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Joseph Job Broadbent was transported on the Earl Grey, departing 27th Aug 1836 and arriving 31st Dec 1836 with 52 passengers.
Built at Newcastle Upon Tyne in 1835. 571 tons. Made 4 voyages to Australia transporting convicts. n.b. Registers of some voyages are not yet complete - currently being updated. Please note if searching records.
Earl Grey (generic)References
| Primary Source | NSW Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849; 1836 Earl Grey; and http://members.pcug.org.au |
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Convict Notes
1837: Convict Muster – Joseph Broadbent was assigned to H Osborne, Illawarra (see NSW and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849; NSW General muster A-C 1837). 1838, 10 November: Joseph Job BROADBENT – granted Certificate of Freedom #38/1008; native place Staffordshire; blacksmith; homicide; tried Cape of Good Hope, 27 October 1831; seven years; born 1780; 5’3”, sallow complexion, brown hair mixed with grey, brown eyes; indented scar right side of forehead; grey whiskers (see NSW Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867; Butts of Certificates of Freedom 1838, November).
1836, 31 December: Joseph Job Broadbent was 52 when he arrived in NSW. He could not read or write; Protestant; widower, with two male children. His native place was Stafford, England. He was a blacksmith, and described as “good” at it; convicted of homicide at Uitenhage on 27 October 1831, 7 years. He had no previous convictions. He was 5’2”, with a sallow complexion, brown hair mixed with grey, brown eyes; indented scar right side of forehead, grey whiskers (see NSW, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842). 1837, 18 January: Prisoners from the Earl Grey were landed at the Point and marched to Hyde Park Barracks for inspection and assignment (see Sydney Gazette and NSW Advertiser, 19 Jan, p2). 1837, 23 January: The “210 prisoners from the Earl Grey were marched from Soldiers’ Point, where they were employed breaking stones, to be handed over to their various assignees or their agents” (see Sydney Gazette and NSW Advertiser, 24 Jan, p2).
1831, 27 October: The charge was "culpable homicide" and he was tried, on this day, in the Circuit Court at Uitenhage, Cape of Good Hope (Eastern Cape Province, South Africa). He was sentenced to seven years’ transportation. Joseph Job Broadbent was born in 1784 (52yo); native place Stafford, England; blacksmith. He was a widower with two children (see NSW Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849; 1836 Earl Grey; and http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/cgi-bin/irish/irish.cgi).
Prisoners from Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope: By mid-October, around 30 men on the Earl Grey were suffering from scurvy. The ship’s surgeon, William Evans, recommended that “the master call at the Cape for refreshment, experience having taught him that ‘lime juice and nitrate of potash are mere prophylactics' and that fresh meat and vegetables were the only sure means of ensuring health for the rest of the voyage” (see www.jenwilletts.com). The Earl Grey anchored in Simon's Bay (Simon’s Town), near Cape Town, on 4 November 1836. She remained there for eight days, taking on board fresh beef, mutton and vegetables as well as live bullocks and sheep. She also took on eight prisoners – among them was Joseph Job BROADBENT.