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Voyage
Transportation
James Leek was transported on the Guildford, departing 31st Jul 1811 and arriving 18th Jan 1812 with 214 passengers.
The ‘Guildford’ was built on the River Thames, England in 1810. Used as a Convict Transport ship to Australia - voyages 1812, 1816, 1818, 1820, 1822, 1824, 1827 & 1829. The ship was lost at sea near Singapore in 1831, loosing all aboard.
Guildford (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 49(26) |
| 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
James Leek was born about 1779. Conviction: James Leek, age recorded as 29, was tried on 26 October 1808 at the Old Bailey in London. He was tried for "feloniously stealing on the 10th of July, a coat, value 5 s. the property of John Brown", from Brown's public house where he was staying in Old Pye Street, Westminster. He was found guilty and "Judgment respited": he was sentenced to seven years transportation. James Leek was received on the Retribution hulk at Woolwich on 25 February 1809, his age recorded as 29, where he was imprisoned until his transfer to his ship for transportation on 8 August 1811. He was transported on the Guildford which left England in August 1811 and arrived Sydney, New South Wales on 18 January 1812. In the 1814 General Muster he was listed as James Leak (Guildford), convict at the Lumber Yard, Sydney. Marriage: James Leek married Mary Melling on 23 May 1815 at St Philips Church of England, Sydney. The register recorded that James Leek was a bachelor, resident of Sydney, carpenter, who signed the register. Mary Melling, aged 26 years, spinster, resident of Sydney, marked the register with a cross. They were married by banns by William Cowper, Assistant Chaplain. Witnesses were William Hilliard and Esther Jones. They had the following children, (Elizabeth's baptism has not been found; the others were baptised at St Philip's Church of England, Sydney): Elizabeth b. about 1815, William b. 1817, Mary Ann b.1819, Jane b.1821, Kitty b.1823, Margaret b.1827, William John b.1830, In the 1825 General Muster he was listed as James Leek, (7 years, Guildford 1812), Free by Servitude, Householder, living in Clarence Street Sydney, with daughters Elizabeth 11, Mary Ann 7, Jane 5. His wife was listed as Mary "Milling", (Broxbornebury 1814), Free by Servitude, residence Sydney, "Wife of James Leek". His occupation was carpenter in the baptismal records of Margaret in 1827 and William John in 1830. Death: James Leek died on 10 August 1858 and was buried on 12 August at Camperdown Cemetery, the register of St Stephen's Newtown recording his age 81 years, occupation labourer, and abode Clarence Street, Sydney.