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Transportation
Garret Van Camp was transported on the Marquis Of Hastings, departing 16th Mar 1839 and arriving 23rd Jul 1839 with 241 passengers.
Marquis Of Hastings (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 9 (6) |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
1839 - 16 Jan. received on board the “York” moored at Gosport. Aged; 28 years. Status; Single. Trade; Labourer 1839 - 12 March. Received on board the Marquis of Hastings
The nine state prisoners who disembarked from the Marquis of Hastings in July, 1839, were the first to reach Van Diemen’s Land and were better treated than those who followed. This was paartly due to uncertainty as to their status, and partly due to a subsequent change in administration in the prison colony. Three of the nine, however, did not survive the long passage. John McNulty, who had become consumptive during the Atlantic crossing in the Captain Ross, died four days after landing. Alexander McLeod showed evidence of galloping consumption at the close of the voyage, and died two days later, his body being dissected and then buried in a nameless grave among thousands of “felon mounds”. Garret Van Camp was injured while drawing wood, and his death occurred three weeks after arrival at the island. From “The Lives and Times of the Patriots: An Account of the Rebellion in Upper Canada” By Edwin C. Guillet.
Liverpool, Monday.— This morning, in consequence of information having been received that the Captain Ross has arrived with prisoners from Quebec, a great number of persons were congregated on the St. George's Pier. The Captain Ross anchored in Bootle Bay, and a steamer was sent out to bring back the convicts, who arrived about four o'clock, and were immediately conveyed to the Liverpool Borough Jail. A desperate attempt was made to mutiny during the passage home, but it was happily frustrated by the determination of Captain Morton, who placed the whole of the prisoners in heavy irons. Names of the prisoners brought by the Captain Ross, which sailed from Quebec, 22nd ultimo. — Alexander McLeod, T. Malcolm, John Grant, J. McNulty, B. West, John Vernon, N. Mellory, Paul Bedford, J. Wagoner, S. Chandler, L. Watson, W. Reynolds, L. W. Miller, William Alves, Robert Walker, James Gammell, George Cooly, Jacob Benut, G. Van Camp, James Brown, Ira Anderson, Randal Wilson, —— F. Farnell, James Lynn, B. O'Hare, Joseph Langwys, Joseph Hamel, James Thompson, Agnes Provost, Isidore Paré, Charles McLeod, Thomas Oliver, John G. Parker, and Baptiste Cadien. Eleven of the prisoners are heavily ironed.— (Correspondent.) Globe, Dec. 18. Launceston Advertiser, 9 May 1839.