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Transportation
William Haynes (D) was transported on the Hilsborough, departing 30th Sep 1798 and arriving 26th Jul 1799 with 300 passengers.
Hilsborough (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 255 (128); HRA Series 1, Volume2, 1797 - 1800, p. 376- 77 The Leeds Intelligencer: (a) Monday, March 20, 1797; pg. 3; and (b) Monday, June 26, 1797; pg. 3; State Records of NSW - Convict Ships indents: Indent of "Hillsborough" Burial Register of St Phillips Chrch Sydney Diary of convict William Noah per "Hillsborough". - 'A Voyage to Sydney in New South Wales in 1798 & 1799’ page 76 [online per Sta |
| 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
The Hillsborough hove-to in Sydney harbour on Friday 26 July. William Haynes was buried on Friday 2nd August in Sydney exactly one week after the ship arrived. He probably died that day or at most the day before, and would have been placed in the makeshift hospitals on being landed. Not only did 95 convicts die on board, more continued to die in the days after the ship's arrival. Governor Hunter wrote to England on Saturday 27th July (the day after the ship arrived), that "six more had died since being landed". Obviously that was with 24 hours of arrival. [Hunter to Duke of Portland, 27 July 1799 [from HRA Series 1, Volume2, 1797 - 1800, p. 376- 77] Obviously more kept dying for the whole week after that, if not later. Poor Haynes was one of them.
Wiliam Haynes was sentenced to 7 years transportation at York Assizes in March 1797 for stealing, departing on ‘Hillsborough’. The Leeds Intelligencer, Monday, March 20, 1797; pg. 3; “LEEDS, March 20th On Saturday sen’night, the assizes for this county were opened at York, by the Hon Sir Giles Rooke, Knight, one of his Majesty’s Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, before whom the following prisoners have taken their trials, viz; “ … William Haynes [Hillsborough] for stealing a box containing handkerchiefs etc, “ kept in York Castle prison for three months and removed to the Hulks in mid June 1797: The Leeds Intelligencer, Monday, June 26, 1797; pg. 3 “ Last week were removed from the castle of York the following eight male convicts, to be put on board the hulks at Spithead, Joseph Morton, John Clark, William Henderson, Jonathon Holdsworth, sentenced to be transported for life; George Matthews for fourteen years, William Benson, Edmund Fathy, and Thomas Storr, for seven years, where they are to remain until their respective sentences can be carried into execution.” Kept on the hulks one year and five months - from late June 1797 until late November 1798: 22 Nov 1798 - Sent from "Lyon" hulk Portsmouth to "Hillsborough" convict ship [per diary of convict William Noah 'A Voyage to Sydney in New South Wales in 1798 & 1799’.] William Noah listed nine York convicts from the “Lyon” hulk and recorded five of them as “Dead” on the voyage. He recorded William Haynes as “EAMES” withtrade of “Naylor” i.e. nailer.] 'Hillsborough' departed England 23 December 1798 Arrived NSW 29 July 1799 BURIAL - William Haynes died towards the end of the voyage of “Hillsborough”. Date not recored. BURIED 2nd August 1799, registered St Phillip’s Church of England.