Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Charles Keeling 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 48. Old Bailey CCC. NSW State Archives. |
| 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 |
Claims
No one has claimed Charles Keeling yet.
Photos
No photos have been added for Charles Keeling.
Convict Notes
Australia, Convict Index Name Charles Keeling [Charles Morrison] Age 36 Birth Year Abt 1752 Arrival Year 1788 Arrival State New South Wales Trial Place Old Bailey Middlesex Ship Neptune Comments d1790 © 1997-2025 Ancestry Australia, Death Index. Name Charles Keeling Death Date 1790 Death Place Sydney, New South Wales Registration Date 1790 Registration Place Sydney, Australia Volume Number V 1790195 2a
Old Bailey Online CHARLES KEELING. Miscellaneous; returning from transportation. 10th September 1783 Text type Trial account Defendants CHARLES KEELING Offences Miscellaneous > Return from transportation Session Date 10th September 1783 Reference Number t17830910-20 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Death, No punishment > Pardon, Transportation 615. CHARLES KEELING was indicted for returning from transportation, and being found at large on the 1st of September last, without any lawful cause . (The Record read as before.) JOHN OWEN sworn. Look at the prisoner, do you recollect him? - Yes, in April sessions, 1783. He was then tried under the Record that has just been read? - Yes. DAVID HINDES sworn. I apprehended the prisoner at Ashbourn, in Kent . Did he make any resistance, or did he surrender himself quietly? - Very quietly. THOMAS BRADBURY sworn. I remember the prisoner amongst those that I had to transport. What was his behaviour? - Very good, I believe he was brother to Robert Keeling . Did he assist in writing that memorial, and getting the people to subscribe to it? - I believe he did, it was either he or his brother. Prisoner. I only refer to my good behaviour to him, while he was in possession of the vessel? - Very well, he conducted himself well afterwards. PRISONER's DEFENCE. There is no doubt of my being here at large, when I found my destined place was for Africa, and my sentence was to America, we understood all of us, my Lord, which was the reason of our first opposition, and the cause of our first reluctance that we were to go to Africa. Court. You could not easily conceive that? - Some of the men informed us that our destination was for Africa; if they could not dispose of us in America, they were to dispose of us in Africa. Court to Bradbury. Was there any thing of that kind given out? - Not to my knowledge, not a word. Prisoner. At the time of our going, it was a doubt, whether they would accept of us at America, or not, and if not, we were to be sent on shore at Africa. Court. You know that the contractors always give a bond to deliver the prisoners, and to receive a certificate that he has delivered them. Prisoner. They said they were to leave us where they pleased. GUILTY Death . These three were tried by the second Middlesex Jury before Mr. DEPUTY RECORDER. Prisoner. My Lord, there is one David Hart has been accused as a ringleader; I declare, he was not upon deck at the time the vessel was taken, if I was to leave the world to-morrow. [Pardon on condition of Transportation. See summary.]
Charles KEELING /alias MORRISON was convicted at Middlesex Court, London on 27 Feb 1788 for stealing silver wear. 7 yr transportation sentence.