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Voyage
Transportation
Edward Whitford 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 94 |
| 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
National Archives. HO 11/2-1 Indents for early Convict Ships. Earl Spencer. Edward Whitford, Tried Cornwall Assizes, 27 July 1811, 14 years. --------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Whitford of Wendron, aged 57, was next tried for stealing a cow, the property of Mr. Joseph Reed of Sithtu-y. It appeared in evidence, that the cow, then with calf, bad been stolen out of the field of Mr. Reed, on the night before, the 1st of May last, and was found about three weeks afterwards in the possession of Mr. Hubert Gill of St. Breotk. she had then calved. Prisoner, at this time, lived in Falmouth. Prosecutor had reared the cow, which was then 14 years old, and had never been out of his possession, till stolen. Mr. Gill deposed that the prisoner brought the cow to his farm on the 2d of May, and offered to sell her to him. They agreed about the price — seven pounds — but, fearing it might not have been honestly come by, paid him but 20s. at the time, and said he would bring him the remainder in an hour to Wadebridge. Went to Wadebridge, where the prisoner said he had brought the cow from about a mile out of Truro, and would produce a certificate of his honesty, desiring Mr. Gill to advance him 3£. in the mean time; — witness only advanced him 10s. Witness saw prisoner again three weeks afterwards, when he said he had got a certificate from the Rev. Mr Nankivell of St.Ervan, but that that gentlemen being in bed with the gout, his servant had written it. It proved a forged one. Mr. Gill detained the prisoner, who said his name was Edward Williams. — The prisoner in his defence, said, he had bought the cow at Helston fair some time ago; that in consequence of an execution for debt being out against him, he let the cow to a widow woman for two guineas a year, and went to D-*cl. to work ; — when he returned, the woman was dead, and he could hear nothing of his cow, till he found heron the common ; when, wanting money, he sold her to Gill. — Having no witness to anything of this, he was found — Guilty. Royal Cornwall Gazette, 1 Aug 1812.
New South Wales, Australia, Settler and Convict Lists, 1787-1834 - New South Wales Male 1818 Noted against name Died on passage. Not landed