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Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Solomon Simpson was transported on the Tottenham, departing 31st Dec 1817 and arriving 14th Oct 1818 with 201 passengers.
Tottenham (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 6 |
| 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
Old Bailey online 1275. SOLOMAN SIMPSON was indicted for stealing, on the 1st of August , one shawl, value 2s., the goods of Esther Cook from her person . ESTHER COOK . I am a servant out of place. On the 25th of July, I was going home, about eleven o'clock at night, opposite Whitechapel church, I heard somebody behind me, the prisoner came up and snatched my shawl off; I turned round, and saw it in his hand, I called out, he ran away, but I caught him before he was out of my sight. RICHARD PLUNKETT . I am constable of the night. I was standing at the corner of the church, and heard the cry of watch, I saw the prisoner running, and the prosecutrix pursuing within two yards of him, she secured him and charged him with the robbery - He denied it. Prisoner's Defence. It was not me. GUILTY . Aged 19. Transported for Seven Years . Third Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Common Sergeant.
Elizabeth Burgin in the New South Wales, Australia, Convict Applications for the Publication of Banns, 1828-1830, 1838-1839 Name: Elizabeth Burgin Gender: Female Birth Year: abt 1791 Age: 38 Arrival year: 1829 Arriving Vessel: Tottenham Spouse Name: Solomon Simpson Spouse Gender: Male Spouse Birth Year: 1798 Spouse Age: 31 Spouse Arrival Year: 1818 Spouse Vessel: Sovereign Marriage Year: Abt 1829 Application Date: 10 Nov 1829 Application Place: St. Philips, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Rev William Cowper Elizabeth: Assigned to William Phillips NSW BDMs Marriages 4723/1829 V18294723 3B SIMPSON SOLOMON BURGIN ELIZABETH CA (Church of England Sydney, St Phillip's)