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Transportation
James May was transported on the Coromandel And Experiment, departing 31st Oct 1803 and arriving 7th May 1804 with 338 passengers.
Coromandel And Experiment (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 359 (179) |
| 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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Family connections for James (May) are: Some amendments added Sep 2025. MAY James (May) was born about 1771. He married Grace (???) in Surrey. He was tried at Surrey Assizes, sentenced to Life & arrived in NSW as a convict on 7 5 1804 after a voyage of 6months on COROMANDEL. He died on 9 12 1819 age48 & was buried at St Johns CofE Parramatta. [Some details taken from this Website] Grace (???) was born about 1779. She arrived in NSW with her child following her husband on 12 6 1804 afer a voyage of 5months on EXPERIMENT. She died on 17 9 1817 age38 & was buried at St Matthews CofE Windsor. James (May) & Grace (???) produced 3children: 1.Thomas (May) was born in 1802 probably in Surrey. He arrived in NSW with with his mother on 12 6 1804 afer a voyage of 5months on EXPERIMENT. He was a wheelwright when he married Rebecca (Mealmaker) on 26 5 1823 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He was still a wheelwright in 1826. ..Rebecca (Mealmaker) was born in 1806. She died in 1855 age about49. ..Details of Rebecca (Mealmaker)s family are given in entry fo George (Mealmaker ROYAL ADMIRAL) on this Website. ..Thomas (May) & Rebecca (Mealmaker) produced at least 3children: ..1.Thomas (May) was born on 17 9 1823 [also recorded at St James Melbourne Port Phillip District] & baptised on 28 3 1824 at St James CofE Sydney. ..2.James William (May) was born on 4 10 1826 & baptised on 29 10 1826 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. ..3.George Henry (May) was born on 8 11 1828 & baptised on 18 3 1829 at St James CofE Sydney. .. 2.Ann (May) was born on 1 1 1807 & baptised on 16 7 1820 age13 w/Elizabeth at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She married John (Kettle) on 24 12 1827 at Scots Kirk Sydney. ..John (Kettle) was born about 1801. He was recorded in 1828 & 1829 as a cabinetmaker. ..Ann (May) & John (Kettle) produced 1child: ..1.Georgiana (Kettle) was born on 24 6 1829 & baptised on 12 7 1829 at St James CofE Sydney. .. ..[Noted a Georgiana (Kettle), daughter of a cabinetmaker, who arrived in Australia free in 1823 on JUPITER is recorded as dying on 14 4 1828 age18 at Castlereagh St Sydney & buried at St James CofE Sydney; she would have been born about 1810 & age about13 on arrival-indicating a possible relation of John (Kettle)s family] .. 3.Elizabeth (May) was born on 17 3 1812 & baptised on 16 7 1820 age8 w/Ann at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She married at age14 William (Syret/t emancipist plasterer his second marriage) on 3 3 1826 at St Phillips CofE Sydney & produced 1child. She died on 4 12 1867 age55 in South Australia. ..William (Syret/t) aka Robert (Sayer) was born about 1796. He was tried for uttering forged notes, on 30 12 1818, at Suffolk Assizes on 26 3 1819, sentenced to death reprieved to Life, held at Ipswich co. gaol & arrived in NSW as a convict on 30 10 1819 after a voyage of 4.5months on MALABAR. He was a plasterer when he married firstly Hepzibah (Davis age16) on 1 7 1823 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He was Free by Servitude by 1828. He died on 6 8 1884 age88 father of 1known child near Wagga Wagga NSW. ..[Some details taken from this Website] Reference: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony.