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William Floyd 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 50 |
| 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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** Ship; NEPTUNE ** Australia, Convict Index, 1788-1868 Name William Floyd Age 16 Birth Year Abt 1774 Arrival Year 1790 Arrival State New South Wales Trial Place Old Bailey Middlesex Ship Neptune © 1997-2025 Ancestry ** No further records found at this stage - possibly one of the 160 who died during the voyage CONDITIONS ;- Approximately 500 convicts. 420 males and 78 females sailed. Around 160 convicts died on VOYAGE & 8 out of 10 surviving died shortly on arrival – Highest mortality rate of any Convict ship during the period of Transportation – 1788 – 1868. On arrival at Sydney Cove only 42 of the convicts were able to crawl over the ships side the rest had to be lifted out. In 1791 a number of Neptune crew members lodged statements alleging cruel treatment of the convicts on the ship and in 1792 legal action was taken against Capt Donald Trail and Neptune's chief mate – Tried at The Old Bailey – 1792. AQUITTED Tried at The Old Bailey - 1792
Old Bailey Online 40. WILLIAM FLOYD and DANIEL HAWLEY were indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 19th of April , an eight-day table clock, value 4 l. 15 s. the property of Thomas Wilkinson , in his dwelling house . MARY WILKINSON sworn. My husband keeps a broker's shop , in Princes-street, Westminster; on the 19th of April, about a quarter past six in the evening, I went out of the shop into the back parlour for the space of two minutes; as I was taking a cup out of the cupboard I saw a boy going down the steps from the shop door; I did not observe that he had any thing with him, I turned round and missed the clock instantly; he was stopped, and brought back with the clock in his apron; he had a blue apron on. Which of the prisoners was that? - Floyd; I had seen the clock there when I left the shop. What may be the value of the clock? - Four guineas and a half. JOHN EDWARDS sworn. I live in Dartmouth-row; I saw the two prisoners coming down the row, at the bottom of the row there was a coach standing; when they came there, Floyd called out, balt; I thought they were upon no good intent; I was willing to perceive what they would be at, and I watched them; they came past Mr. Wilkinson's door, and returned back again; I saw them both go into the shop; Hawley came out first; I did not perceive that he had any thing of property on him, so I let him go; I waited for the other, and he came out in about a minute, with this clock in his apron; (producing it.) Hawley had got about twenty yards off; I collared Floyd, and asked what he had got there; he said a clock, he had found it behind a shutter place; says I, I know where you found it; and I brought him back with the clock. What became of the other? - Another man pursued him, and took him. WILLIAM LAMBERT sworn. I saw Edwards take Floyd by the collar, I followed the other prisoner, and took him. Did he run? - No. Did he say any thing for himself? - Not a syllable; I had seen the prisoners together for three or four days before. See originalClick to see original WILLIAM ASHTON sworn. I am a constable; I took charge of the two prisoners; as I was taking them along, Floyd said, they can't hang us, the door was open when I went in; we shall only go to Botany-Bay for seven years, and that at my age, will soon whip away; the other behaved very civil. (The clock deposed to by the Prosecutrix) HAWLEY's DEFENCE. I never saw Floyd before in my life; I went into the shop to ask the way to Tothill-fields, but nobody being in the shop I came out again. To Edwards. Did these boys go into the shop together? - No; Floyd went in first, the other past the prosecutor's door, and turned back and followed Floyd in; they came down Dartmouth-row together. Hawley. That was the first time I ever saw him; I asked him the way, and he said he was a stranger as well as I, and could not tell me. FLOYD's DEFENCE. I went into the shop to ask the way to Stutton-ground; but seeing nobody, I came out again; I found the clock lying behind a shutter place; I never saw Hawley before. HAWLEY, NOT GUILTY . FLOYD, GUILTY, Of stealing to the value of 39 s. Aged 13. Tried by the first Middlesex Jury before Mr. RECORDER.