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1798




Convicts embarked – 296 male convicts 
Convicts relanded while still in English waters - 0 
Convicts who died on the voyage – 9 
Sailed from Portsmouth, England on 7 November 1797 
Arrived in the Sydney, New South Wales on 18 May 1798


NAME STATUS COURT DATE SENTENCE
Abbott, James? Convict Old Bailey Second Middlesex Jury 22 June 1796 Death commuted to Life
Abbott, William? Convict Surrey Assizes 15 January 1793 Death commuted to 14 years
Allen, James? Convict Essex Assizes 13 July 1796 7 years
Allum, William? Private - NSW Corps
Andrews, William? Convict Essex Assizes 11 March 1795 7 years
Appleton, Richard? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 14 September 1796 Life
Ashfield, Henry? Convict Surrey Assizes 23 July 1796 Life
Audsley, David? Convict York Assizes 13 July 1793 Life
Avery, William? Convict Sussex Assizes 24 July 1793 Life
Bailey, William? Convict Middlesex Assizes 16 September 1796 7 years
Baker, Philip? Convict Derby Assizes 16 July 1796 7 years
Baker, Thomas? Convict Old Bailey 4 June 1794 14 years
Baker, William? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 23 May 1792 Life
Ball, Thomas? Convict Berkshire Assizes 4 July 1796 Life
Bark, John? Convict Derby Assizes 19 March 1792 14 years
Barker, William? Convict Worcester Assizes 5 March 1796 7 years
Barnard, Richard? Convict Sussex Quarter Session 13 January 1797 7 years
Barnes, James? Convict Derby Assizes 15 March 1794 7 years
Barratt, William? Convict Oxford Quarter Session 17 January 1793 14 years
Barron, William Convict Essex (Chelmsford) Assizes 23 July 1792 Death respited to 14 years
Bartlett, Thomas? Convict Southampton (Winchester) Assizes 1 March 1796 Life
Baylis, Richard? Convict Kent Assizes 16 March 1796 7 years
Beachey, Margaret? Came Free - Soldier's wife
Beachy, Samuel? Private - NSW Corps
Beazley, Charles? Convict Old Bailey 4 June 1794 Life
Bedford, William? Convict Warwick Assizes 23 March 1795 14 years
Beldham, William? Convict Old Bailey 17 February 1796 7 years
Bendall, John? Convict Surrey Assizes 26 March 1794 7 years
Bennison, William? Convict York Quarter Session 5 April 1796 7 years
Bingham, John? Convict Southampton Assizes 1 March 1796 Life
Bird, John? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 11 January 1797 7 years
Birt, Thomas? Convict Berkshire Assizes 4 March 1797 14 years
Blandford, William? Convict Southampton Assizes 23 April 1792 14 years
Booth, Joseph? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 23 May 1792 Life
Bowman, George? Came Free - Settler's child
Bowman, Honora? Came Free
Bowman, John? Came Free
Bowman, Mary? Came Free - Settler's child
Bridgen, Roger? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 23 May 1792 Life
Bristow, Thomas? Convict Kent (Maidstone) Assize 17 March 1794 14 years
Broadbent, James? Convict York Assizes 5 March 1796 Life
Broughton, Richard? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 20 February 1793 Life
Brown, John? Convict York Assizes 5 March 1796 Life
Brown, William? Convict Leicester Assizes 23 March 1797 Life
Cadman, John? Convict Worcester Assizes 11 March 1797 Life
Calf, William? Convict Cornwall Assizes 25 March 1797 Life
Carey, John? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 11 May 1796 14 years
Carlisle, William? Convict Old Bailey 11 May 1796 7 years
Carr, William? Convict Old Bailey 2 December 1795 7 years
Caton, John? Convict Lancaster Assizes 19 March 1796 Life
Chamberlaine, William? Convict Worcester Assizes 5 March 1796 7 years
Chandler, Anthony? Convict Old Bailey 14 September 1796 Life
Chapman, Robert? Convict Peterborough Quarter Session 13 January 1796 14 years
Clark, John? Convict York Assizes 11 March 1797 Life
Clarke, Jeremiah? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 20 February 1793 Death commuted to Life
Clevir, Edmund? Convict Southampton Quarter Session 5 April 1796 7 years
Clewes, John? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 12 September 1792 14 years
Cliff, William? Convict Old Bailey 25 May 1793 7 years
