Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Thomas Simpson was transported on the Fortune, departing 31st Oct 1812 and arriving 11th Jun 1813 with 200 passengers.
Fortune (generic)References
| Primary Source | Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Settler and Convict Lists, 1787-1834 [database on-line]. |
| 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
Bound Indentures No.1730: Conviction 7 Mar. 1812 in York, Est. birth year abt.1789, Trade Lab. & Miller, aged 23, CP 104 Conditional Pardon No.104 dated 17 Aug. 1825, Trade Laborer, Year of Birth 1789, Ticket of Leave No.131/1730 now delivered up and Cancelled * NSW Settler & Convict Lists 1787-1834, Male 1817 (HO10/8) show 2 Thomas Simpsons, both tried March 1812 in York, on same ship Fortune however Aust. Convict Transportation Register (HO11/2) only shows 1. (There was a George Simpson tried in York on 7 March 1812)
The jenwilletts.com website must have something amiss with stating Thomas drowned on the voyage to Australia. This is because there are 2 records in the NSW State Archives recording that Thomas Simpson, convict on the Fortune 1813, was given a conditional pardon on 17 Aug 1825. Unless the man who drowned was someone else, or the pardon was posthumous. https://records-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=INDEX335150&context=L&vid=61SRA&lang=en_US&search_scope=Everything&adaptor=Local Search Engine&tab=default_tab&query=any,contains,thomas simpson 1825&offset=0 https://records-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=INDEX335138&context=L&vid=61SRA&lang=en_US&search_scope=Everything&adaptor=Local Search Engine&tab=default_tab&query=any,contains,thomas simpson 1825&offset=0
Convicted 7 March 1812 in York, Yorkshire, England Drowned on the voyage 1812-1813 https://www.jenwilletts.com/convict_ship_fortune_1813.htm George Simpson on same ship, convicted same day, probable relative