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what happened to john clues the convict who arrived in sydney on the marquis of hentley

The available records I found show the Marquis of Huntley arrived in Sydney/Port Jackson with convicts in 1830 and 1835, but I could not verify a convict named John Clues on those voyage lists from the sources available here. The safest answer is that his later fate is not established by the records I could confirm.

What the records show

  • The ship Marquis of Huntley arrived in Port Jackson on 21 August 1830 with 227 male convicts.
  • A later voyage of the same ship arrived in Port Jackson on 5 July 1835.
  • I found a convict record for John Barrington on the 1835 voyage, but not John Clues.

Likely explanation

  • The name may be misspelled in the source, or the person may appear under a different surname spelling in the convict registers.
  • It is also possible he was transported on a different voyage of the ship, since the Marquis of Huntley made multiple convict runs.
  • Without a matching convict entry, I can’t responsibly say what happened to him after arrival.

Next step

If you want, I can help you narrow it down by checking likely variant spellings such as Cluse, Clues, Clowes, or Cloys against the voyage and convict records already identified.