Clower, Thomas? Convict Nottingham Assizes 5 March 1792 14 years
Coleman, Henry? Convict Leicester Assizes 23 March 1797 7 years
Collins, William? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 14 September 1796 Life
Collis, George? Convict Warwick Assizes 26 March 1793 7 years
Cook, William? Convict Southampton Assizes 7 March 1797 Life
Cooke, John? Convict Bedford Assizes 3 March 1796 14 years
Cooper, Charles? Convict Leicester Assizes 16 March 1796 Life
Cooper, Robert? Convict Berkshire Assizes 27 February 1796 Life
Cooper, Thomas? Convict Salop Assizes 1 August 1795 Life
Corduroy, George? Convict Old Bailey 1 July 1795 14 years
Cox, James? Convict Hertford Assizes 6 March 1797 7 years
Crofts, William? Convict Kent Assizes 16 March 1796 7 years
Dagley, Robert? Convict Old Bailey First Middlesex Jury 13 January 1796 Death commuted to Life
Davis, Charles? Convict Surrey Assizes 25 July 1796 Life
Davis, John? Convict Worcester Assizes 11 March 1797 Life
Davis, John? Private - NSW Corps
Davis, William? Convict Worcester Assizes 9 July 1796 7 years
Day, Thomas? Convict Northampton Assizes 29 February 1796 Life
Dent, Samuel? Convict Essex (Chelmsford) Assizes 13 July 1796 Life
Dew, Alexander? Convict Old Bailey 17 February 1796 7 years
Deydale, William? Convict Southampton Assizes 1 March 1796 7 years
Donnelly, James? Convict Southampton Assizes 7 March 1797 Life
Douglas, Peter? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 11 September 1793 Life
Driver, John? Convict Norfolk Assizes 20 March 1795 Life
Dunn, Richard? Convict York Assizes 11 March 1797 Life
Evestaff, Thomas? Convict Kent Assizes 20 July 1795 7 years
Fathy, Edmund? Convict York Assizes 11 March 1797 7 years
Faucett, William? Convict York Assizes 24 March 1795 7 years
Feffkins, John? Convict Worcester Assizes 5 March 1796 7 years
Fenwick, Thomas? Convict Southampton Assizes 1 March 1796 Life
Fifield, Thomas? Convict Surrey Assizes 21 March 1796 7 years
Finch, George? Convict Kent Assizes 18 March 1795 7 years
Flavell, James? Convict Northampton Assizes 5 July 1796 Life
Fossett, James? Convict Surrey Assizes 25 July 1796 Life
Francis, Joseph? Convict Old Bailey 26 June 1793 7 years
Furnell, Samuel? Convict Gloucester Assizes 11 March 1795 7 years
Gambling, George? Convict Southampton Assizes 6 July 1796 14 years
Gardner, David? Convict Cambridge (Isle of Ely) Quarter Session 21 March 1796 7 years
Gardner, John? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 30 November 1796 Life
Gilbert, Joseph? Convict Wiltshire Assizes 7 March 1795 Life
Gorman, Patrick? Convict Leicester Assizes 29 July 1795 7 years
Grace, Israel? Convict Bristol Assizes 31 March 1796 Life
Gray, John? Convict Nottingham Gaol Delivery 14 March 1793 Life
Green, John? Convict Derby Quarter Session 29 April 1794 7 years
Green, John? Convict Sussex Assizes 13 March 1797 7 years
Green, William? Convict Devon Assizes 20 March 1797 7 years
Greenaway, James? Convict Essex Assizes 8 March 1797 7 years
Griffin, Christopher? Convict Cambridge (Isle of Ely) Quarter Session 27 July 1796 14 years
Guilmore, Daniel? Convict Southampton Assizes 7 March 1797 7 years
Gurnsey, John? Convict Kent Assizes 16 March 1796 7 years
Hackett, Thomas? Convict Kent Assizes 16 March 1796 7 years
Halls, William? Convict Norfolk Assizes 11 August 1794 Life
Hampson, Thomas? Convict Lancaster Quarter Session 13 April 1796 7 years
Hanks, James? Convict Oxford Assizes 5 March 1794 7 years
Harcourt, Samuel? Convict Surrey Assizes 23 March 1795 7 years
Hardwicke, James? Convict Old Bailey 14 September 1796 Life
Harris, Edward? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 14 September 1796 7 years
Harrison, John? Convict Buckingham Assizes 1 March 1794 14 years
Haslam, Samuel? Convict Derby Assizes 16 July 1796 7 years
Haxall, Edward? Convict Worcester Assizes 9 July 1796 7 years
Haycock, Richard? Convict Salop Assizes 27 July 1793 Life
Hayward, James? Convict Old Bailey 17 September 1794 14 years
Heath, Charles? Convict Warwick Assizes 26 March 1793 7 years
Heath, William? Convict Coventry Assizes 26 March 1792 Life
