Simon Taylor

Summary

Simon Taylor, one of 106 convicts transported on the Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander and William and Mary, January 1791
Born
Unknown
Conviction Stealing corn
Departure Dec 1790
Arrival
Jul 1791
Death
Unknown
Personal Information
Name: Simon Taylor
Aliases:
Gender: Male
Born: Unknown
Death: Unknown
Age: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown
Crime
Convicted at: Warwick Assizes
Sentence term: 7
Voyage
Departed: 31st Dec 1790
Arrival: 9th Jul 1791
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

Departed: 31st Dec, 1790
Arrived: 9th Jul, 1791
Passengers: 1253

The Third Fleet consisted of 11 Vessels. Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Gorgon, Mary Ann, Matilda, Queen (from Ireland) Salamander and William and Ann. These vessels were provided by a private company; Camden, Calvert and King to ship convicts to the colony. Ship-Active. 21 deaths

Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann

References

Primary SourceAustralian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 141 (72)
Source DescriptionThis 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 SourceGreat Britain. Home Office
Compiled ByState Library of Queensland
Database SourceBritish convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database

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Convict Notes

Contributed by Maureen Withey on 29th March 2024

Digitised Indent of ship Matilda. Samuel Burrows, Simon Taylor, and Thomas Little, alias Litley, tried at Q Sessions? Warwick, 19 July 1788, seven years. Thomas Little, for stealing out of the workshops of Joseph ton, Charles Jennens, and Abraham Newton, button-makers in Deritend, a quantity. of mettle buttons; Samuel Burrows, for stealing in Birmingham, a quantity of steel beads, the property of William Barr; and Simon Taylor, for stealing wheat from Daniel Collins, clerk of Culverdon, were sentenced to be transported for seven years. Aris’s Birmingham Gazette, 28 July 1788.

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Revisions

ContributorDateChanges
Maureen Withey
29th Mar 2024crime, gender
Anonymous
12th May 2011none