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Transportation
David Williams was transported on the Earl Grey, departing 27th Aug 1836 and arriving 31st Dec 1836 with 50 passengers.
Built at Newcastle Upon Tyne in 1835. 571 tons. Made 4 voyages to Australia transporting convicts. n.b. Registers of some voyages are not yet complete - currently being updated. Please note if searching records.
Earl Grey (generic)References
| Primary Source | NSW Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849; 1836 Earl Grey; and http://members.pcug.org.au |
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Convict Notes
1836, 31 December: David WILLIAMS was 43 on arrival in NSW. He could not read or write; Protestant; single; native place St Helena; farm labourer; burglary; tried at St Helena, 15 January 1836; life. He had been flogged “3 or 4 times”; 5’11½”, black complexion, black and woolly hair, black eyes, scar left side lower lip, little finger of right hand contracted – “a man of colour” (see NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842). 1837, 18 January: Prisoners from the Earl Grey were landed at the Point and marched to Hyde Park Barracks for inspection and assignment (see Sydney Gazette and NSW Advertiser, 19 Jan, p2). 1837, 23 January: The “210 prisoners from the Earl Grey were marched from Soldiers’ Point, where they were employed breaking stones, to be handed over to their various assignees or their agents” (see Sydney Gazette and NSW Advertiser, 24 Jan, p2). 1838, 19 April: David WILLIAMS’s death was recorded at Windsor, NSW. No circumstances were supplied (see NSW Convict Death Register, 1828-1879 ).
1835, 15 January: Tried on this day at the Sessions for the Island of St Helena, Cape of Good Hope; burglary (stealing shirts) – a sentence of death was commuted to transportation to NSW for life; 43, born 1793; native place St Helena Island; farm labourer; single; remarks “Black African”. David Williams was sent by the Troop Ship “Atholl” from St Helena on 4 November 1836 to board the Earl Grey in Simon's Bay, according to a letter in the ship’s documents, from Charles De Lorentz, Judge and Supt of Police, Cape of Good Hope (see NSW Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849; 1836 Earl Grey; and http://members.pcug.org.au)
Prisoners from Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope: By mid-October, around 30 men on the Earl Grey were suffering from scurvy. The ship’s surgeon, William Evans, recommended that “the master call at the Cape for refreshment, experience having taught him that ‘lime juice and nitrate of potash are mere prophylactics' and that fresh meat and vegetables were the only sure means of ensuring health for the rest of the voyage” (see www.jenwilletts.com). The Earl Grey anchored in Simon's Bay (Simon’s Town), near Cape Town, on 4 November 1836. She remained there for eight days, taking on board fresh beef, mutton and vegetables as well as live bullocks and sheep. She also took on eight prisoners – among them was David WILLIAMS.