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Voyage
Transportation
Henry Whitehead was transported on the Hercules, departing 14th Jun 1832 and arriving 16th Oct 1832 with 204 passengers.
The "Hercules" ship was built in 1801 at South Sheilds, England. 1801 voyage from Ireland to New South Wales, Australia. Sailed via Rio de Janeiro and the Cape. A mutiny occurred just prior to their arrival at Rio - after 45 minutes it was quashed but 13 convicts had been killed. Jeremiah Pendergass was named as the ring leader and shot. 44 deaths in total on this voyage. There was then another ship, also named, "Hercules" built 1822 at Whitby, England who made 3 trips to Austraia, in 1825, 1830 & 1832.
Hercules (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 355 (178) NSWBDM death register no 5515/1864] |
| 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
Henry Whitehead, arrived as a convict at Sydney on 16 Oct 1832, per the ship Hercules (4). Indent stated he was 28 years old and had been born at Edinburgh. [Therefore born about 1804]. He was tried at Kent Assizes on 12 March 1832 for Highway robbery, convicted, and was given a sentence of transportation for Life. He stated he had no previous convictions. He could read & write, was Protestant, and single; he had been employed as a Seaman. His personal details were recorded on the ship’s indent as: Height - 5 ft 6 inches, Complexion - dark ruddy; hair – brown, eyes -hazel, and he had marks or scars including the initials “L B” on his lower left arm( tattooed). 1844 Ticket of Leave Number: 44/2484. Allowed to remain in the District of Picton. 1847 Recommended for Conditional Pardon 1846 – 1847: He had lived with William Dennis and his family (wife Mary, some very small children) at a Burragorang property for about 12 months from about April 1846 to April 1847. But in March 1848, at the time of the trial, he lived about sixteen miles from Dennis’s place. – See from evidence given as witness in a cattle stealing trial of William Bollard. [From SMH 7 March 1848, p.2] In 1848 Henry Whitehead gave evidence as a witness for the prosecution in trial of William Bollard for cow stealing at Burragorang. Bollard was a station owner at Burragorang. Whitehead stated that he had seen the animal when it was a calf running on the flat with its mother when he’d gone to buy it from the prosecutor (Mr James Flynn), but they’d failed to reach agreement. Now it was a beast, but Whitehead could still recognise it outside Picton courthouse because of its very particular markings – a white marking on the side of the neck - and identify it. 1850 Conditional Pardon - On a list of Conditional Pardons dated 20 Sept 1850: Henry Whitehead, Hercules 4. (SMH 4/11/1850 p.4 ) Likely 1864 Death - Henry Whitehead DIED PICTON aged 55 years [NSWBDM death register no 5515/1864]. AGe is consistent with his age on the ship's indent