ABSCONDED CONVICTS, male & female
Details can include names, home, name of ship of arrival, age, physical description, any identifying marks, sometimes personal relationships.
TICKETS OF LEAVE
New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Friday 19 July 1844 (No.65), page 934 National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230676689
New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Friday 19 June 1846 (No.50), page 75 National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230142624
New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Tuesday 18 August 1846 (No.69) National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230143378
One of the most helpful sites is https://convictrecords.com.au..
The following selections give you an idea as to what you might find re various convicts. Not all are listed and anyone can contribute. These are just a few names from the clippings above. The information can be as simple as a few words, or quite comprehensive. You are welcome to add your own findings, as it all helps.
11 Feb 1835
Eliza Davis/Davies P.1.
https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/davis/eliza/44199
Date of Birth: |
1810 |
Occupation: |
Servan |
Crime: |
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Convicted at: |
Middlesex Gaol Delivery |
Sentence term: |
Life |
Ship: |
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Departure date: |
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Arrival date: |
29th November, 1829 |
Place of arrival |
New South Wales |
Passenger manifest |
Travelled with 100 other convicts |
Community Contributions
Vicki Osborn on 8th June, 2020 wrote:
Eliza Davis (Davies) was born in 1810, Southwark Borough. She was 19 when she was sentenced to Life for robbing a person. She was a servant of all work and a needlewoman. Protestant. Reads and writes.
Indent Description: Single. Ruddy, freckled complexion, grey eyes and red hair. Tattoos: RHGS, 1839 indistinctly on right arm, lower part TTMB, I Love to the … 4’11” tall.
She was assigned to: Richard Humphries, 1829, Pitt St, Sydney (Convict Indent); Mr Kemp, September, 1831, Newcastle; and Mrs Ward, April, 1835, Paterson (NGEB State Archives)
Ticket of Leave: 25th January, 1845, Paterson [45/0010]
Application to marry: (1)Richard Stack per Guilford, 15th October, 1831, Newcastle. (2) John/James Dyson (alias Crosley) per Lord Sidmouth, 25th January, 1832, Newcastle.
Eliza married John Dyson in 1832, Newcastle.
Eliza was one of the female convicts who were sentenced to 3 years in a penal settlement for mutinous conduct and riot at the female factory Parramatta, 17th February, 1835.
Johnathon Watson. P.2.
Crime: |
- |
Convicted at: |
Lancaster (Liverpool Boro') Quarter Session |
Sentence term: |
Life |
Ship: |
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Departure date: |
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Arrival date: |
21st August, 1830 |
Place of arrival |
New South Wales |
Passenger manifest |
Travelled with 228 other convicts |
Bridget Clarke p.3
Date of Birth: |
1807 |
Occupation: |
Country servant |
Date of Death: |
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Age: |
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Crime: |
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Convicted at: |
Ireland, Cavan |
Sentence term: |
7 years |
Ship: |
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Departure date: |
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Arrival date: |
13th January, 1830 |
Place of arrival |
New South Wales |
Passenger manifest |
Travelled with 67 other convicts |
Primary source: |
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. |
Maureen Withey on 25th February, 2021 wrote:
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry.
Bridget Clarke, alias Clark, age on arrival, 23, per Asia I (5) , 1830; Tried at Cavan, 1829, 7 years, for Robbery house. DOB, 1807, native place, Cavan. Single, Catholic, All work country.
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Applications to Marry.
James Brewster, Archduke Charles, age 44, 14 years, Free; and Bridget Clarke, Asia (7), age 23, 7 years, Bond. Date of permission, 31 Mar 1830, Parramatta, Revd. William Yate.
Convict Changes History
Maureen Withey on 25th February, 2021 made the following changes:
convicted at, term: 7 years, voyage, source: Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. (prev. ), firstname: Bridget, surname: Clarke, alias1: Clark, alias2: , alias3: , alias4: , date of birth: 1807, date of death: 0000, gender: f, occupation, crime
Bridget KENNEDY Page 4
Crime: |
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Convicted at: |
Middlesex. Westminster Quarter Session |
Sentence term: |
Life |
Ship: |
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Departure date: |
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Arrival date: |
5th October, 1833 |
Place of arrival |
New South Wales |
Passenger manifest |
Travelled with 180 other convicts |
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