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Transportation
Francis Flexmore 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 51 (27) - people Australia |
| 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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"5 x Great Grandfather"
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Convict Notes
** Ship; NEPTUNE ** Australia, Convict Index, 1788-1868 Name [Francis Flexmore] Age 24 Birth Year Abt 1766 Arrival Year 1790 Arrival State New South Wales Trial Place Old Bailey Middlesex Ship Neptune • © 1997-2024 Ancestry
Francis Flexmore (1766–1835) Francis Flexmore, a glass grinder, was found guilty in June 1788 at the Old Bailey, London, of stealing two plated shoe buckles from a shop window display. Sentenced to seven years transportation, he spent nearly a year at Newgate Gaol before being sent to the Dunkirk hulk at Plymouth in May 1789. He arrived in Sydney in June 1790 aboard the Charlotte as part of the Second Fleet. In August 1791 Flexmore was sent to Norfolk Island on the Mary Ann. On 30 October he was sentenced to 100 lashes for 'repeatedly going to mount Pit' to catch birds for food. From at least 1801 he was employed as a constable; he also cultivated a farm. Around 1798 he began living with Elizabeth Anderson, whose husband John had either left the island or died. Flexmore and Elizabeth (and Elizabeth's three children with Anderson as well as their own two children) transferred to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) in August 1808 on the City of Edinburgh. Flexmore was granted land in the Queenborough/Sandy Bay area and later moved to Kempton. In 1809 he was recorded as holding 40 acres; the couple and four children were publicly rationed. In 1819, described as a constable of Hobart Town, he held 50 acres. In 1819 two of his sons had land close by. He died at Kempton on 31 May 1835; his burial was registered at St Marks, Kempton.
table 15 5th embarkation(from N.I) People who boarded City of Edinburgh at N.I 3 Sep 1808 for the Derwent,V.D.L. Francis Flexmore.Wife Elizabeth Bruce(First Fleeter).Children=William Bruce/Anderson,Daniel Bruce Anderson/John Bruce Anderson,George Bruce/Flexmore,Francis Bruce Flexmore. ref;the forgotten generation by reg wright. chez