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Transportation
George Hay was transported on the Earl Grey, departing 27th Aug 1836 and arriving 31st Dec 1836 with 50 passengers.
Built at Newcastle Upon Tyne in 1835. 571 tons. Made 4 voyages to Australia transporting convicts. n.b. Registers of some voyages are not yet complete - currently being updated. Please note if searching records.
Earl Grey (generic)References
| Primary Source | NSW Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849; 1836 Earl Grey; and http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/cgi-bin/irish/irish.cgi |
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Convict Notes
1837: Convict Muster – George HAY per Earl Grey is assigned to CI Campbell, Illawarra (see NSW and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849; NSW General muster D-J 1837). 1839, 21 October: George HAY per Earl Grey granted Certificate of Freedom #39/1850; soldier and labourer; born 1807; 5’7¾”, dark ruddy complexion; hair brown, mixed with grey; brown eyes; five small moles and scar lower right arm; mark of a bile [mole] inside left elbow (see NSW Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867).
1836, 31 December: Arrived in NSW; aged 29; can read but can't write; Protestant; single; soldier; native place Edinburgh (see NSW, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842). 1837, 18 January: Prisoners from the Earl Grey were landed at the Point and marched to Hyde Park Barracks for inspection and assignment (see Sydney Gazette and NSW Advertiser, 19 Jan, p2). 1837, 23 January: The “210 prisoners from the Earl Grey were marched from Soldiers’ Point, where they were employed breaking stones, to be handed over to their various assignees or their agents” (see Sydney Gazette and NSW Advertiser, 24 Jan, p2).
CRIME: It's not unknown; the option is just not listed above. 1832, 15 August: George HAY was tried in the Criminal Sessions of the Supreme Court, at Cape Town, for public violence. He was convicted and sentenced to seven years’ transportation to NSW. He was 29, born 1807; native place Edinburgh, Scotland; single; and a soldier (see NSW Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849; 1836 Earl Grey; and http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/cgi-bin/irish/irish.cgi).
Prisoners from Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope: By mid-October, around 30 men on the Earl Grey were suffering from scurvy. The ship’s surgeon, William Evans, recommended that “the master call at the Cape for refreshment, experience having taught him that ‘lime juice and nitrate of potash are mere prophylactics' and that fresh meat and vegetables were the only sure means of ensuring health for the rest of the voyage” (see www.jenwilletts.com). The Earl Grey anchored in Simon's Bay (Simon’s Town), near Cape Town, on 4 November 1836. She remained there for eight days, taking on board fresh beef, mutton and vegetables as well as live bullocks and sheep. She also took on eight prisoners – among them was George HAY.