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Transportation
Benjamin Davis 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 33 (18) |
| 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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Australia, Convict Index, 1788-1868 Name Benjamin Davis Arrival Year 1787 Arrival State New South Wales Trial Place Gloucester Status m Ship Neptune Comments d1790 Occupation yeoman farmer © 1997-2024 Ancestry
At Gloucester assizes, three criminals were capitally convicted, and received sentence of death : —Benjamin Davis, for breaking open the house of Joseph Jordan, and stealing a bed; —John Williams, for sheep-stealing —and James Okey for robbing Sarah Mills on the highway, in the parish of Stroud. ... Before the Judge left the town, he reprieved John Williams and James Okey but left Benjamin Davis for execution. Hereford Journal, 2 Aug 1787. ---------------------------------------------------- Sir Alex. Thompson sent a reprieve for Benjamin Davis, whom he had left for execution here, Bath Chronicle, 9 Aug 1787.
National Archives. HO 47/7/3 1788 Jan 28 Report of Alexander Thomson on a 1 collective petition (13 people, from Beckford and Kemerton in Gloucestershire and Overbury in Worcestershire), including 2 clergymen and James Martin MP for Tewksbury) on behalf of Benjamin Davis, servant in husbandry, convicted at the 'last' Gloucestershire Assizes, for burglary and stealing a feather bolster, pair of blankets, a bed quilt and a feather bed, property of Joseph Jordan, of Hartpury, on 22 February 1787. Grounds for clemency: previous good character, a dutiful son, had an offer of employment, his family were much distressed and the crime committed as a retaliation against a supposed unfair exaction of money by his present employer. Initial sentence: death, respited to transportation. Recommendation: no mercy.
National Archives. HO 47/6/90 Summer 1787 Certificate/memorial of Richard Perryn – prisoners capitally convicted on the 'last' Oxford Circuit, but 'some favourable circumstances' appeared on/after their trial now recommended to mercy on the conditions set against their names: Gloucestershire Assizes at Gloucester Benjamin Davis, for burglary. 14 years transportation.