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Transportation
John Wright was transported on the Shipley, departing 22nd May 1820 and arriving 26th Sep 1820 with 149 passengers.
Shipley (generic)References
| Primary Source | Ancestry. NSW State Records, COF (NRS 12208, 4/4424; Reel 602). Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 319 (161) |
| 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
Register of Certificate of Freedom No. 15/5666 dated 7 September 1826, Native Place Litchfield, Trade Gardener, aged 26, Height 5 feet 8 inches, Complexion Ruddy & pock marked, Hair light brown, Eyes Grey, Remarks Mouth rather inclining to right side https://records-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/1e5kcq1/INDEX359636
** Note: there is another John Wright on ship Shipley which arrived 1822
John Wright was born in 1799 at the cathedral city of Litchfield in Staffordshire, just NW of Birmingham. In January 1819, he was convicted of larceny of a parson at Stafford, and sentenced in Stafford Litchfield City Gaol Delivery to seven years transportation on 30 August 1819. He was described on the manifest as a Catholic, market gardener, 5 foot 8 inches tall, of fair-ruddy complexion, with light brown hair and blue eyes. He was transferred to the ‘Shipley’ on 22 May 1820, in the company of 150 other convicts, and arrived in Sydney on 26 September 1820. John Wright and Margaret Kinchley, also a convict, were married on 18 August 1826 at St Lukes Church of England, Liverpool, officiated by Rev Cartwright. They were both classified as assigned servants at that time, living at Cabramatta and both still serving out their time, and would have required their employer’s permission to marry. There is a record of the NSW Registers of Convicts Applications to Marry, showing John 25 and Margaret 32, both with a 7 year sentence and both still under bond. Their first child was Henry, born in 1926, followed by Mary, born on 29 January 1829 at Cabramatta and baptized at St Lukes. It was not uncommon for Catholics to be married and baptized in Churches of England in those days, and did not imply that they had relinquished their faiths. It is not known if they had any further children. Margaret was granted her Certificate of Freedom on 8 April 1934, which is some 13 years after her initial conviction. The reason for the extension beyond the original 7 year conviction is not known. We have not been able to locate John’s Certificate of Freedom.