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Transportation
Elizabeth 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 43 (23) |
| 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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The veracity of information concerning Ann & Elizabeth (Davis) need further consideration. The statements on this Website that Ann (Davis) married both Thomas (Fowles) & Simon (Moulds) cannot be relied on until consideration of the following: Elizabeth (Davis) is shown in Smees records as arriving in NSW as a convict in 1791 on NEPTUNE-the appropriate ship would be Fleet ship NEPTUNE which arrived on 26 6 1790-& on which an Elizabeth (Davis) does have an entry. She had a relationship with Thomas (Fowles convict Fleet ship ATLANTIC1791) & produce a child-Elizabeth born 1796. Elizabeth (Davis) is shown in Norfolk Island References as arriving in Australia on LADY JULIANA, which arrived in NSW on 3 6 1790-on which she does not have an entry-& later arrived on Norfolk Island on 7 8 1790. She had a relationship with Thomas (Fowles no ship) who arrived on Norfolk Island on 16 11 1796-they produced a child-Elizabeth born 1796. They are both shown as leaving Norfolk Island on on 25 12 1807-the appropriate ship being HMS PORPOISE, the passenger list for which shows him with an unnamed wife. The daughter is not shown as leaving Norfolk Island. The records found for Tasmania do not show any of them. & Elizabeth (Davis) is now also to be found to have married James/Joseph (Sticke/Staike/s/Stackes convict Fleet ship NEPTUNE 1790) in 1791. References: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony. Irene Schaffer & Thelma McKay 'Exiled Three Times Over! Profiles of Norfolk Islanders Exiled in Van Diemens Land 1807-1813' James Hugh Donohoe 'Norfolk Island 1788-1813-The People and Their Families' Reg Wright 'Forgotten Generation of Norfolk Island & Van Diemens Land'
Family connections for Elizabeth (Davis) are: DAVIS Elizabeth (Davis) was tried for theft, on 13 9 1789, of a childs cotton frock of Jane (Matthews) at Old Bailey on 28 10 1789, sentenced to 7years, held at London Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW as a convict on 26 6 1790 after a journey of 7months on Fleet ship NEPTUNE. She seems to have married James/Joseph (Sticke/Staike/s/Stackes) on 5 5 1791 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She died in 1809. [Some details taken from this Website] James/Joseph (Sticke/Staike/s/Stackes) was born about 1765 possibly at St Mark Dublin Ireland & became a shoemaker/bootmaker/cordwainer. He was tried for highway robbery w/1other at Exeter Castle Devon on 17 3 1788, sentenced to death reprieved to Life & arrived in NSW as a convict on 26 6 1790 after a voyage of 6months on Fleet ship NEPTUNEalso; a voyage noted for extreme brutality of prisoners with a high death rate. In 1799 he was granted 30 acres at York Place. He enlisted in NSW Corps on 4 12 1800 in Sydney as a private & was detached to (Prentice)s company. In 1802 he was detached to (Kemp)s company in Van Diemens Land (Tasmania); & in 1803 to (Abbott)s company at Port Dalrymple until 1808 when he was detached to (Cummings) company. In 1809 he was detached to 7company & finally was transferred to 73rd Regiment on 24 4 1810. He was sent to Ceylon in 1814 w/73rd Regiment & died there as James (Staike) on 4 11 1814 age about49. [Some details taken from this Website] REFERENCES: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony. Pamela Statham 'A Colonial Regiment-New Sources Relating to the New South Wales Corps-1789-1810'
Australia, Convict Index, 1788-1868 Name Elizabeth Davis Trial Place Old Bailey Ship NEPTUNE Comments DIED; 1809 © 2006-2024 Ancestry Trial; 28 Oct 1789 The Proceedings of the Old Bailey 818. ELIZABETH DAVIS was indicted for stealing, on the 13th of September last, a child's cotton frock, value 1 s. a worsted stuff petticoat, value 1 s. the property of Jane Matthews ............ I am as innocent as the baby that is unborn; I thought I should not be tried till three o'clock; I was at home at the time this was laid to my charge. GUILTY . Transported for seven years . Tried by the London Jury before Mr. Justice HEATH.