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Transportation
Thomas Rewell 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 61 (32) * Derby Mercury - Thursday 31 July 1788 p 4 |
| 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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THOMAS REWELL had the misfortune of being transported on the Second Fleet vessel, "Surprize" in mid January 1790. He was one of the many who died in the months after disembarking. THOMAS REWELL was Sentenced to death at the Assizes at Shrewsbury for stealing a horse, but was reprieved to transportation for life: Derby Mercury - Thursday 31 July 1788 p 4 “At the assizes at Shrewsbury Assizes, which ended on Tuesday last, the eight following persons were capitally convicted and received sentence of death, viz, ... Thomas Rewell, for stealing a brown mare " Surprize reached Sydney Cove on 26 June 1790. Scarborough and Neptune arrived two days later. [13] As the three ships began to disembark their cargo of malnourished and sickly convicts, the extent of the convicts' mistreatment became clear. On Surprize, one soldier and 36 convicts had perished during the voyage, and 126 required hospitalisation on arrival, with many dying in the months after disembarkation. He was buried a month after arrival, on 18 Jul 1790 and his burial was registered in St Phillip's Church of England in Sydney. SEE - Michael Flynn, The Second Fleet: Britain's Grim Convict Armada of 1790 (Sydney: Library of Australian History, 2001).