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Ganges 1797


Convicts on the transport ship Ganges - 1797

Convicts embarked – 203 male convicts
Convicts relanded while still in English waters - 0
Convicts who died on the voyage – 13
Sailed from Portsmouth, England
Arrived in the Sydney, New South Wales on 2 June 1797


NAME STATUS CRIME COURT DATE SENTENCE
Abrahams, Abraham? Convict Burglary Old Bailey London Jury 16 July 1794 Death commuted to Life
Applin, Thomas? Convict Somerset Assizes 8 August 1795 Life
Armstrong, John? Convict Lancaster Quarter Sessions 16 July 1795 7 years
Arnold, Thomas? Convict Surrey Assizes 8 August 1792 Life
Ashley, John? Convict Lancaster Quarter Sessions 22 January 1794 7 years
Bateman, William? Convict Theft & Receiving Stolen Goods Old Bailey Second Middlesex Jury 17 February 1796 14 years
Bates, John? Convict Surrey Assizes 22 July 1793 Life
Bedford, Thomas? Convict Highway Robbery - Felonious assault Middlesex Gaol Delivery 13 January 1796 7 years
Bell, Nicholas? Convict Sussex Assizes 4 August 1792 14 years
Bent, Robert? Convict Essex (Chelmsford) Assizes 5 March 1792 14 years
Borthwick, John? Convict Deception: Perjury London Gaol Delivery 4 June 1794 7 years
Borthwick, Thomas? Convict Deception: Perjury London Gaol Delivery 4 June 1794 7 years
Bowls, John? Convict Cambridge (Ely) Gaol Delivery 20 October 1795 7 years
Bradfield, John? Convict Suffolk (Bury St Edmunds) Assizes 25 March 1795 Life
Brawn, Joseph? Convict Cornwall Assizes 6 August 1792 Life
Bromfield, Richard? Convict London Gaol Delivery 15 January 1796 7 years
Brookes, Thomas? Convict Warwick Assizes 26 March 1793 14 years
Brown, Charles? Convict Kent Assizes 8 August 1791 Life
Brown, Richard? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 11 September 1793 7 years
Burrobriggs, Jonathan? Convict Leicester Assizes 23 March 1792 14 years
Butterworth, James? Convict Lancaster Assizes 30 August 1794 Life
Campbell, Richard? Convict Robbery with violence Old Bailey First Middlesex Jury 15 June 1794 Death commuted to Life
Camplin, Robert? Convict Middlesex Sessions of Peace 13 September 1793 7 years
Carroll, James? Convict Highway Robbery Old Bailey Second Middlesex Jury 12 September 1792 Death Commuted to Life
Carroll, Patrick? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 15 January 1794 7 years
Catapodi, John? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 15 April 1795 Life
Cavernor, Thomas? Convict Feloniously steal 2 pieces of brass (weight 4 lb. each) Old Bailey London Jury 15 January 1796 7 years
Chamberlain, William? Convict Somerset Assizes 26 March 1795 14 years
Chambers, Daniel? Convict Buckingham Assizes 8 July 1793 7 years
Chambers, John? Convict Northampton Assizes 31 July 1792 14 years
Clare, William? Convict Steal seven sheep Middlesex Gaol Delivery 11 May 1796 Death Commuted to Life
Corby, William? Convict Northampton (Peterboro) Oyer 7 terminer and Gaol Delivery 11 May 1796 14 years
Cornhill, Henry? Convict Essex (Chelmsford) Assizes 4 March 1793 Life
Cox, Joseph? Convict Southampton Assizes 3 March 1795 Life
Crosley, Thomas? Convict York Assizes 24 March 1795 Life
Cunningham, Matthew? Convict Middlesex Court of King's Bench July 1795 7 years
Curtis, George? Convict Kent Assizes 18 March 1795 7 years
Curtis, John? Convict Gloucester Assizes March 1795 Life
Curtis, Samuel? Convict Essex Assizes 11 March 1795 Life
Darke, Richard? Convict Devon (Exeter) Assizes 16 March 1795 Life
Davies, Thomas? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 13 January 1796 7 years
Davis, Benjamin? Convict Warwick Assizes 27 July 1793 Life
Davis, Hugh? Convict Devon Assizes 19 March 1792 7 years
Davis, John? Convict Highway Robbery Old Bailey First Middlesex Jury 20 February 1793 Death commuted to 14 years
Day, Francis? Convict York Assizes 2 August 1794 Life
Dell, James? Convict Hertford Assizes 9 March 1795 14 years
Doyle, Thomas? Convict Theft: Specified Place Old Bailey Second Middlesex Jury 17 September 1794 Death commuted to Life
