Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Jonathan Griffiths was transported on the Scarborough, departing 19th Jan 1790 and arriving 28th Jun 1790 with 16 passengers.
430 tons, built Scarborough 1782. One of the ships of the First Fleet to Australia. (Details of these convicts transported are found under 'Lady Penrhyn, Scarborough & Alexander)
Scarborough (generic)References
| Primary Source | Flynn, Michael. The Second Fleet: Britains Grim Convict Armada of 1790. Griffiths, John. Jonathan Griffiths Australian Heritage. |
Claims
"My sixth great grandfather"
"my 3rd great-grandfather"
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Convict Notes
Noted there are 2entries for Johnathan (Griffith/s) on this Website.
Sorry, accidentally deleted this new entry. Thomas Leonard Clement (0) at 8:27am, 7th June 2021 wrote of Jonathan Griffiths: https://www.tuckerjr.com/getperson.php?personID=I0118&tree=Tucker-Eatch Hi, I dont know who Tucker Family is but they have way researched this as per link. My Grandmother on Dad’s side was Edna May Griffiths ( my surname Clement ). I was in Canberra last week and William Harold Griffiths is listed at the War Memorial as died in Belgium in WW1. Not sure if you want any info off this but thought would at least send. Regards, Tom
Jonathan married Eleanor McDonald (Convict, Queen, 1791) in February 1796. He was then involved in shipbuilding in the Hawkesbury area. He and Eleanor had 9 children in the next 16 years. His shipbuilding and other enterprises really went well. by 1820 he had moved much of his business to Launceston in Van Diemens Land. He had expanded to farming, grazing, boat building, ship chandling, building, steam flour mill and a warehouse. By 1830 he had a 7000 acre property around Freshwater Bay and a stone house which still survives. When he died in 1839, he was reputed to be the richest man in Tasmania.
Jonathan was the youngest of 4 children, born at Stone Gloucestershire. He was orphaned by the age of 10. At age 15 he was committed to Gloucester Gaol with another boy. They had stolen a box of clothing from a wagon. He was sentenced to 7 years transportation and held in Gloucester Castle for a period of ten months, until 15 July 1789. He was sent to the 'Fortune' hulk at Portsmouth. He worked on the fortification works at Portsmouth for a period ans was then included in a list of useful workers that the superintendent wished to hold back from transportation. However, in spite of this he was embarked on Scarborough on 30 November 1789.