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Transportation
David White was transported on the Three Bees, departing 8th Dec 1813 and arriving 6th May 1814 with 221 passengers.
SHIP NEWS.—On Wednesday arrived the Catherine transport, Capt. Simmonds, with 97 female prisoners from Ireland; which she received at Cork, and afterwards went to Falmouth for convoy, whence she sailed for this Colony the 8th of last December. Yesterday arrived the Three Bees transport, Capt. Wallace, with 209 male prisoners, also from Ireland, but last from England having sailed in the same convoy with the Catherine, under protection of the Niger and Tagus frigates; which captured, off the Cape de Verde, the Ceres French frigate, rated 36, but carrying 46 guns, after an action of 15 minutes in which the Tagus only was engaged. Sydney Gazette, 7 May 1814.
Three Bees (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Tasmanian record- list of passengers on brig Kangaroo, 1816. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON13-1-1$init=CON13-1-1p57 |
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Convict Notes
ABSCONDED. 2 David White, 5 ft. 3, black hair, hazel eyes, 35, labourer, tried at Dublin in July 1811, sentence 7 years (now under a colonial sentence) per "Three Bees" to Sydney in 1813, and " Kangaroo'' to this colony in 1816, native of Ireland, scar on forehead over right eye; Absconded from the Colonial Hospital 15th December 1831. Reward L2. Hobart Town Courier, 24 Dec 1831.
Irish Convict Database: David White, age 25, Three Bees, (1814), convicted at Dublin City, 1812, for 7 years sentence. Trade- whitesmith. Native place, Dublin. David White was on a List of 40 male convicts embarked on the Brig Kangaroo for the Derwent. 13th April 1816. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON13-1-1$init=CON13-1-1p57 No. 39. David White a Smith, Three Bees, Convicted at City Dublin, Aug 1812, Sentence – 7 years, Trade, Blksmith.