Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
George Simpson was transported on the Fortune, departing 31st Oct 1812 and arriving 11th Jun 1813 with 200 passengers.
Fortune (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 90 |
| 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 |
Claims
"George Simpson is my 4 times great grandfather Jo-Anne Simpson"
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Convict Notes
Comments about his brother dying on the journey are incorrect. Thomas is my ancestor (direct line) and he also lived at /near Campbelltown, however, he was working at Molongolo Plains station. 'the new information about George may help to find further information about my own line - which is DNA linked to descendants of their other siblings as well.
New South Wales Certificate of Freedom. [NRS 12208] Register of Certificate of Freedoms No; 340 Name; George Simpson When and where tried; York Assizes - 7 March 1812 Sentence; Life Ship and arrival year; Fortune 2nd. 1813 Date of Certificate; 1 Dec 1818 Description and Remarks; Native County; Yorkshire Trade; Labourer Age; 25 years [1793] Height; 5 ft 6 3/4 inches Complexion; Fair Ruddy Hair; Brown Eyes; Hazel Additional Remarks; Delivered 10 Feb 1819
NSW 1828 Census Index. George Simpson, age 33, A.P. per Fortune, 1813, life, protestant, Settler Airds district, holds total 124 acres, 110 cleared and 49 cultivated. Has 8 horses and 6 cattle. Ann Simpson, age 23, Born in Colony. Thomas, age 6, born in Colony, James age 4, B.C. Anna, age 2, B.C. Thomas Simpson, age 37, C.P. per Fortune 1813, Life. ------------------------------------------------ Census shows George and his wife and children, and presumably his brother. so it appears Thomas did not die on the journey to NSW.
Yorkshire Lent Assizes 1812 … passed sentence on the following prisoners, who have taken their trials before him during the present Assizes, and have been found Guilty; Thomas Simpson and George Simpson for sheep-stealing; ... York Herald 21 Mar 1812 On Monday morning the following prisoners left the Castle in order to be delivered on board the Hulks lying up Portsmouth River, viz. ...Thomas Simpson and George Simpson, for sheep-stealing, convicted at last Assizes, … York Herald, 16 May 1812
Last week were committed to the Castle, Thomas Simpson and George Simpson, late of Hemsworth, labourers, charged on suspicion with having stolen from Brierley, in the West Riding, five ewes and three lambs, - the property of Joshua Jackson, of Brierley, in the said Riding. York Herald 17 Aug 1811
George and Thomas Simpson were tried together for the crime of Sheep stealing and also deported for life. they both are reported to have bought land together. I can't find any information on Thomas at this time: https://australianroyalty.net.au/individual.php?pid=I83219&ged=purnellmccord.ged
George's brother Thomas was convicted with George and was also transported on the "Fortune". George was granted an unconditional pardon after acting as chainman for John Oxley on his second and third journeys of exploration in New South Wales
Thomas Simpson on same ship, convicted same day, probable relative. Thomas died on the voyage.
George served as the surveyor's chainman on John Oxley's 2nd and 3rd exploration expeditions to the interior for which he was granted an absolute pardon and 2000 acres of land at Airds near Campbelltown. He married (1) Ann Heyden (b NSW 1806) in 1821 and following her death in 1841 he m (2) Mary Ann Cooke nee Crouch (b Ewhurst, Sussex, England.)