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The prisoners by the ship Sophia consisting of one hundred and ninety in number were landed on Wednesday morning last and nearly all distributed to various applicants throughout the Country
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Departed Dublin 15th September and arrived 17th January in Port Jackson. Captain Elley. Surgeon Superintendent Dr. Alick Osborne R.N., 190 male prisoners. Guard consisted of 28 men of the 39th and 63rd regts under orders of Major Pool and Lieut. Bell. Passengers included Mrs. Pool and three Misses Bell. One soldier and 2 prisoners died on the passage out from chronic diseases
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Granted Ticket of Leave
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AO NSW Convict Indent Fiche No. 671
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Age 48. Married with 2 children. Ploughman and reaper from Co. Down. Tried August 1827 and sentenced to 7 years transportation for cow stealing. Assigned to J.P. Webber at Penshurst on arrival
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AO NSW Convict Indent Fiche No. 671
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Age 18. Carpenter's apprentice from Dublin. Tried February 1828 and sentenced to 7 years transportation for stealing a coat. Assigned to John Pike at Hunter River on arrival
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Convict Death Index 1828 - 1879. Lesley Uebel
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Received sentence of death for burglary in the dwelling house of William Bradbury at Bungonia Inverary, and also a highway robbery on the person of Thomas Groom. Ordered for execution on 7th March. His companion in crime James Dick was shot dead by the mounted police
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Obtained Ticket of Leave
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Application to marry
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Free. Aged 28. Application to marry Bridget O'Donnell. Allowed
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Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle
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Marriage of James Bryan and Bridget Donnell both of Paterson Plains
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AO NSW Convict Indent Fiche No. 671
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Age 23. Reads and writes. Ploughman and shepherd from Kildare. Tried in Kildare 24 March 1827 and sentenced to 7 years transportation for pig stealing. Ruddy freckled complexion, red to sandy hair, blue eyes, 5ft 4in. Assigned to Alexander Warren at Williams River on arrival
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AO NSW Convict Indent Fiche No. 671
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Age 19. Waiter from Co. Down. Tried in Antrim 25 March 1828 and sentenced to 7 years transportation for stealing a watch. Assigned to James McClymont at Newcastle on arrival
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Obtained Ticket of Leave
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Application to Marry
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Michael Byrne per 'Sophia' application to marry Mary Ann Newman per 'Henry Wellesley'
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Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4014]; Microfiche: 671
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Michael Byrne age 16. Errand boy from Dublin. Tried in Dublin March 1828. Sentenced to 7 years transportation for shop robbery. Assigned to Peter Martin at Field of Mars on arrival
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Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4014]; Microfiche: 671
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Age 29. Farm labourer, native place Wicklow. Tried in Kildare 27 August 1827 and sentenced to 7 years transportation for stealing. Assigned to George Harper at Stone Quarry on arrival
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Newcastle Gaol Entrance Book. State Archives NSW. Roll 136
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Bernard Malone and Lawrence Burn admitted to Newcastle gaol from Maitland on a charge of assault and felony. Sentenced to 15 years transportation and forwarded to Sydney gaol on 23 December 1839
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Obtained Ticket of Leave
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AO NSW Convict Indent Fiche No. 671
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Age 30. Reads and writes. Married with 1 child. Groceryman from Co. Cavan. Tried in Kildare 24 August 1827 and sentenced to transportation for 7 years for stealing bank notes. Assigned to Willoughby Bean at Brisbane Water on arrival
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Gosford (Brisbane Water) Court of Petty Sessions, Letter Books, 1826 - 1874 (Ancestry)
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Correspondence from Magistrate Jonathan Warner to the Superintendent of Convicts....Sir, I have the honor to report for your information that Robert Chitty per ship Sophia, holding a ticket of leave (scourger at Port Stephens) had charge of a female prisoner to convey to the cells at Newcastle, but instead of delivering the prisoner over to the gaoler there he passed over the ford at Lake Macquarie (near my farm) and said that the woman was his wife and that he was on his way to Brisbane Water. On receiving the information I sent my constable in search of the two prisoners, but too late to apprehend them as they left this district for Sydney on board the Catherine cutter yesterday morning passing as man and wife