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Transportation
Benjamin Ambler was transported on the Neptune, Scarborough And Surprize, departing 30th Nov 1789 and arriving 26th Jun 1790 with 1084 passengers.
Neptune 809 tons built on the River Thames 1779. The largest ship of the Second Fleet.
Neptune, Scarborough And Surprize (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 41 (22) |
| 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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** ship; NEPTUNE ** Australia, Convict Index, 1788-1868 Name Benjamin Ambler Age 18 Birth Year Abt 1772 Arrival Year 1790 Arrival State New South Wales Trial Place Old Bailey London Ship Neptune Comments 1800? © 1997-2024 Ancestry
Old Bailey Online BENJAMIN AMBLER. Theft; grand larceny (to 1827). 12th September 1787. Text type Trial account Defendants BENJAMIN AMBLER Offences Theft > Grand larceny Session Date 12th September 1787 Reference Number t17870912-87 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 757. BENJAMIN AMBLER was indicted for stealing, on the 25th day of August last, two dimity gowns, value 10 s. a petticoat, value 10 s. one cloak, value 20 s. the property of Letitia Annesley , spinster ; and one dimity gown, value 20 s. a cotton gown, value 20 s. and a black silk cloak, value 20 s. the property of Frances Serjeant , spinster. The prisoner was found in the house, coming from under the bed, by Miss Annesley; he was immediately pursued and taken by Mr. Smith; a dark lanthorn and a hat were found in the house; the prisoner owned the hat; Miss Serjeant saw the things in the indictment laying on the floor, which she had seen before on the drawers; and Edmund White saw the prisoner jump out of the window, and assisted in taking him. GUILTY . Aged 14, Transported for seven years . Tried by the first Middlesex Jury before Mr. Justice GROSE.