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Transportation
Sarah Smith 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 32 |
| 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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Family connections for Sarah (Smith) are: SMITH 1 Sarah (Smith) was born in 1772. It is recorded, perhaps wrongly, that she was tried at Old Bailey for grand larceny, sentenced to 7years, held probably at London/Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW as a convict or free on 26 6 1790 after a voyage of 6months on Fleet ship NEPTUNE. (Smee indicates she was a wife of someone on arrival; there are many male (Smith)s on the NEPTUNE difficult to assess). The publications of Profesor Craig James (Smee) regards her as free. She lived secondly with John (Cobcroft) at Wilberforce (from which time she titled herself as Mrs (Cobcroft) & produced 10children; she later married him in 1842 at Wilberforce. She died on 31 5 1857 age85 mother of 10known children& is buried at Wilberforce. [Noted a Sarah (Smith) is recorded as dying on 18 6 1829 age59 at Kent St Sydney-& another on 7 11 1829 at Castlereagh St Sydney (late of the Globe Tavern-both buried at St James CofE Sydney] [Some details taken from this Website] John (Cobcroft) & Sarah (Smith) produced 10children: John (Cobcroft) was born in 1760. He was tried on 16 4 1789 for highway robbery with others at probably Old Bailey, sentenced to death relieved to Life, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW as a convict on 26 6 1790 after a voyage of 6months on Fleet ship SCARBOROUGH. He became Free by Servitude about 1796. He was released from prison & lived as a farmer at Wilberforce with his growing family. He died on 4 6 1853 age93 & was buried at Wilberforce. [Some details for John (Cobcroft) & Sarah (Smith) have been taken from this Website] Reference: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony.
This woman is my 4X Great Grandmother. She is not a convict. She arrived in 1790 on the Neptune. She was one of a handful of free settlers that arrived on the second fleet.
Free settler, often confused with another Sarah Smith who was transported on the Juliana in the same fleet: https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/smith/sarah/70140 Lived with John Cobcroft for many years as "Mrs Cobcroft" and finally married privately in 1842.
Married JOHN COBCROFT 1842 at Wilberforce 47 years after the birth of their 1st child