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Crime
Transportation
George Simpson 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 47 (25) |
| 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
George Simpson was sentenced to seven years transportation at the 24 October 1787 Old Bailey Sessions for the theft of a hand saw and smoothing plane. Charlotte Simpson nee Hall, a year his junior, was tried with him but was acquitted on this charge, and sentenced to seven years transportation on a later charge of stealing clothes. Whether the pair were married has not been determined. George was sent to the Ceres hulk at Langstone Harbour, Portsmouth, age 22. In July 1789 he was recorded as suffering from an epileptic fit, but was considered well enough to be embarked on the Surprize transport on 30 November 1789. If George and Charlotte were related, or indeed, married, then they did not attend to each other in the Colonies, they lived separate lives. Charlotte was sent to Norfolk Island in August 1790. George was sent there in August 1791, more than a year after his landing at Sydney Cove. Charlotte had given birth to a child in the May of 1791 and had a new man in her life being the overseer of the convicts, Dodge aka Doidge (that's another story!). In February 1805, George Simpson was still on the island, listed as a labourer. Three years later, in 1808, he sailed for Hobart Town, Van Diemens Land. In 1809 he was mustered holding 50 acres in the Brown River region with one acre in wheat and one in barley, and living alone. In 1811 he is listed in the muster as a resident at Hobart; he was granted land at Queenborough (the modern day Hobart suburb of Sandy Bay). Records show that he was sent to Sydney in order to give evidence at a trial. And in 1819 he is listed as still holding 50 acres and living alone. By 1822 he is still listed as resident in the colony. Unable to locate further information after that date.
I think George Simpson was partnered by Charlotte Simpson nee Hall. Charlotte was transported on Lady Julianna 1790 (The Floating Brothel). I've also found a reference to a child of George and Charlotte, William, and I think he was left behind in England. Although both being transported to Australia, there is no known record of them meeting up again.