James Martin [Convict "Charlotte" 1788]

James MARTIN (Aka MARTYN) was born c1760 Ballymean, County Antrim, Ireland

James married ? and they had the following children

• son

James was convicted of stealing and sentenced to 7 transportation. He arrived in Sydney Cove on 26/1/1788 on "Charlotte"

William Bryant [Convict "Charlotte" 1788], William's wife and 2 children + 7 convicts (James Martin [Convict "Charlotte" 1788], James Cox [Convict "Charlotte" 1788], Samuel Bird [Convict "Alexander" 1788], William Allen, Convict “Scarborough” 1790, Nathaniel Lillie, Convict “Scarborough” 1790, William Morton, Convict “Neptune” 1790 & Samuel Broom (aka John Butcher), Convict “Scarborough” 1790) escaped the colony and sailed to Timor

Following recapture, James was returned to England where he was given a pardon on 2/5/1793.

James wrote about the escape and this has been Edited by Tim CAUSER and published as "Memorandoms by James Martin" available online at http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1558725/1/Memorandoms-by-James-Martin.pdf

LINKS

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bryant_(convict)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Martin_(convict)
• https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=James%20Martin%20(convict)...
• http://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/archive/events/exhibitions/2006/ontherun/...
• https://www.theaha.org.au/memorandoms-by-james-martin/
• https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/charlotte
• http://firstfleet.thruhere.net/convict.php?id=451
• https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/j.ctt1qnw8mx.6.pdf?refreqid=excels...