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Voyage
Transportation
James Parsons was transported on the General Stewart, departing 19th Jul 1818 and arriving 31st Dec 1818 with 250 passengers.
General Stewart (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 73 (38) |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
1828 Census Index. Mary Furlong, age 38, F.S. Canada 3, 1817, 7 years, protestant, ux Jas. Parsons, Princes Street, Sydney. Also listed: James Parsons, age 32, G.S. General Stewart, 1818, Life, protestant, Butcher, Mary Parsons or Furlong, Princes Street, Sydney. -------------------------------------------------- Somerset Assizes, (holden at Taunton.) The prisoners from Ilchester gaol, in number, were brought to Taunton castle. The calendar included 146 prisoners, and the following are the sentences. Transportation. For life: John Bumdge, Jas. Parsons, and Elizabeth Hummer, for assaulting and robbing Mr. G. Butcher, of Bath, of 30£. Bath Chronicle, 9 Apr 1818.
Colonial Secretary Index. PARSONS, James. Per "General Stuart", 1818. 1823 Aug 1 On list of prisoners assigned (Fiche 3291; 4/4570D p.98) -------------------------------------------------- Convict Assignment. 1 August 1823, James Parsons, per Genl. Stuart, assigned to Robert Topp, Resident in Sydney. -------------------------------------------------- Convict Permission to Marry. Letter dated 10 Nov 1826, Sydney, from Revd. W. Cowper. James Parsons, age 30, Life, Bond; and Mary Davis or Furlong, per Canada 3, age 32, 7 years, Free.
Parsons arrived in Sydney on the General Stewart in 1818 after being convicted at the Somerset Assizes and sentenced to life. Upon arrival he was assigned to his wife. On 27 September 1836 whilst he was working for a butcher in Princes St The Rocks he threw a piece of meat to John Champley who lived next door . Parsons was sentenced to 12 months in an iron gang at Carter's barracks and Champley sentenced to 3 years in an iron gang at Berrima. (see The Campbelltown Convicts).