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Edward Jones was transported on the General Hewett, departing 31st Jul 1813 and arriving 7th Feb 1814 with 301 passengers.
The Windham and General Hewett left England the 24th of August, in convoy with the Wansted, Capt. Moore, who sailed from hence last Thursday for Batavia; the General Hewett arrived at Rio the 17th of November, and sailed again the 2d of December. Together with the military detachments, she received on board for this Settlement 300 male prisoners, of whom we are sorry to report the death of 35, whose names we shall endeavour to procure an account of, and publish in the next Gazette, for the information of their friends and families in Great Britain. Sydney Gazette, Sat 12 Feb 1814.
General HewettReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 121 (62) |
| 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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1828 NSW Census Index. Edward Jones, age 56, F.S. Gen. Hewett, 1814, 7 years, protestant, Labourer, L.P. Head, (Lower Portland) Has 15 acres of land, all cleared and cultivated.
Old Bailey Online EDWARD JONES. Theft; theft from a specified place. 7th April 1813. Text type Trial account Defendants EDWARD JONES Offences Theft > Theft from place Session Date 7th April 1813 Reference Number t18130407-102 Verdicts Guilty > Lesser offence Punishments Transportation 446. EDWARD JONES was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 9th of March , two silver gravy spoons, value 32 s. a silver table spoon, value 1 l. the property of the Reverend William Cloyne , bishop of Cloyne, in Ireland , in his dwelling-house . GEORGE COTTLE . I am butler to his lordship the bishop of Cloyne; his house is No. 11, Montague-square, in the parish of Marybone . On the 9th of March, I was in the servants hall, busy, about a quarter before twelve, in the middle of the day. I heard the plates rattle in my pantry. I halloaed out, who is it in the pantry. I spoke loud enough for the prisoner to hear. Nobody answered. I ran to see who was in the pantry. He got to the side door, and in the passage, before I got to the area door, I heard the silver rattle. I ran up the area steps. I ran over two large gravy-spoons that had fallen from the prisoner. Q. Did you see them fall - A. No, I did not. They were on the area steps. I saw one spoon fall from one step to the other. I pursued the prisoner; he ran very fast indeed. He had got about forty yards when I overtook him. I collared him, and took him to Marybone watchhouse. Q. What did he say for himself when you laid hold of him - A. He said it was through want. I never lost sight of him from the area steps until I collared him. JOHN PEARSON . I am an officer. I produce the spoons. I took this table spoon out of his pocket, and these are the two gravy spoons. Cottle. They are the bishop's spoons. Prisoner's Defence. I throw myself on the mercy of the court. GUILTY, aged 39, Of stealing to the value of 39 s. only . Transported for Seven Years . First Middlesex jury, before Mr. Recorder.