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Voyage
Transportation
Job Jones was transported on the Earl Spencer, departing 30th Apr 1813 and arriving 9th Oct 1813 with 203 passengers.
Built 1803, London - Thames, 672 ton required 56 crew and mounted with 16 guns.
Earl Spencer (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 100 |
| 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 following sixteen convicts under sentence of have been this week sent from our county gaol to the hulks, Langston harbour, near Portsmouth, viz. John Harrison, William Moorwood, William Henry Chesters, Thomas Snelson, Sylvester Hull, Samuel Hickman, Benjamin Walters, James Johnson, Job Jones, John Wi d, James Cliffe, George Scott, John Yates the elder, John Kenrick and William Crump. Staffordshire Advertiser, 29 Aug 1812. Hulk Records. HO-9-8_2 (Page 14/51) Portsmouth hulks, Leviathan, Captivity and Portland. Received ten prisoners from Stafford, 28 Aug 1812 .Job Jones, age 25, Forged notes, Tried Stafford, 12 March 1812, 14 years, NSW, Earl Spencer.
A man named Job Jones, in employ of Bootle, Perry Barr, Staffordshire, has been committed to the county gaol, for uttering, at Walsall, forged two-pound Bank of England note. When apprehended, there were found in his possession 47 two-pound notes, well executed. Chester Chronicle, 28 Feb 1812. —Job Jones for uttering a forged note, and having in his possession forty-eight others-—Transp, 14 yrs, Shrewsbury Chronicle, 20 March 1812.
Job Jones was a servant of William Booth who was hanged for forging coins as well as a printing high quality paper currency. Booth's counterfeiting knew no bounds and encompassed gold and silver coinage, Bank of England and provincial banknotes, as well as the newly-introduced eighteen pence, three shilling and five shilling (Dollar) Bank of England tokens. Even though a servant, Job Jones, was arrested in Walsall with forged notes, subsequently being transported for 14 years, Booth still brazenly went about his business. Elizabeth Chidlow (Wanstead 1813) was also transported for operating the printing presses. Colonial Secretary Papers: JONES, Job. Per "Earl Spencer", 1813 11/9/1824: Absent from his master's service for seven years; ordered to be forwarded to the Colonial Secretary. On return of proceedings of the Bench of Magistrates, Parramatta (Reel 6023; 4/6671 p.49) 30/10/1824: Runaway for seven years; apprehended by William Wells. Petition of Wells for remuneration (Reel 6062; 4/1781 p.327) 27/10/1824: Sent to Hyde Park Barracks (Reel 6013; 4/3512 p.620) 1/6/1826: COF 1838: NSW BDM had a death recorded for Job Jones, aged 60.