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Transportation
James Watson was transported on the Eliza, departing 22nd Sep 1819 and arriving 21st Jan 1820 with 159 passengers.
The Eliza was a 511-ton (later 538 ton) merchant ship built in British India in 1806. She made five voyages transporting convicts from England and Ireland to Australia.
Eliza (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 227 (115) All departments ADM - Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies Records of Medical and Prisoner of War Departments ADM 101 - Admiralty and predecessors: Office of the Director General of the Medical Department of the Navy and predecessors: Medical Journals Convict Ships etc. ADM 101/23/2 - Medical and surgical journal of the Eliza convict shi |
| 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
Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 1 October, 1832. THE following Prisoners of the Crown have obtained Tickets of Leave since the last day of Publication, viz. Patrick’s Plains. Watson, James, Eliza (3) NSW Govt. Gazette, 3 Oct 1832. The above entry is mistakenly listed as Eliza 3. (There was no convict of this name on the Eliza which arrived in 1827) NSW Convict Index. James Watson, per Eliza, 1820, Ticket of Leave, No 31/941. District, Patrick’s Plains; Tried: Westmoreland GD.
Notes from Voyage from Ships surgeon Folio 19: James Watson, aged 24, Convict; disease or hurt, apoplexia, fell down suddenly on deck, felt a good deal of pain in his head before attack, in a state of stupefaction. Taken ill, 23 October 1819. Discharged 24 October 1819.