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New South Wales CONVICTS TRANSPORTED to PORT MACQUARIE UNDER COLONIAL SENTENCE 14th SEPTEMBER 1825 - 20th APRIL 1829 VOLUME 2 M-Z First published 2014 © National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Title: Convicts Transported To Port Macquarie Under Colonial Sentence 14TH September 1825 – 20TH April 1829 ISBN: Dewey Number: Includes Index: Volume 1 A-L Volume 2 M-Z PREFACE This Local Studies project was undertaken to provide and record information regarding convicts being transported to Port Macquarie Penal Settlement a second place of punishment within the time frame of September 1825 to April 1829, listing their name, ship of arrival to Port Jackson Sydney, Indent information and the ship of transportation to Port Macquarie. For anybody requiring further information on any convict there are more records available for research held at Port Macquarie-Hastings Library and at the State Records of New South Wales at Kingswood. Convicts transported to Port Macquarie within these dates are listed under the heading of 'Colonial Sentence' so that the reader may distinguish between any other date of transportation to Port Macquarie, as many convicts were sent to and from the Settlement. All care and accuracy has been taken whilst transcribing from available documentation at the time of publication, and are transcribed as per original. "Written as" refers to records that differ in spelling etc. Permission Researched by members of Port Macquarie-Hastings Library Grant Street Port Macquarie NSW 2444 Jan Shelley Pam Yates Cheryl Perry Anne Keena Matters of Interest Females Transported within this project Jane Bailey per Indispensable 1809 Anne Lang per Mariner 1825 Mary Lowry per Elizabeth 1818 Catherine Maddingan now Fox per Lord Wellington 1820 Eliza Pigott per Mariner 1825 Money Value Old Bailey Proceedings Online value of monies written as 3 l. 2s. 6d = 3 pounds 2 shillings and 6 pence. l being the sign for English pounds, Latin Libra or Roman Librae. Phoenix Hulk The Phoenix 1824 picked up a pilot outside Sydney Heads but on entering the harbour struck the reef Sow and Pigs. The ship was refloated and moored in Hulk Bay Port Jackson, Sydney now known as Lavender Bay and made into a prison hulk, it could hold up to 200 prisoners. Piracy of the Brig Wellington Seized by convicts on the voyage to Norfolk Island and sailed to New Zealand. A number of convicts were sent illegally from Port Macquarie onboard the Wellington to be employed as good mechanics on Norfolk Island. Proclamation Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Volume X11 page 514 31st August 1826 Governor Ralph Darling, remitting sentences on certain convicts at Port Macquarie, and sentence be limited to three years. Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Volume X111 page 522 26th November 1828 Governor Ralph Darling stating at present there are about 530 Prisoners at Port Macquarie. Run from the Colony and Retransported William Chapman per Admiral Gambier + Greyhound Samuel Harris per Norfolk + Marquis of Wellington Thomas Hughes per Elizabeth + Asia John Murrell per General Hewett + Hayeston Samuel Williams per Earl St Vincent + Ann Youngest Convicts within this project Thomas Jones per Indefatigable 1815 age 10years Joseph Bagot per Larkins 1817 age 14years James Hutchings per Dick 1821 age 14years Commandants of Port Macquarie Captain Francis Allman April 1821 - April 1824 Captain John Rolland April 1824 -November 1824 Lieutenant G.R. Carmac 3rd Regiment Acting Commandant, Engineer November 1824 - December 1824 Captain Henry Gillman January 1825 - February 1826 Captain Samuel Wright 3rd Regiment February 1826 - November 1826 Captain Archibald Innes November 1826 - April 1827 Lieutenant Thomas Owen 3rd Regiment April 1827 - October 1827 Captain Francis Crotty 39th Regiment October 1827 - June 1828 Lieutenant Thomas Meyrick 39th Regiment Acting Commandant June 1828 - August 1828 Captain Robert Hunt Acting Commandant October 1828 – November 1828 Captain Henry Smyth 15th November 1828 - June 1832 Captain Philip Aubin 57th Regiment Commandant August 1828 October 1828 Ships listed arriving at Port Macquarie within this project Elizabeth Henrietta 14th September 1825 Elizabeth Henrietta 29th November 1825 Mary Elizabeth 29th December 1825 Amity 7th January 1826 Mary Elizabeth 28th January 1826 Amity 7th February 1826 Mary Elizabeth 18th August 1826 Mary Elizabeth 12th September 1826 Mary Elizabeth 22nd January 1827 Alligator 26th February 1827 Amity 21st April 1827 Alligator 21st August 1827 Lucy Ann 10th April 1828 Mary Elizabeth 16th October 1828 Isabella 22nd December 1828 Governor Phillip 7th February 1829 Mary Elizabeth 2nd April 1829 Mary Elizabeth 20th April 1829 Bibliography State Records NSW Reel 824 4/ 3865 written as Colonial