ABSCONDED CONVICTS... Trove Tuesday 2nd Mar 2021

 

ABSCONDED CONVICTS

Surprisingly, there is more detail about absconded prisoners  most times than in any other notices, though Tasmanian records do have a lot of detail about their convicts.

In the notices below, you will see the following..

Name of convict, also alias if applicable.. Ship of arrival and number of voyage..Age, place of former residence, Occupation. Physical description including height, complexion, colour of hair and eyes, tattoos or markings, deformities if any..

Sometimes crime committed, where prisoner absconded from and the date they did so.

In the lists of the apprehended, they give the name and alias if applicable, the ship they arrived on and the master they were assigned to as well as place/area. 

Are any of your convicts listed? Do you recognise names you are researching, but hadn't thought of the possibility of them being a convict? Do note that some women are also named in these lists. I have included some images, and a list, of some of the ships mentioned...

You can click to enlarge .. articles or images..

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 2 March 1836 (No.211)    National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230671775

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 16 March 1836 (No.213) National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230671957

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 13 April 1836 (No.217) National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230672119

SOME OF THE CONVICT SHIPS MENTIONED

Minerva

Indiamen_Minerva,_Scaleby_Castle,_and_Charles_Grant.jpg

The Lady Kennaway

The Lady Nugent

Hilliard, George Richard (Dr), b 1801:[The Lady Nugent on the high seas] 1840. Ref: A-113-016. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand 

Success

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Success_(prison_ship)

A few others mentioned...

Isabella

Malabar

Borodino

Guilford

Hive *

Henry Tanner

Ann Amelia

Royal Admiral

Aurora

Roslyn Castle

Dunvegan Castle

Captain Cooke

Burrell

Fairly

Countess Harcourt 

Morley

Camden

Asia

Florentia

Speke

Westmoreland

Charles Considine

Lady Macnaughton

England

Waterloo

Guildford

Bengal Merchant

Mary

Marquis Hastings

James Pattison

Waterloo

Adrian

Numa

Lady Faversham

Giraffe

Ocean

Forth

Susan

Liverpool

Norfolk

Andremeda

Leitrim

Java

Pyramus

Caroline

Jane

York

Hercules

Aurora

Camden

Phillips

John Barry

Lucy Davidson

* Comprehensive article on the shipwreck of the Hive