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John Whelan 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
| Primary Source | Irish convict Database. colonial Secretary Index. |
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Irish convict Database. John Whelan, age 24, per Guildford (2) 1816, tried at Meath Co. 14 years, native of Queens Co., trade: servant stable. DOB. 1792. --------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary Index. WHALAN, John. Per "Guildford", 1816 1816 Apr 15 - On list of convicts disembarked from the "Guildford" & forwarded to Windsor for distribution; listed as Whelan (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.465) 1818 - Servant of William Roberts (Junior). Petition for mitigation of sentence; as Whelan (Fiche 3190; 4/1856 pp.287-287a) 1819 Mar 29 - On list of prisoners sent to Newcastle per "Lady Nelson"; listed as Whalin (Reel 6006; 4/3500 p.56) 1821 Sep 1,10 - Commutation warrant (Reel 6070; 4/7020 No.83 & 4/2129.1 pp.5-7) 1821 Sep 5 - Tried in Sydney; sentence commuted (Reel 6070; 4/1265 p.4) 1821 Sep 10 - Re commutation of sentence passed by the Court of Criminal Judicature (Reel 6008; 4/3504 pp.359-60) 1821 Sep 12 - On list of prisoners transported to Newcastle per "Elizabeth Henrietta" (Reel 6008; 4/3504 p.362) 1822 Feb 6 - To be removed to Port Macquarie having given himself up under the proclamation of Sir Thomas Brisbane (Reel 6008; 4/3504A p.405) 1822 Feb 6 - On lists of convict runaways from Newcastle removed to Port Macquarie per "Newcastle" (Reel 6008, 4/3504A p.494; Reel 6019, 4/3864 pp.350-1) 1824 c.Feb - Went to the Commandant at Port Macquarie & stated his knowing Philip Hughes to have arrived on the "Guildford" (Reel 6065; 4/1799 p.129) 1824 May 24 - Prisoner at Port Macquarie; barber. Required as witness in Rex v Duff; listed as Whelan (Reel 6069; 4/1816 p.231) 1824 May 24 - Barber. On list of convicts to be forwarded to Sydney from Port Macquarie to give evidence before a criminal court (Reel 6019; 4/3864 p.144) 1824 Sep 27 - Returned to Port Macquarie on the "Sally" having given evidence in Sydney; listed as Whalen (Reel 6068; 4/1815 p.497) __________________________________________________ John Whalan was found guilty of a highway robbery on the person of Patrick Cullen, and also with stealing in the shop of J. A Viellemont.—Sentence deferred. Sydney Gazette, 4 Aug 1821. ------------------------------------------------ SATURDAY.-This morning an awful portraiture of the determined depravity of man was exhibited to a crowded auditory-a circumstance unprecedented in our colonial jurisprudence-that of no less than 23 fellow creatures placed, by reiterated crimes, at the bar of justice, to be visited with its heaviest penalty-DEATH William Williams, Gilbert Brown, John M'Guire, John Whalan, John Read, William Geary, Thomas Smith, Charles Young, William Whiteman, John Cochrane, John Mills, William Kennedy, Francis Pasco, Pasco Haddycott, George Grover, Robert Maggs, Thomas Fitzsimmons, John Squires, Peter Burns, John Brown, Edward Farrell, John Ryan, and Miles Jordan, severally received Sentence of Death. Sydney Gazette, 18 Aug 1821. ------------------------------------------------- His Excellency the Governor in Chief has been graciously pleased to extend the Royal Clemency to the following prisoners condemned to suffer death at the late Criminal Sessions, upon their becoming transports for life: —John Read; John Brown, John Whalan, George Grover, John Squires, Peter Burnes, and Joseph Legg. Sydney Gazette, 8 Sept 1821.