Henderson, James? Convict Southampton Quarter Session 12 July 1796 7 years
Henderson, William? Convict York Assizes 11 March 1797 Life
Heron, Thomas? Convict Leicester Assizes 16 March 1796 Life
Hickson, James? Convict Derby Assizes 19 March 1792 Life
Hill, James Convict Essex Assizes (Chelmsford) 23 July 1792 Death respited to 14 years
Hockman, William? Convict Old Bailey 13 January 1796 7 years
Hodges, John? Convict Somerset Assizes 26 March 1795 14 years
Hodges, Joseph? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 14 September 1796 7 years
Hodges, Thomas? Convict Sussex Assizes 22 July 1796 7 years
Holdsworth, Jonathan? Convict York Assizes 5 March 1796 Life
Holmes, William? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 30 November 1796 Life
Holt, John? Convict York Assizes 18 March 1793 7 years
Hopwood, James? Convict Old Bailey 13 January 1796 7 years
Houlden, Lawrence? Convict Bristol Quarter Session 11 April 1796 7 years
Howarth, William? Convict Devon Assizes 18 July 1796 7 years
Howson, John? Convict Bristol Assizes 31 March 1796 Life
Hudson, Jesse? Convict Leicester Assizes 16 March 1796 Life
Hunt, John? Convict York Assizes 5 March 1796 Life
Hunt, Joseph? Convict Lancaster Assizes 19 March 1796 7 years
Hutchinson, Abraham? Convict Surrey Assizes 26 March 1794 14 years
Jackson, Richard? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 14 September 1796 7 years
Jackson, Thomas? Convict Old Bailey 13 January 1796 7 years
Jaques, John? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 14 September 1796 Life
Johnson, John? Convict Norwich Gaol Delivery 11 August 1794 7 years
Johnson, John? Convict Surrey Assizes 25 July 1796 Life
Jones, John? Convict Worcester Assizes 9 July 1796 Life
Jones, John? Convict Old Bailey 11 May 1796 7 years
Jones, John? Convict Salop Assizes 1 August 1795 Life
Jones, Thomas? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 11 May 1796 7 years
Jones, Thomas? Convict Worcester Assizes 5 March 1796 7 years
Jones, William? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 14 September 1796 7 years
Jones, William? Convict Warwick (Stanwick) Assizes 26 March 1793 Life
Kemp, Abraham? Convict Norfolk Quarter Session 6 April 1796 7 years
Kinshott, William? Convict Sussex Assizes 13 March 1797 7 years
Knight, John? Convict Kent Assizes 18 March 1795 7 years
Knight, Robert? Convict Kent Assizes 18 March 1795 7 years
Knoll, James? Convict Hereford Assizes 19 July 1796 7 years
Knoll, Thomas? Convict Hereford Assizes 19 July 1796 7 years
Lancashire, William John? Convict Old Bailey 6 April 1796 7 years
Langley, William? Convict Berkshire Assizes 2 March 1795 7 years
Lawrence, John? Convict Hereford Assizes 19 July 1796 7 years
Lay, John? Convict Surrey Assizes 25 July 1796 Life
Layton, Jonathan? Convict Old Bailey 13 January 1796 7 years
Lee, John? Convict Leicester Assizes 16 March 1796 Life
Levatt, George? Convict Sussex Assizes 22 July 1796 7 years
Levey, Henry? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 14 September 1796 7 years
Lewis, John? Convict Hereford Assizes 23 March 1793 Life
Lindsay, Edward? Convict Surrey Assizes 25 July 1796 Life
Lindsay, William? Convict Westmoreland Assizes 27 August 1794 Life
Liquorish, John? Convict Northampton Assizes 5 July 1796 Life
Loader, Joseph? Convict Southampton Assizes 15 July 1795 Life
Loraine, Alexander? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 16 July 1794 Life
Lowe, James? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 14 September 1796 7 years
Lowe, William? Convict Old Bailey 14 September 1796 7 years
Lust, Andrew? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 26 October 1797 14 years
Lutherborrow, Paul? Convict York Assizes 9 July 1796 7 years
Marsh, Henry? Convict Lancaster Quarter Session 12 October 1796 7 years
Mason, George? Convict Sussex Assizes 13 March 1797 7 years
Mathews, John? Convict Lancaster Quarter Session 18 January 1796 7 years
Matthews, George? Convict York Assizes 11 March 1797 14 years
Mayberry, Joseph? Convict Worcester Assizes 11 March 1797 7 years
Maybery, John? Convict Salop Assizes 18 March 1793 Life
