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Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Emerson Jordan was transported on the Phoenix, departing 4th Mar 1828 and arriving 14th Jul 1828 with 191 passengers.
Built at Thames, England 1798. 589 tons.
Phoenix (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 327 (165) |
| 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
When the rest of the family came, they were assisted immigrants who arrived in NSW aboard the ship "City of Edinburgh" in Aug 1837. The indent recorded: Mrs Jordon age 60 going to husband in colony George Jordon age 22 shoemaker, son of above. James Drake 21 waterman. Letitia Drake 18 waterman's wife. So it would appear that the elder son William was already settled in England and did not make the move. The second son, George is on the ship as is the daughter Letitia and her husband. There was another son, John, who had died prior to his father being convicted. The elder son, William did come to Australia at some time, before his mother and siblings. He married Eliza Bradley at Castlereagh in 1834.
Arrived in the colony just in time for the Census in 1828. Page 215... [Ref J0939] Jordan, Emmerson, 40, GS, Phoenix, 1828, 7 years, Catholic, Labourer for Sir john Jamison at Evan.
Emerson was the brother of my gggg-grandmother Lydia Jordan (alt. Jarden in the East Anglian accent). He had several altercations with the law. In 1817 he was jailed in Ipswich for 18 months for 'larceny' (theft). In 1824 he was acquitted of burglary. In 1827 he was back in Ipswich Quarter Sessions charged with two others of stealing pigs and turkeys. He was found guilty of receiving a turkey having produced an alibi. The court seemed to have exacted the full penalty - seven years transportation. Perhaps they had seen enough of him. His behaviour in prison was described as bad until his conviction! Emerson and his family lived in the Kelsale and Saxmundham area of Suffolk and they were agricultural labourers. His wife Letitia and son William followed him to Australia in 1837. Emerson died in Penrith, NSW in 1852.