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Transportation
James Hunt 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 49 (26) |
| 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 - SURPRISE ** Australia, Convict Index, 1788-1868 Name James Hunt Age 23 Birth Year Abt 1767 Arrival Year 1790 Arrival State New South Wales Trial Place Middlesex Ship Surprise Comments d1790 CONDITIONS; Rev. Richard Johnson described his visit to the SURPRISE: - a great number of them laying, some half and others nearly quite naked without either bed or bedding unable to turn or help themselves. Spoke to them as I passed along, but the smell was so offensive that I could scarcely bear it. Johnson was persuaded not to venture into the SCARBOROUGH's prison.
At the Old Bailey Sessions of 27 February 1788 in London, John Colley, John Hayes and James Hunt were sentenced to 7 years transportation for the theft of lead lining from the roofs of four adjacent houses in Farmer Street Shadwell. On 12 August he was sent from Newgate Gaol to the Ceres hulk at Portsmouth, age given as 20. He was embarked on the Surprise, part of the Second Fleet on 30 November 1789. This convict ship had an extremely high death rate, and he was buried at Sydney Cove on 10 July 1790. Sources: Old Bailey trial: https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t17880227-63-defend690&div=t17880227-63#highlight Flynn, Michael, The Second Fleet : Britain’s Grim Convict Armada of 1790, Library of Australian History, 1993