McCARTNEY John

Name John McCARTNEY
Country Of Origin Ireland
Born 1798
Died unknown
Birth/Baptism Born approx. 1798, County Antrim, Ireland
Parents unknown
Apprenticeship unknown
Skills Clockmaker, Watchmaker
Work Locations No record found working in his trade in Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania)
Street Address
Marriage/Spouse
Trial 22 January 1817, Liverpool Borough Quarter Sessions, Lancaster.
13 October 1821, Sydney, New South Wales.
Sentence 1817: Seven years transportation for theft.
1821: Transportation to Port Macquarie penal settlement, New South Wales for the remainder of his original sentence.
Arrival 14 October 1818, New South Wales, on the ship, Tottenham.
2 April 1823, Van Diemen’s Land, on the ship, Deveron.
Police Number 537
Convict Assignment
Ticket of Leave
Conditional Pardon
Other 1821: Trial, Sydney, New South Wales, transported to Port Macquarie, New South Wales, for two years.

15 March 1823: Recorded as a runaway, forwarded to Sydney Gaol from Newcastle, and subsequently sent to Macquarie Harbour, Van Diemen’s Land, for two years.
2 April 1823: The ship Deveron arrived in Hobart Town from Port Jackson, New South Wales. Several convicts under transportation sentences to Macquarie Harbour were on board.
June 1823: Absconded into the woods and punished with 100 lashes and six months of hard labour in irons.

1 August 1825: Certificate of Freedom

Death unknown
References
TAHO: CON31/1/6 p179 [Jno. McCarthey], CON13/1/2.
Web: Ancestry: England & Wales Criminal Register 1817; New South Wales Convicts Indents 1818, New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description & Entrance Books 13 October 1821, 26 January 1822, 15 March 1823.
New South Wales State Archives & Records, Convicts Index, Certificate of Freedom 1825.
Hobart Town Gazette & Van Diemen’s Land Advertiser 5 April 1823.