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Transportation
Joshua Peck was transported on the Charlotte, departing 13th May 1787 and arriving 22nd Jan 1788 with 111 passengers.
Being 335 tons, 105 ft long and 28 ft at the beam, The Charlotte held 88 male and 20 female convicts. Built in 1784 and Skippered by Master Thomas Gilbert, her return to England saw her doing the London - Jamacia run until she was sold to a Quebec merchant in 1818 and was then lost off the coast of Newfoundland that very same year.
CharlotteReferences
| Primary Source | Australia, Convict Index, 1788-1868 |
Claims
"6x Great Grandfather through his daughter, Elizabeth Peck"
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Convict Notes
This person is also entered on ship SCARBOROUGH 1788.
Australia, Convict Index, 1788-1868 Name Joshua Peck Age 33 Birth Year Abt 1755 Arrival Year 1788 Arrival State New South Wales Trial Place Exeter Ship Charlotte © 1997-2024 Ancestry 1794 - 20 February 1794. On list of all grants & leases of land registered in the Colonial Secretary's Office District of Prospect Hill. 30 acres Annual rent; 1 shilling after 10 years 1797 - 10 May 1797. On list of all grants & leases of land registered in the Colonial Secretary's Office District of Prospect. 50 acres. Grant Annual rent - 1 shilling after 10 years 1821 - 6 January 1821. Entrance Book. Sydney Ship; Charotte. Jos. Peck Snr. Free Born. Josh Peck Jnr Free Born. Thos. Peck Free Born. Wm Pec, Committed by Criminal Court Sentence; 14 years each The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) Sat 7 Jul 1821. Page 4 HOBART TOWN INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CRIMINAL JURISDICTION. Joshua Peck, the elder, William Peck, Joshua Peck,) the younger, and Thomas Peck, were placed on trial, charged with having feloniously killed ten sheep, the property of our Lord the King. Also, with having felonously killed an heifer, the property of one Thomas Daley. The prisoners, in this case, were a father and his three sons, the youngest about 15 years of age; and, in support of the charge.................. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2180354?searchTerm=joshua%20Peck 1821 - New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers Prisoner brought from Port Dalrymple per "Jupiter" Comments Per "Charlotte", 1788 1821 - 5 June 1821. New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers Prisoner arrived from Port Dalrymple per "Jupiter" under sentence of transportation to Newcastle; to be held in Sydney Gaol Comments Per "Charlotte", 1788 1823 - New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers Sentenced at Court of Criminal Jurisdiction, Van Diemen's Land, 1821 and trans-ported to New South Wales. Petition for mitigation of sentence Transported from Van Diemen's Land to New South Wales; former overseer of tobacco plantation in North America. Petition to return to Van Diemen's Land to grow tobacco Per "Charlotte", 1788 Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index Name Joshua Peck Gender Male Birth Date 1756 Birth Place Exeter, City of Exeter, Devon, England Death Date 24 Feb 1825 Death Place Newcastle City, New South Wales, Australia Cemetery Christ Church Cathedral Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place Newcastle, Newcastle City, New South Wales, Australia Has Bio? N Spous; Mary Peck Children; Thomas Peck. Joshua Peck. Elizabeth Stevenson https://www.findagrave.com