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Details for the convict James Briggs (1837)

Convict Name:James Briggs
Trial Place:Isle of Man Gaol Delivery
Trial Date:9 March 1837
Sentence:7 years
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Arrival Details
Ship:James Pattison (2)
Arrival Year:1837
 
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Biographies

James Briggs was born about 1819 in Douglas Isle of Man. Died 1896, Liverpool New South Wales, Australia.
Occupation: Labourer

Parents:
James Briggs married Isabella Gilmon (1783-1888) on 7th September 1811 at Kirk German, Isle of Man, England.
Crime: stealing rope.
Trial: 9th January 1837. Isle of Man Gaol Delivery, aged 24yrs when sentenced.
Sentence: 7 years. Transported on the James Pattison, sailing 10th July 1837 and arriving New South Wales on 25th October 1837.

5’11½” tall, brown & freckled complexion, brown hair, blue eyes.


Permission to Marry granted 16 April 1844, Clarence River Region, NSW.
James Briggs. Condition: T of L. Certificate of Freedom 16 April 1844.

Married: Bridget Malone (1810-1884 Bostobric, New South Wales)
Crime: felony of wearing apparel. Bridgit was age 33yrs when sentenced to 7 years, transported on the ship ‘Margaret’. Condition when married: Bond. 16 Apr 1844, Revd John McConnell.

NSW Marriage Reg.No: 644/1844 V1844644 29.

Son Thomas V1846518 66. Born 1846 & died in 1918.
Daughter: Mary Born? & died in 1894 in Grafton NSW.
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Convicts Applications to Marry 1825-1851. Citation: NRS 12212 [4/4514 p.058]; COD 15; Reel 715; Fiche 800-802 Place: Clarence River
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https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/2024/images/41715_330489-00305?pId=205799
Convicts Applications to Marry 1825-1851. Citation: NRS 12212 [4/4514 p.058]; COD 15; Reel 715; Fiche 800-802 Place: Clarence River
https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search/result?11
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/152468423/person/232020206152/facts

Submitted by Researcher (Ann Spiro) on 1 July 2021

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Sources

  • The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/11, p.90

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