Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Nathaniel Witts was transported on the Florentia, departing 11th Aug 1830 and arriving 12th Dec 1830 with 201 passengers.
Florentia was a 453-ton merchant ship built at Newcastle upon Tyne, England in 1821. Two voyages to Australia transporting convicts - 1827 and 1830.
FlorentiaReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 456 |
| 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
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Ship: Florentia - 1830 No; 21 Name; Nathanial Witts. Age; 22 [1808] Read & writes. Single, Native County; Somersetshire Trade; Joiner Offence; House Breaking Trial; Gloster - 7 April 1830 - 14 years Height; 5 ft. 7 1/4 Complexion; Ruddy fair Hair; Light Eyes; hazel Assigned; J Brown Westbourne Dale Bathurst Date of Certificate; 44/1470 Additional Remarks; DIED; 10 Aug 1846. ----------------------
Gloucester Assizes. Nathan Witts and Wm. Hunt, breaking into the house of R. Blizard, of Wotton-Under-edge ; ... Bath Chronicle, 22 April 1830. -------------------------------------------------- To the hulks at Chatham: for life, John Roach ; for fourteen years, Nathan Witts and James Williams; and for seven years, Edwin Atkins and Joseph Evans.— Cheltenham Journal, 31 May 1830.