Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
James Wood was transported on the Guildford, departing 4th Apr 1822 and arriving 15th Jul 1822 with 192 passengers.
The ‘Guildford’ was built on the River Thames, England in 1810. Used as a Convict Transport ship to Australia - voyages 1812, 1816, 1818, 1820, 1822, 1824, 1827 & 1829. The ship was lost at sea near Singapore in 1831, loosing all aboard.
Guildford (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 157 (79) |
| 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
Hertford Assizes. … The following prisoners received sentence … James Wood, for stealing table cloth, two apron., and other article,—seven years' transportation…. Northampton Mercury, 17 March 1821. --------------------------- National Archives. ADM 101/31/3. Date: 1822. Medical and surgical journal of the Guildford convict ship by James Mitchell, Surgeon and Superintendent for 9 March to 24 July 1822 during which time the said ship was employed in a voyage to New South Wales. Folios 14 and 16: James Wood, aged 36, Convict; disease or hurt, swelling on his knee joint, apparently produced by a small pimple on his patella. Put on sick list, 20 May 1822. Discharged cured 17 June 1822. Folio 34: James Woods, aged 36, Convict; disease or hurt, swelling and pain of the knee, the same knee as before, from a fall due to the rolling of the ship. Put on sick list, 9 July 1822. Discharged to the hospital at Sydney, 19 July 1822.