Mc Dermot, Bartholomew? Convict Southampton Assizes 1 March 1796 7 years
Mc Ginnis, William? Convict Old Bailey Session 11 September 1793 7 years
Mein, James? Convict Lancaster Assizes 15 August 1795 Life
Miller, William? Convict Old Bailey 14 September 1796 Life
Millington, Edward? Convict Kent Assizes 16 March 1796 7 years
Mobbs, William? Convict Old Bailey 17 February 1796 7 years
Moore, Abraham? Convict Essex Assizes 11 March 1795 7 years
Morgan, George? Convict Devon Assizes 14 March 1790 Life
Morgan, Thomas? Convict Old Bailey 6 April 1796 7 years
Morris, Edward? Convict Worcester Assizes 9 March 1793 Life
Morris, Richard? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 26 June 1796 7 years
Mortimer, William? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 11 May 1796 7 years
Morton, Edward? Convict Salop Assizes 18 March 1796 Life
Morton, Joseph? Convict York Assizes 9 July 1796 7 years
Moulds, Simon Convict Essex Assizes 8 March 1797 Life
Murray, Michael? Convict Berkshire Assizes 27 February 1796 Life
Murray, Owen? Convict Derby Assizes 15 March 1794 Life
Murray, William? Convict Worcester Assizes 11 March 1797 Life
Nash, William? Convict Hertford Assizes 6 March 1797 7 years
Nathan, Elias? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 11 January 1797 7 years
North, Andrew? Convict York Assizes 5 March 1796 Life
North, Thomas? Convict Old Bailey 17 February 1796 7 years
Oldnall, Thomas? Convict Worcester Assizes 2 August 1794 Life
Orrin, James? Convict Wiltshire Assizes 7 March 1795 Life
Oyens, James? Convict Old Bailey Middlesex Jury 6 April 1796 7 years
Parkins, James? Convict Durham Assizes 28 July 1795 Life
Parks, John? Convict Worcester Assizes 11 March 1797 7 years
Partridge, James? Convict Devon Assizes 14 March 1796 7 years
Payton, Thomas? Convict Cornwall Assizes 25 March 1797 7 years
Perry, Edward? Convict Essex Assizes 9 March 1796 7 years
Petty, James? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 14 September 1796 Life
Peyton, Isaac? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 14 September 1796 7 years
Phillips, Richard? Convict Worcester Assizes 11 March 1797 7 years
Pierce, William? Convict Southampton Assizes 1 March 1796 7 years
Platt, James? Convict Bristol Assizes 5 April 1790 14 years
Poach, George? Convict Cornwall Assizes 25 March 1797 Life
Pooley, Samuel? Convict Suffolk Assizes 19 March 1794 14 years
Potter, Samuel? Convict Sussex (Seaford) Quarter Session 11 May 1797 7 years
Povey, John? Convict Salop Assizes 4 August 1792 Life
Presnell, William? Convict Essex Assizes 8 March 1797 Life
Purver, Abel? Convict Southampton Assizes 1 March 1796 Life
Quinn, James? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 14 September 1796 7 years
Race, James? Convict Essex Assizes 8 March 1797 7 years
Ridley, James Convict Bedford Assizes 9 March 1797 7 years
Roberts, John? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 26 June 1796 7 years
Robinson, Michael? Convict Old Bailey 14 September 1796 Life
Robinson, William? Convict Southampton Assizes 7 March 1797 7 years
Rock, Michael? Convict Derby Assizes 15 March 1794 Life
Rose, Jeremiah? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 11 September 1793 Life
Rose, Thomas Convict Salop Assizes 19 March 1793 Life
Rowland, Benjamin? Convict Southampton Assizes 1 March 1796 Life
Rowley, Samuel? Convict Essex Assizes 13 July 1796 7 years
Rowson, Anthony? Convict Southampton Assizes 7 March 17979 Life
Salmon, Joseph? Convict Old Bailey 14 September 1796 Life
Sandall, Samuel? Convict Surrey Assizes 25 July 1796 Life
Scoldwell, Charles? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 14 September 1796 7 years
Sealey, Thomas? Convict Surrey Assizes 14 April 1795 14 years
Seaton, Charles? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 23 May 1792 Life
Sevell, Edward? Convict Essex Assizes 8 March 1797 Life
Shepherd, John? Convict Somerset Assizes 24 March 1796 7 years
Sherburn, David? Convict York Assizes 11 March 1797 Life
Shergold, John? Convict Southampton Assizes 1 March 1796 Life
