Summary
Personal Information
Transportation
Jeremiah Smith was transported on the Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann, departing 31st Dec 1790 and arriving 9th Jul 1791 with 1265 passengers.
The Third Fleet consisted of 11 Vessels. Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Gorgon, Mary Ann, Matilda, Queen (from Ireland) Salamander and William and Ann. These vessels were provided by a private company; Camden, Calvert and King to ship convicts to the colony.
Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann (generic)References
| Primary Source | Baxter, Carol; Muster of New South Wales. (1811 & 1814). 102nd Reg. Description Book Sep 1808 WO25/642 Sainty, Malcolm & Johnson, Keith; 1828 Census of New South Wales. |
Claims
"Jeremiah is my 3rd great grandfather. Sailed on 'William & Ann'."
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Convict Notes
Imprisoned on "Justitia" from April 1788 to March 1791
The Sep 1808 102nd Reg. Description book indicates a birth year c1778 in Spaine Essex. In 1808 he was 5'8" tall, fair Complexion, hazel eyes, Sandy hair & thin face.
On 4th December 1797 he enlisted in the New South Wales Corps and in 1803 he was sent to serve in Van Dieman's Land (Tasmania), later returning to N.S.W. where on 6th April 1810 he was honourably discharged from the Corps. Jeremiah & Sophia had 10 children between 1812-1835.
Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: Page 346... [Ref S1698] Smith, Jeremiah, 50, FS, William and Ann, 1791, 7 years, Sawyer, Airds. 10 acres all cleared and cultivated. [Ref S1699] Smith, Sophia, 33, born in colony. [Ref S1700] Smith, Thomas, 14, born in colony.[Ref S1701] Smith, John, 10, born in colony.[Ref S1702] Smith, Jeremiah, 7, born in colony.[Ref S1703] Smith, Mary Ann, 5, born in colony.[Ref S1704] Smith, Joseph, 2, born in colony.
In the colony, Jeremiah married Sophie Akers, September 23rd 1811 at Parramatta. Jerremiah Smith of the parish of St John Parramatta and Sophia Acres of ditto were married in this church by banns this twenty third day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and eleven by me Samuel Marsden. Jeremiah and Sophia both made their X mark in the register in the presence of John Walby and Ann Acres who both also made their X marks. Sophia was born in the colony in 1895, the daughter of Thomas Akers (First Fleet Convict, Charlotte, 1788) and Ann Hinchley (Third Fleet Convict, Mary Ann, 1791).