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Transportation
Hugh Ward was transported on the Guildford, departing 30th Nov 1814 and arriving 8th Apr 1816 with 229 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
PRINCIPAL SUPERINTENDANT'S OFFICE, Sydney, September 14, 1816. SEVERAL Prisoners having absconded from their Employment during this Week, and particularly the undermentioned, it is hereby directed that every Exertion shall be made on the Part of the Police, as well as the Settlers and Inhabitants of the Colony, to apprehend the Persons referred to, who are suspected of the Piracy of the Brig Trial, on the Night of the 12th Instant. Hugh Ward, tried at the County Gaol, of Dublin July 1815, convicted for 14 years, is 23 years of age, by trade a brass founder, a native of Dublin, 5 feet 8 inches high, brown eyes, sandy brown hair, florid complexion, is reported as a useful man on board a ship, arrived per Guilford, and was employed at his own profession in the Dock yard, Sydney. Sydney Gazette, 21 Sept 1816.
Hugh Ward was convicted at Dublin in July 1815. 14 year sentence. Transported to New South Wales, Australia per the 'Guildford' arriving 08/04/1816. Aged 23yrs; brass founder. One of the convicts who escaped from the Colony 12/09/1816 having seized the brig ‘Trial’. No trace of them was found despite attempts to trace them. The wreck of the ‘Trial’ was however found. Some were believed to have gone bush or went in a small boat made from the shipwreck.