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Transportation
George Paddle 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 62 |
| 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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Convict Notes
7/4/1788 Salisbury and Winchester Journal Wiltshire, England: At the assizes for Somerset, held at Taunton, George Paddle for stealing two asses.
George appears to have been doing quite well, he had purchased extra property and was quite a success as a settler, then in 1809 a terrible thing happened! On the evening of Thursday last George Padbill, a settler at Kissing Point, put an end to his own existence by strangling himself with a handkerchief, one end of which was tied fast about his neck, and the other to a branch of a tree not of sufficient height to prevent his knees from almost touching the ground. - A Coroner's inquest summoned from Parramatta, sat on the body on Friday, who returned a Verdict - Suicide! - The deceased was an old man, supposed to be in tolerable circumstances' but is conjectured to have been tempted to commit the rash act by a temporary embarrassment of a pecuniary nature. This devastating action left Mary with a large, very young family to look after.
In the colony, George married Mary O'Brien (Convict, Bellona, 1793). The solemnization of matrimony by banns between George Patfield and Mary Brien and married this 19th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety three by me Richard Johnson. Mary Brien made her X mark In the presence of Thomas Winston and Luke Jones. The couple had 8 children between 1793 and 1807.