Sentence State Records NSW Colonial Secretary’s Correspondence State Records NSW Conditional Pardons State Records NSW Ticket of Leave State Records NSW Convict Death Records State Records NSW Reel 2723 4/5636 – 4/4637 State Records NSW Reel 1062 4/3896 Ancestrylibrary.com Port Macquarie – Hastings Library Free access "Port Macquarie The Windingsheet" – Port Macquarie Historical Society Trove Digitised Newspapers National Library of Australia "The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser", written throughout as "The Sydney Gazette". Also "The Australian" The Proceedings of Old Bailey London Central Criminal Court Musters and Census of NSW Convict Indent Records "Historical Records of Australia" National Archives UK, reference ADM Index: Listing convict name and ship of arrival to Port Jackson, Sydney, New South Wales Volume 1 A-L Volume 2 M-Z MADDINGAN now FOX Catherine per Lord Wellington 20th January 1820 MADDINGAN Catherine Tried Limerick County Summer 1818 Sentence 7 years Trade Servant State Records NSW Reel 6007 4/3501 3rd April 1820 List of Persons Praying His Excellency’s Permission to have their names Published in Church in order to their being married Listed Patrick Fox Convict per “Earl St Vincent” Catherine Maddingan written as Catherine Mettican Convict per “Lord Wellington” Signed William Cowper Ass. Chaplain Approved L. Macquarie ---------- 1820 Written as Catherine Madigan married Patrick Fox, C of E St Phillip’s Sydney Registration reference: V1820 2537 3A ---------- The Sydney Gazette 14th October 1826 Laurence Harrogan and Catherine Fox, were severally charged with a robbery on the person of James Chapman, commonly called “Little Chappy” The female had smiled upon him at a public house, where at he had taken his abode as a traveller, had enticed him to go home with her, but while on the road to enjoy the proffered hospitality some tall man came behind him and knocked him down. The property stolen was surrendered by the man to the Chief Constable, but not under and inducement like “better for you” but arose out of his own feeling and opinion. The man and woman have lately cohabited together. Mrs Fox has a husband at Port Macquarie and also two favourites, one at the place with her husband and the other at Norfolk Island. She is an unfortunate woman, and has been rendered single every sessions held during the last twelve months. – Guilty To be transported to such penal settlement as His Excellency the Governor may determine on for the term of 7 years. 1 State Records NSW Reel 824 4/3865 Colonial Sentence Catherine Maddingan now Fox Transported to Port Macquarie 22nd January 1827 Per Mary Elizabeth Tried Windsor Quarter Sessions Date 10th October 1825 Sentence 7years Note: Husband of Catherine Maddingan, Patrick Fox per Earl St Vincent transported to Port Macquarie 28th January 1826 per Mary Elizabeth ---------- 1822 General Muster NSW page 320 Maddigan Catherine Convict per Lord Wellington Sentence 7years. Written as wife of J. McHenry, Windsor 1823-1825 General Muster of NSW page 376 Maddigan Catherine Convict Ticket of Leave per Lord Wellington 1820 Sentence 7years, Wife of Patrick Fox, Windsor Son, Patrick Maddigan, Age 4, Son of Patrick Fox, Windsor 1828 Census page 154 Fox Catherine, written as per Wellington Sentence 7years, Port Macquarie 1829 Baptised Catherine Fox, Father Patrick Mother Catherine Port Macquarie C of E Registration No.V1829 9386 1C Certificate of Freedom 101/4778 19th January 1826 2 MAGGS Samuel per Eliza 21st January 1820 MAGGS Samuel Tried Somerset (City of Wells) Quarter Sessions 3rd April 1818 Sentence 7 years Native Place Bristol Trade Blacksmith 6 or 7 months Age 16, Height 5ft 2¼in, Complexion Dark Ruddy, Hair Flaxen, Eyes Hazel State Records NSW Reel 6008 4/3504 Transported to Newcastle per Snapper Samuel Maggs per Eliza Sentence to one year ---------- State Records NSW Reel 6023 4/661 May 1822 Punished at Newcastle Samuel Maggs Settlers man, received 50 Lashes for refusing to do his Masters work and insolence ---------- State Records NSW Reel 6028 2/8283 24th August 1822 Runaway from Emu Plains ---------- State Records NSW Reel 6019 4/3864 7th October 1822 Transported to Port Macquarie per Lady Nelson Tried Penrith Rev. Fulton, Renewal of Original Sentence 5th October 1822 Remarks – Run 3rd quarter of 1822 ---------- The Sydney Gazette 19th May 1825 Samuel Maggs free, charged with having stolen a quantity of Negro head tobacco, which was in a keg in a stall in the Market Place, and which it appeared he gave to another man to sell for him, who happened to offer it to the party from whom it had been stolen. The man who tendered it for sale immediately conducted the owner to the prisoner, who was near at hand, and he was taken into custody – Remanded 3 State Records
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