Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
David Rees was transported on the Surrey Or Surry, departing 2nd Oct 1822 and arriving 4th Mar 1823 with 161 passengers.
Built at Harwich in 1811 a square-rigged transport ship of 443 tons and copper lined she had two decks with a height between decks of 5 ft. 8 ins. In 1818, she had a major refit increasing the decks (and convict carrying capacity) to three. She was owned by the London firm of F. & C.F. Mangles.
Surrey Or Surry (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 225 (113) |
| 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
Absconded Prisoners. 1. David Rees, Surry 4, 24, London, 5 feet 6, hazle eyes, flaxen hair, sallow comp. Bathurst. Sydney Gazette, 13 Jan 1825. Lists his native place as London.
Somerset Lent Assizes .... Rees, for stealing wearing/apparel; Bath Chronicle, 11 April 1822.
Colonial Secretary Index. REES, David. Per "Surrey", 1823. 1823 Mar 24 On list of prisoners assigned (Fiche 3291; 4/4570D p.105) 1823 May 1 Convict servant of Thomas Raine. To be victualled from the Store at Bathurst for six months (Reel 6010; 4/3508 p.228) 1824 Jul 3,23 To take charge of the grazing run of Thomas Raine, forty miles from Bathurst at the head of Native Dog Creek (Fiche 3106, 4/1839A No.798 p.235; Reel 6013, 4/3512 p.68) 1824 Nov Servant to Thomas Raine. On return of settlers men punished at Bathurst (Reel 6023; 4/6671 p.129) 1825 Jan 31 On list of prisoners received at Bathurst during Jan 1825 (Fiche 3300; 4/1916.1 pp.3-4) 1825 Feb 19 On list of convicts transported to Port Macquarie per "Amity" (Reel 6019; 4/3864 pp.504-5)