Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Isaac Holmes was transported on the Grenada, departing 30th Apr 1819 and arriving 21st Oct 1819 with 152 passengers.
Grenada (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 158 |
| 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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"4 x Great-Grandfather"
"Ancestor, maternal side"
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Convict Notes
Notes from the trial of Isaac Holmes. 143. ISAAC HOLMES was indicted for stealing, on the 20th of November , one pair of pantaloons, value 30 s. , the goods of John Wells . JOHN WELLS . I am a tailor , and live in High-street, St. Giles's . On the 28th of November, about nine o'clock in the evening, the pantaloons hung at my window; the alarm was given, I ran to the door, found the prisoner there, and the pantaloons by his side. JEREMIAH MAIDMENT . I am a Bow-street officer. I was coming by, and heard a cry of Stop thief; I saw the prisoner come out of the prosecutor's door, I seized him, and he dropped the trowsers. (Property produced and sworn to.) Prisoner's Defence. I was never in the shop. GUILTY . Aged 18. Transported for Seven Years . First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Recorder. Source. Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 30 January 2020), December 1818, trial of ISAAC HOLMES (t18181202-146).
Sources for Notes on Arrival, Convicts Disembarked, Letter of Thanks, and Convict Assignment. [2] Bateson, Charles Library of Australian History (1983). The convict ships, 1787-1868 (Australian ed). Library of Australian History, Sydney : pp.342-343, 383. [3] Journal of Emanuel Lazzaretto on the voyage of the Grenada in 1819. Ancestry.com. UK, Royal Navy Medical Journals, 1817-1857 Original data: The National Archives. Kew, Richmond, Surrey. Free Settler or Felon Convict Ship Grenada 1819 https://www.jenwilletts.com/convict_ship_grenada_1819.htm
Source for arrival. Detail Class: HO 10; Piece: 12 Source Information Title New South Wales, Australia, Settler and Convict Lists, 1787-1834 Author Ancestry.com
21 October 1819. Arrival. Port Jackson After a voyage of 166 days, the Grenada arrived in Port Jackson 21 October 1819 with 152 male prisoners. There were no deaths of convicts on the voyage. Four of the soldier's wives gave birth. Convicts Disembarked On the morning of Saturday 30 October, the prisoners from the Atlas and Grenada were landed and inspected by His Excellency, Governor Macquarie; who was afterwards complimented the Commanders and Surgeons on the very fine and healthy appearance of their people. In the usual mode of enquiry His Excellency applied to the men individually whether they had any cause of complaint as respected their treatment or allowance on the passage; but the men looked so well and hearty, and appeared to have been so very well used, as to deserve His Excellency's congratulations. Letters of Thanks On 6 November the Sydney Gazette reported that they were in receipt of a Letter of Thanks addressed to Captain Ascough and Dr. Evan Evans of the Malabar, from the prisoners, for the humane attention to their health and comfort experienced during the passage; and a similar Letter from the prisoners brought by the Grenada addressed to the Captain of that ship also; and also to Emanuel Lazarretto M.D. F.R.S Surgeon Superintendent of that ship. Convict Assignment The prisoners together with those of the Atlas were distributed throughout the colony on arrival. One hundred and three men were first sent to Parramatta by water and then transferred overland to the agricultural establishment at Emu Plains. Thirty-six convicts of the Grenada have been identified residing in the Hunter River region in later years. Some were sent to the penal settlement at Newcastle for colonial crimes soon after arrival. Convicts and passengers of the Grenada identified in the Hunter Valley region: ............... Isaac Holmes............
The Voyage. A routine of cleaning and scraping the decks and ventilating the prison was established early in the voyage and convicts (usually about 40 at a time) were allowed on deck under guard. The Surgeon often read a Church service at 11am. By 24th May a school had been established with one man of each mess to teach the others to read. The men were also employed picking oakum and reading the bible. They touched at Teneriffe and departed from there on 4th June 1819. On the 13th August the leg irons were removed from 18 prisoners and by the 17th August the irons had been removed from all the prisoners in consequence of their good behaviour. Sources. [2] Bateson, Charles Library of Australian History (1983). The convict ships, 1787-1868 (Australian ed). Library of Australian History, Sydney : pp.342-343, 383. [3] Journal of Emanuel Lazzaretto on the voyage of the Grenada in 1819. Ancestry.com. UK, Royal Navy Medical Journals, 1817-1857 Original data: The National Archives. Kew, Richmond, Surrey. https://www.jenwilletts.com/convict_ship_grenada_1819.htm
8 May 1819. Departure aboard convict ship Grenada from England Emanuel Lazzaretto kept a Medical Journal from 15 March 1819 to 18th November 1819. He recorded that eighty-two prisoners were embarked on the Grenada on 21st April 1819 from the Retribution Hulk and on the 22nd another seventy men from the Bellerophon hulk at Sheerness. 1 Source https://www.jenwilletts.com/convict_ship_grenada_1819.htm
31 Dec 1818. Residence. Woolwich, Kent, England Held on prison hulk 'Retribution' awaiting transportation. Source. Detail Home Office: Convict Prison Hulks: Registers and Letter Books; Class: HO9; Piece: 7 Source Information Title UK, Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849 Author Ancestry.com
2 Dec 1818.Conviction and sentence. Middlesex, England 143. ISAAC HOLMES was indicted for stealing, on the 20th of November, one pair of pantaloons, value 30s, the goods of John Wells. Sentenced to 7 years transportation. Source. Detail Class: HO 26; Piece: 24; Page: 105 Source Information Title England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 Author Ancestry.com
27 Jan 1800. Birth. Stoke Damerel, Devon, England Source. Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.