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Thomas Jones 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 55 (29) St Peter’s Burial Register, East Maitland No. 382 page 26 JONES, Thomas. Per "Scarborough", 1790 1794 Feb 20; 1798 Apr 6 On list of all grants and leases of land registered in the Colonial Secretary's Office (Fiche 3267, 9/2731 p.92; Fiche 3268, 9/2731 p.100) On list of convicts who have received absolute pardons [Feb 1812] (Fiche 3292; 4/6974.1 p.79) |
| 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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JONES, Thomas arrived Per "Scarborough", 1790 Received land grants in 1794 & 1798 Absolute Pardon 1812
Buried in Glebe Cemetery, East Maitland. Died 13 June 1844 & buried 15 June 1844. Anglican Chaplain George Keylock Rusden recorded alongside his name, ‘Arrived in 1790. Free by servitude’.
Old Bailey Online THOMAS JONES. Theft; theft from a specified place. 7th May 1788. Text type Trial account Defendants THOMAS JONES Offences Theft > Theft from place Session Date 7th May 1788 Reference Number t17880507-49 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 378. THOMAS JONES was indicted for stealing, on the 30th of August , thirty pounds weight of lead, value 5 s. belonging to Joseph Key , gentleman , and affixed to a certain gutter, belonging to a certain empty house of his, against the statute . A second Count, Charging him with stealing, eight pounds of other lead, belonging to the said Joseph Key. ELY LEVINETT sworn. I know Mr. Key's house in Kelmel-buildings ; I took the lead from the house myself; on the 30th of August last; I saw the prisoner; I went in the morning, about five, to take some old doors from there; I went up one pair of stairs, and took one door from there; I went into the two pair of stairs, in the back room, I found no body; I looked about, and heard some thing go, tap tap, at top of the house; I went out of the back garret window, and got up by the tiles in the gutter, by the chimney; there I saw the prisoner; I stood for the value of half a minute; he was at work; he was so busy he did not see me; then I said, you rascal, what do you here? you have more lead than you can carry away; with that he looked at me, and jumped up over the ridges of the house, and got away; I have known the boy ever since he was a child; I took the lead and folded it up closer than it was before, and threw it down off the house, and took it home in my possession. Did it appear to be fresh ripped? - Yes; for I was in the gutter the day before, and the lead was all safe then. What quantity of lead was there? - I look upon it, about fifty or sixty pounds; but I never had it weighed. How much is lead worth a pound? - About sixteen shillings per hundred weight; I saw nothing of the prisoner after, till he was caught for another crime, about three weeks ago; then, Mr. Key sent for me, to go and see whether it was the same person, when he was in custody; I am sure he was the same person; he had a short knife in his hand when I saw him at work. Prisoner. As he as taken one false oath, he will take another. MURRAY sworn. I apprehended the boy. RICHARD BRIGGS sworn. I am a watchman; I helped to take him. (The prisoner called one witness to his character.) GUILTY . Transported for seven years . Tried by the second Middlesex Jury before Mr. RECORDER.