Simmons, Robert? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 14 September 1796 Life
Simpkins, Charles? Convict Hertford Assizes 11 July 1796 7 years
Smith, John? Convict Old Bailey 26 October 1797 7 years
Smith, John? Convict Worcester Assizes 11 March 1797 7 years
Smith, Joseph? Convict Essex Assizes 8 March 1797 7 years
Smith, Mary? Came Free
Smith, Miles Andrew? Convict Old Bailey 16 September 1795 7 years
Smith, Robert? Convict Gloucester Assizes 15 March 1797 14 years
Smith, Thomas? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 14 September 1796 Life
Smith, William? Convict Cambridge (Isle of Ely) Quarter Session 21 March 1796 7 years
Smith, William? Convict Wiltshire Assizes 7 March 1795 Life
Soulflatt, Joseph? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 15 January 1794 Life
Sowerber, John? Convict Cumberland Quarter Session 15 July 1793 7 years
Standen, Daniel? Convict Kent Assizes 12 March 1792 Life
Staning, Abraham? Convict Surrey Assizes 25 July 1796 Life
Sutton, William? Convict Surrey Assizes 27 July 1795 7 years
Taylor, John? Convict Sussex Quarter Session 25 April 1797 7 years
Taylor, Thomas? Convict Worcester Assizes 11 March 1797 Life
Thomas, John? Convict Southampton Assizes 1 March 1796 Life
Thompson, William? Convict Buckingham Quarter Session 6 October 1796 7 years
Thorogood, John? Convict Essex Assizes 11 March 1795 Life
Tiney, William? Convict Essex Assizes 9 March 1796 7 years
Trindall, James? Convict Surrey Assizes 21 March 1793 7 years
Tutwell, Thomas? Convict Derby Assizes 14 March 1796 Life
Tyso, John? Convict Bedford Assizes 9 March 1797 7 years
Vandercomb, James? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 14 September 1796 Life
Vaughan, Joseph? Convict Worcester Assizes 9 July 1796 7 years
Vaux, Benjamin? Convict Warwick Assizes 26 March 1793 7 years
Waddington, John? Convict York Assizes 5 March 1796 7 years
Ward, George? Convict Northampton Assizes 5 July 1796 Life
Ward, William? Convict Worcester Assizes 11 March 1797 7 years
Ware, Joseph? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 23 May 1792 Life
Warren, John? Convict Bedford Assizes 9 March 1797 7 years
Webb, John? Convict Worcester Assizes 11 March 1797 7 years
Welch, John? Convict Old Bailey Middlesex Jury 6 April 1796 7 years
Wells, William? Convict Cambridge (Isle of Ely) Quarter Session 27 July 1796 7 years
West, Absalom? Convict Somerset Assizes 26 March 1795 14 years
West, William? Convict Sussex Assizes 13 August 1791 14 years
Weston, Richard? Convict Worcester Assizes 7 March 1795 Life
White, John? Convict Old Bailey 14 September 1796 Life
Widowson, Samuel? Convict Nottingham Assizes 13 March 1794 7 years
Wigan, Ralph? Convict Lancaster Assizes 3 September 1791 14 years
Wild, James? Convict York Assizes 2 August 1794 14 years
William, John? Convict Glamorgan Assizes 19 August 1796 Life
Williams, Job? Convict Worcester Assizes 11 March 1797 7 years
Williams, John? Convict Old Bailey 14 September 1796 Life
Williams, John? Convict Warwick Assizes 26 March 1793 Life
Williams, John? Convict York Assizes 24 March 1795 7 years
Williams, John? Convict Hereford Assizes 13 August 1794 Life
Williams, Thomas? Convict Old Bailey 22 May 1792 Life
Williams, William? Convict Essex Assizes 8 March 1797 Life
Willis, William? Convict Devon Assizes 14 March 1796 Life
Willmott, George? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 30 November 1796 Life
Wilson, William? Convict Old Bailey 13 January 1796 7 years
Wolfe, George? Convict Old Bailey 17 February 1796 7 years
Wood, Charles? Convict Worcester Assizes 9 July 1796 7 years
Wood, William? Convict Southampton Assizes 6 July 1796 7 years
Wood, William Jesterman? Convict Old Bailey 13 January 1796 7 years
Woodward, John? Convict Leicester Assizes 23 March 1797 7 years
Wright, James? Convict Derby Quarter Session 12 January 1796 7 years
York, Thomas? Convict Worcester Assizes 11 March 1797 Life
Young, John? Convict Northumberland Assizes 25 July 1796 Life
Young, John? Convict Sussex Assizes 22 July 1796 7 years
Young, William? Convict Old Bailey Middlesex Jury 6 April 1796 7 years