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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
Family connections for George (Simpson) are: SIMPSON >>> (Simpson) produced perhaps 2children: 1.Thomas (Simpson) was born about 1879/91 & became a general labourer. He was living at Hemsworth Yorkshire when tried with his brother for stealing sheep, in August 1811, of Joshua (Jackson) of Brierley West Riding at Yorkshire Lent Assizes on 7 3 1812, sentenced to death reprieved to Life, held at Yorkshire Castle & hulks on Portsmouth River Hampshire & arrived in NSW as a convict with his brother on 11 6 1813 after a voyage of 7.5months on FORTUNE. He was a miller & labourer 5'8" fair complexion black hair hazel eyes when he received permission to marry Isabella (Bland her first relationship/marriage) on 8 1 1816 at Windsor & did so when both living at Wilberforce on 14 1 1816 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. His Ticket of Leave seems to have been issued in 1819 & he became a subordinate constable. On 16 8 1820 he was reassigned, as (Sempson), to the office of the Colonial Secretary. On 8 9 1821 he was recorded as on stores with his wife. He was further recorded as a constable at Sydney in 1823-1825. He seems to have separated from his wife in 1824. He is recorded as buying land with his brother. He was issued his Conditional Pardon on August 1825; he was 5'9" dark ruddy complexion dark brown hair hazel eyes. He was recorded in 1828 at Airds district with his brother. He lived at/near Campbelltown & worked at Molongolo Plains station until he died about 1877 age about88. ..[Some details taken from this Website] AND Noted: a Thomas (Simpson) constable died on 17 6 1816 & was buried at St Johns CofE Parramatta. ..Isabella (Bland) was born about 1786. She was a servant in 1813 when charged & acquitted in Northumberland Easter Court of larceny. She was tried at Newcastle upon Tyne Midsummer Quarter Sessions Northumberlandshire on 14 7 1813, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 28 7 1814 after a voyage of 7months on BROXBOURNEBURY. She was recorded in 1814 assigned to Mr (Drummond) at Liverpool. She was living at Wilberforce in 1816. In November 1822 she was held at Sydney Gaol & sentenced to 28days at Parramatta Female Factory. Her Certificate of Freedom was issued in January 1823. She was recorded in 1823-5 at Parramatta. She was disowned by her husband in 1824 & on 9 6 1824 she charged with being drunk & disorderly & leaving her husband & house & punished with 3months hard labour at Female Factory. From 1826 she was frequently held at Sydney Gaol & Female Factory & public stocks for several hours & fined for public drunkenness & prostitution as related in her entry on on this Website; she is known to hace associated with a ??? (Darcey). In 1828 she, as (Bland), was a laundress at Cumberland St Sydney. In October 1828 she was again in Female Factory for being a drunken prostitute. She married secondly Cornelius (Sheehan) of Pitt Water on 22 10 1832 with permission of the Governor at St Marys RC Sydney. She is then known to be in solitary confinemrn at Sydney Gaol for drunkenness in September 1839. She died about 1844 age about58 perhaps at the Benevolent Asylum Sydney & was buried at St Lawrences CofE Sydney. ..[Some details taken from this Website] .. 2.George (Simpson) was born on 18 11 1792 & became a labourer. He was living at Hemsworth Yorkshire when tried with his brother for stealing sheep, in August 1811, of Joshua (Jackson) of Brierley West Riding at Yorkshire Lent Assizes on 7 3 1812, sentenced to death reprieved to Life, held at Yorkshire Castle & hulks on Portsmouth River Hampshire & arrived in NSW as a convict with his brother on 11 6 1813 after a voyage of 7.5months on FORTUNE; he was Protestant. He served as the surveyor's chainman on John (Oxley)s 2nd & 3rd exploration expeditions about 1815-17 to the interior; for which he was granted an Absolute Pardon & 2,000acres at Airds near Campbelltown. His Certificate of Freedom was issued on 1 12 1818; he was5'6 3/4" fair ruddy complexion brown hair hazel eyes. He had his Ticket of Leave by 1821 & was living at Upper Minto when he married Ann (Haydon/en age15) on 12 2 1821 at St Lukes CofE Liverpool. He is recorded as buying land with his brother. He was recorded in 1827 as a farmer. He was recorded in 1828 as settler 124acres Airds district with his family & brother. He was recorded in 1829, 1830, 1832, 1834, 1836, 1837 & 1839 as a farmer. He died on 4 7 1870 age77. ..[Some details taken from this Website] ..Ann (Haydon/en) was born in 1806 at Bunbury Curran & baptised on 1 12 1820 age about14 w/John, Henry at St Marys RC Sydney. She was recorded in 1828 at Airds district with her family. She died on 24 6 1841 age about34. ..Details of Ann (Haydon)s family are given in entry for James (Haydon MATILDA 1791) on this Website. ..George (Simpson) Ann (Hayden) produced at least 10children: ..1.Thomas (Simpson) was born on 14 11 1822 & baptised on 14 11 1822 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He was baptised a second time on 4 5 1823 at St Peters CofE Campbelltown. He was recorded in 1828 at Airds district with his parents. ..2.James (Simpson) was born on 18 9 1824 & baptised on 20 2 1825 at St Peters CofE Campbelltown. He died on 3 7 1896 age71. ..3.Hannah (Simpson) was born on 18 1 1827 at Airds & baptised on 4 3 1827 at St Peters CofE Campbelltown. She was recorded in 1828, as Anna, at Airds district with her parents. ..4.George (Simpson) was born on 26 1 1829 at Airds & baptised on 9 2 1829 at St Peters CofE Campbelltown. He died on 12 2 1829 age17d at Airds & was buried at St Peters CofE Campbelltown. ..5.Emma (Simpson) was born on 3 3 1830 at Airds & was baptised on 11 4 1830 at St Peters CofE Campbelltown. ..6.Mary Jane (Simpson) was born on 1 5 1832 at Airds & baptised in June 1832 at St Peters CofE Campbelltown. ..7.Susannah (Simpson) was born on 3 7 1834 at Airds & baptised on 10 8 1834 at St Peters CofE Campbelltown. ..8.John Henry (Simpson) was born on 20 8 1836 at Airds & baptised on 18 9 1836 at St Peters CofE Campbelltown. He died in 1836 age2m at Airds & was buried on 18 10 1836 at St Peters CofE Sydney. ..9.Charles (Simpson) was born on 29 8 1837 at Airds & baptised on 1 10 1837 at St Peters CofE Campbelltown. ..10.Isabella Ann (Simpson) was born on 9 11 1839 at Campbelltown & baptised on 15 12 1839 at St Peters CofE Campbelltown. She died on 3 1 1840 age9w at Campbelltown & was buried at St Peters CofE campbelltown Reference: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1840' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony.
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.)