sentencing them to seven years’ transportation. Mr. Erskine, keeper of the gaol, stated to the Court that he understood this was Gage’s first offence, into which had been led by Larkin —this Larkin himself admitted. His Lordship then, we believe, commuted Gage’s sentence to imprisonment. Belfast Commercial Chronicle, 22 July 1826.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Thomas Larkin, age on arrival, 17, per Countess of Harcourt (4) 1827, tried in Antrim, 1826, 7 years for Robbery house. DOB, 1810, native place, Antrim. single. Catholic. Trade, Servant house.