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Voyage
Transportation
George Spray was transported on the Earl Spencer, departing 30th Apr 1813 and arriving 9th Oct 1813 with 203 passengers.
Built 1803, London - Thames, 672 ton required 56 crew and mounted with 16 guns.
Earl Spencer (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 99 (51) |
| 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
1818 - Permission to Marry. St. John's. Parramatta. Date; 5 Jan 1818 Harriet Hill. Age; 28.[1789/90] Prisoner. In the Factory. Per Ship; Lord Melville George Spray. Age; 34. Prisoner. Servant to Rev'd Sam'l Marsden Approved; L. Macquarie 1828 - Census No; 2189. George Spray. Age; 44. F. S. E. Spencer. 1813 - 14 years. Protestant. Weaver. Wallis Plains No; 2190. Harriett Spray. Age; 34. [1780] F. S. Ship; Lord Melville - 1817. 7 years.
Colonial Secretary Index. SPRAY, George. Per "Earl Spencer", 1813 1813 Oct 14 Hosier. On list of convicts disembarked from "Earl Spencer" and forwarded to Revd Samuel Marsden at Parramatta for distribution (Reel 6002; 4/3491 p.561) 1818 Servant to Revd Samuel Marsden. Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3190; 4/1856 p.251) 1818 Jan 5,6 Servant to Revd Marsden. Re permission to marry at Parramatta (Reel 6005; 4/3497 p.276) 1823 Apr 5 On return of allotments in the town of Parramatta (Fiche 3265; 4/7576 p.18) 1825 Oct 19 Married to Harriet Collins alias Hill. Memorial of his wife for an allotment (Fiche 3124; 4/1840C No.146 p.807) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary Index. COLLINS, Harriet alias HILL. Per "Lord Melville", 1817 1818 Jan 5,6 At the Factory. Re permission to marry George Spray at Parramatta; appears as Hill (Reel 6005; 4/3497 p.276) 1825 Oct 19 Memorial (Fiche 3124; 4/1840C No.146 p.807)
Nottingham ASSIZES. At these assizes, which commenced Thursday the 16th, the following-prisoners took their trials In the County Gaol:— …  George Spray (aged 27), for having, on the 13th of November last, destroyed a stockingframe, the parish of Sutton Ashfield, the property Belts, was sentenced to fourteen years' transportation; ... Stamford Mercury, 24 July 1812. George Spray, for destroying a stocking frame at Sutton in Ashfield, the property of Francis Betts, to be transported fourteen years ; ... Sun, 28 July 1812. … county gaol on Wednesday last, under the care of Mr. Wright, and assistants, in order to be conveyed to Portsmouth, viz. Gervas Copley, Miles Lake, and Wm. Stanley, under sentence of transportation for their natural lives, and George Spray, under sentence of transportation for 14 years. Nottingham Journal, 26 Sept 1812.
Colonial Secretary Index. SPRAY, George. Per "Earl Spencer", 1813 1813 Oct 14 - Hosier. On list of convicts disembarked from "Earl Spencer" and forwarded to Revd Samuel Marsden at Parramatta for distribution (Reel 6002; 4/3491 p.561) 1818 - Servant to Revd Samuel Marsden. Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3190; 4/1856 p.251) 1818 Jan 5,6 - Servant to Revd Marsden. Re permission to marry at Parramatta (Reel 6005; 4/3497 p.276) 1823 Apr 5 - On return of allotments in the town of Parramatta (Fiche 3265; 4/7576 p.18) 1825 Oct 19 - Married to Harriet Collins alias Hill. Memorial of his wife for an allotment (Fiche 3124; 4/1840C No.146 p.807) SPRAY, Harriet (Per "Lord Melville", 1817) see COLLINS, Harriet alias HILL