Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Samuel Bacey was transported on the Guildford, departing 22nd Aug 1823 and arriving 15th Mar 1824 with 160 passengers.
The ‘Guildford’ was built on the River Thames, England in 1810. Used as a Convict Transport ship to Australia - voyages 1812, 1816, 1818, 1820, 1822, 1824, 1827 & 1829. The ship was lost at sea near Singapore in 1831, loosing all aboard.
Guildford (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 86 |
| 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
Samuel Baccy, charged with having broken into the dwelling-house of Mr. Wilson, of Great Ryburgh, and stealing a silver watch and 3£. 3s silver.—(By Sir W. H. B. Folkes, Bart.) Norfolk Chronicle, 8 Feb 1823.
At the close of the trials, his Lordship proceeded to pass sentence of death upon Ann Rummer, Elizabeth Trindle, James Drury, Wm. Bean alias Church, Wm. Shreeve alias Jefferies, alias Read, Wm. Steel, John Alden alias Rutts, Robert Morley, Thos. Williams, Thos. Cooper alias Draper, and Thos. Smith alias Johnson, Wm. Bone, Sand. Fitt, John Fitt, Thomas Wiles, John Lock, Wm. Bray, Edward Turvy, Matthew Craven, and Saml. Baccy; but all were reprieved before his Lordship's leaving Thetford, except Bray, to whom he gave not the least hopes of pardon, but most impressively exhorted him not to lose one moment in preparing himself to undergo the dreadful sentence of the law. Norfolk Chronicle, 29 March 1823.