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Transportation
Edward Collins was transported on the Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann, departing 31st Dec 1790 and arriving 9th Jul 1791 with 1265 passengers.
The Third Fleet consisted of 11 Vessels. Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Gorgon, Mary Ann, Matilda, Queen (from Ireland) Salamander and William and Ann. These vessels were provided by a private company; Camden, Calvert and King to ship convicts to the colony.
Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 113 (58) |
| 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 |
Claims
"5 x Great Grandfather"
"My 5th Great Grandfather on my mothers side"
"My 5th G Grandfather."
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Convict Notes
He married a second time to convict Sarah Hines
Edward Collins was married to Elizabeth when he was transported.Elizabeth followed her husband to Australia ,and they had a daughter Ann who was born outside of Sydney heads in 1791,they also had a son in 1795,he died as an infant,Elizabeth died in 1795,buried 6 th january 1795.
On the 20th April 1800, Edward married Sarah Hines (Convict, Surprize, 1794) at Sydney. The 1806 muster recorded Hines [Ref C05558] with Collins [Ref A2135], but Marsden's list designated Sarah as a 'concubine' and her four children (2 male, 2 female) as illegitimate. This may be an error or may reflect Marsden's opinion that she was living with a man other than her legal husband, or had once done so.
Old Bailey Transcript: (t17880910-45) (www.oldbaileyonline.org) 10th September 1788. EDWARD COLLINS was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 5th day of August last, a gelding, price 3 l. the property of John Meager. BENJAMIN SMITH sworn. The prisoner brought me a bay gelding, on Tuesday the 5th of August, into Sharp's alley, Cow-cross; he asked me a guinea for it, and said he brought it from Croydon, and that the waggon was come to the Bear and Ragged Staff in Smithfield; I told him to fetch me the waggoner and I should be more satisfied that it was his property; he wanted to take the horse with him, but I stopped the horse; I afterwards enquired whether any such waggon was come from Croydon, and I was informed no; I advertised the horse twice, and kept it very nigh a week; I never saw the prisoner before; when he went to fetch the waggoner he did not return; I know no more of this horse; I enquired at the blacksmith's at Streatham, and found out the prosecutor, Mr. Meager, of Norwood Common; the prosecutor came to my house and saw the horse and swore to it; I am sure the prisoner is the man that brought me the horse. JOHN MEAGER sworn. I live in Croydon parish, the side ofNorwood-common; I missed a horse the 5th of August in the morning; I saw him over night in my own field towards evening; at five or six o'clock the next morning the man informed me that the horse was gone; say I, I am sure he was stole, for the gate was thrown open and not shut again; it was a bay gelding; I did not hear of it till Saturday, when the last witness came to tell me where he was; he sent for me to the Rose and Crown, and I saw my horse at Clerkenwell on the Monday following in the street at Justice Blackborrow's; I am sure it was my horse, I have no doubt about it; I valued him at about 3 l. but if he went to market he would not be worth so much; I know the prisoner, I have seen him several times about our neighbourhood; I have no great acquaintance with him; he is a labouring man. JOHN DINMORE sworn. On Saturday the 9th of August, I was sent for by Minshell, to take the prisoner into custody on suspicion of stealing another horse, about a quarter after nine in the morning; hearing there was a horse stopped by Smith, I had him sent for; he came and owned it was the prisoner; when he had confessed where the last horse came from, says I, take the horse with you, by the description of it, may be you will hear from whom the first horse came; there was not a promise or threatening in any respect whatever; he was a long time before he confessed the first horse; but he said he took it from near that same place, and that the man's name was Meager. Court to Smith. Was it in consequence of that information that you enquired for Mr. Meager? - Yes, my lord, it was in consequence of what I heard the prisoner say. Prisoner. I leave it to the mercy of the Court. Jury to Prosecutor. Was the gate shut the evening before? - The gate was shut the evening before, and pinned with a stick, I fastened it myself. Jury. Could the horse get out any other way? - I saw no gap he might get over. GUILTY, Death. Tried by the second Middlesex Jury before Mr. Justice GROSE. The sentence was reprieved to one of transportation for a term of 7 years and Edward was transported aboard "Albermarle' as aprt of the Third Fleet.