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Joshua Illingworth Jennings was transported on the Neva, departing 27th Jul 1833 and arriving 21st Nov 1833 with 170 passengers.
The Neva was a Three-Masted Barque built at Hull in 1813, Lloyd's register 1814. Traded between England & Jamaica then refitted in 1830's to carry convicts. Tons burthen: 327 bm (builders old measurement) Length: 104 ft 4 in (31.80 m) Beam: 27 ft 1 in (8.26 m) Height: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Armament: 4 × 9-pounder guns Second voyage transporting convicts to Australia ended in a disaster, being shipwrecked near King Island, Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) in 1835. It is recorded that only 15 survived, 6 being Irish female convict women and several crew including Capt. Peck. They were transported to Launceston. On board were also several free passengers and children. A total of 224 lives lost and one of the worst ship wrecks in history.
Neva (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 186 |
| 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 tickets of leave of the undermentioned Prisoners of the Crown have been cancelled for the reasons stated opposite their respective names:— Joshua Illingworth Jennings, Neva, being of unsound mind; Goulburn Bench. NSW Govt Gazette, 22 Jan 1847.
NSW Convict Index. Ann Browne, per Palambam, 1831, Ticket of Leave, No 37/1320. District, Bathurst; Tried, Cork City. Ann Browne, per Palambam, 1831, Certificate of Freedom, 7 Feb 1838, No 38/0983. TL 37/1320. Convict Permission to Marry. Joshua Illingsworth Jennings, per Neva, age 45, Life, T of L; disallowed; and Ann Browne, per Palambam, age 35, 7 years, Free. Disallowed; married. Date of Permission, 11 April 1845, Bathurst. NSW BMD Marriage Reg: 393/1845. Joshua Jennings and Ann Brown, MC district. (Church of England. Bungonia; Goulburn; St Saviour's (Co. Argyle); Goulburn Plains; Lake Bathurst; Marulan )