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Samuel Solomons 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 42 |
| 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 Samuel (Solomon) may be: SOLOMON Samuel (Solomon) was Free by Servitude by 1810. This Samuel (Solomon) is difficult to identify; Smees records show: At birth of his child he was recorded as convict NEPTUNE 1790; & at his marriage he was recorded as convict MARQUIS WELLINGTON 1815. Samuel (Solomon) was born about 1768. He was tried for theft of roofing lead, on 24 9 1788, of Edward (Rogers) & Stephen (Pender) at Old Bailey on 10 12 1788, sentenced to 7years, held at London Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW as a convict on 26 6 1790 after a voyage of 7months on Fleet ship NEPTUNE. He had a relationship with Sarah (Eglinton/Pearson her second relationship) at Richmond whom he married on 18 6 1820. He died about 1853 age about85. [Some details taken from this Website] Sarah (Eggleton/Eglinton in NSW) was born about 1772. She married firstly Thomas (Pearson) perhaps at St Leonards Shoreditch in London on 13 4 1793 & produced maybe 5children. She arrived in NSW with her family on 2 6 1797 after a voyage of 10months on GANGES. She later lived with her daughter Elizabeth (Hill)s family & died at Kurrajong on 19 5 1842 age70 mother of 6known children. Samuel (Solomon) & Sarah (Eglinton) produced 1child: 1.Samuel (Solomon) was born in 1810. He died on 17 1 1820 age about10 & was buried at St Peters CofE Richmond. 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.
** Ship; NEPTUNE ** Australia, Convict Index, 1788-1868 Name Samuel Solomons Age 20 Birth Year Abt 1768 Arrival Year 1788 Arrival State New South Wales Trial Place Old Bailey London Ship Neptune Comments d1853 • © 1997-2024 Ancestry
Old Bailey Online SAMUEL SOLOMONS. Theft; theft from a specified place. 10th December 1788. Text type Trial account Defendants SAMUEL SOLOMONS Offences Theft > Theft from place Session Date 10th December 1788 Reference Number t17881210-54 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 54. SAMUEL SOLOMONS was indicted for stealing, on the 24th of September , thirty-six pounds weight of lead, value 6 s. belonging to Edward Rogers , and affixed to a certain house of Stephen Pender , against the statute . EEWARD ROGERS sworn. I only speak to the property; the lead was taken from a cellar that I rent; it is a laaden pipe, with a ball and cock fixed to it; the plumber is here that I employed for the purpose of putting it up; it was fixed to the house, which belongs to Stephen Pender . JOSEPH WRIGHT sworn. I am a watchman; I found the prisoner behind Aldgate workhouse gate, and he said, you old bloody b - r you must find your way out here, and took a short stick from under his coat; my partner came up, and we took another man that ran away; the leaden pipe stood behind the prisoner; the prisoner ran into Meeting-house-yard, and hid himself behind a necessary. Hugh Douglass , another watchman, and the constable of the night, confirmed the above. (Deposed to by Mr. Askew, the plumber and Mr. Rogers. Prisoner. I did not take it. The prisoner called two witnesses to his character. GUILTY . Transported for seven years . Tried by the London Jury before Mr. ROSE.