Dronfield, Joseph? Convict Derby Assizes 14 March 1796 14 years
Fennedy, Patrick? Convict Lancaster Assizes 31 March 1794 14 years
Field, William? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 8 December 1794 7 years
Fisher, John? Convict Leicester Assizes 20 March 1794 7 years
Flowers, Austin? Convict Theft with Violence: Highway Robbery Old Bailey First Middlesex Jury 1 July 1795 Death commuted to Life
Follon, James? Convict Surrey Assizes 22 July 1793 7 years
Forster, William? Convict Essex (Chelmsford) Assizes 5 March 1792 7 years
Foster, Samuel? Convict Burglary Dorset Assizes 11 March 1795 Life
Foster, Thomas? Convict Warwick Assizes 26 March 1793 Life
Fountain, Daniel? Convict Steal two tin cans & eight gallons of lamp oil Old Bailey London Jury 15 January 1796 7 years
Fox, John? Convict Berkshire Assizes 8 July 1793 Life
Freer, James? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 11 May 1796 Life
Gaintenby, Peter? Convict Lincoln Assizes 4 August 1792 Life
Gaverick, William? Convict Devon (Exeter) Assizes 17 March 1794 Life
Gibbons, James? Convict Warwick Assizes 27 July 1793 Life
Gilbert, Thomas? Convict Bedford Assizes 4 August 1791 Life
Gilfoy, Daniel? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 23 May 1792 Life
Golding, John? Convict Housebreaking Old Bailey First Middlesex Jury 23 May 1792 Death commuted to Life
Goldsmith, George? Convict Highway Robbery Old Bailey First Middlesex Jury 10 April 1793 7 years
Goodall, William? Convict Steal one Ram lamb Old Bailey Second Middlesex Jury 23 May 1792 Death commuted to Life
Gowlett, Isaac? Convict Steal one sheep & Receiving Stolen goods Old Bailey First Middlesex Jury 6 April 1796 14 years
Graham, John? Convict Steal a loaded wooden cart Old Bailey London Jury 15 January 1796 7 years
Grange, James? Convict Salop Assizes 19 March 1793 7 years
Gregg, James? Convict Cumberland Assizes 2 August 1793 Life
Grice, James? Convict Essex Assizes 15 July 1795 Life
Grindley, Henry? Convict Chester Gaol Delivery 21 August 1793 Life
Hall, John? Convict Highway Robbery Old Bailey First Middlesex Jury 13 January 1796 7 years
Hall, Richard? Convict York Assizes 10 July 1795 14 years
Hamilton, Jacob? Convict York Assizes 21 July 1792 Life
Hannabus, John? Convict Devon Assizes 30 July 1792 Life
Hannatt, Samuel? Convict steal 2 pair of women's leather shoes Old Bailey First Middlesex Jury 17 February 1796 7 years
Harper, Thomas? Convict Stafford Assizes 6 August 1794 Life
Harrex, James? Convict Suffolk Assizes 25 March 1795 14 years
Harrison, John? Convict Steal 2 pair of silver shoe buckles London Gaol Delivery 31 October 1792 7 years
Harvey, William? Convict Somerset Assizes 20 March 1793 14 years
Hately, Joseph? Convict Warwick Assizes 1 August 1795 Life
Higeson, George? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 16 July 1794 Life
Hill, William? Convict Essex (Chelmsford) Assizes 10 July 1793 Life
Holland, Henry? Convict Theft: Specified Place Old Bailey First Middlesex Jury 25 May 1793 7 years
Home, William? Convict London Gaol Delivery 15 January 1796 7 years
Hoppe, Charles? Convict Burglary Old Bailey First Middlesex Jury 11 May 1796 Life
Hughes, William? Convict Chester Gaol Delivery 9 April 1792 14 years
Jackson, Thomas? Convict Burglary Old Bailey London Jury 2 December 1795 7 years
Jarvis, Joseph? Convict Devon Assizes 22 August 1791 14 years
Johnson, Thomas? Convict Essex Assizes 6 August 1794 7 years
Johnson, Thomas? Convict Northampton Assizes 5 March 1792 Life
Jones, Francis? Convict London Gaol Delivery 19 February 1794 7 years
Jones, James? Convict steal 2 pair of silver shoe buckles London Gaol Delivery 31 October 1792 7 years
Jones, John? Convict steal 1 linen sheet Old Bailey Second Middlesex Jury 23 May 1792 7 years
Kates, William? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 10 April 1793 7 years
Kenney, James? Convict Highway Robbery Old Bailey Second Middlesex Jury 15 February 1792 & 23 May 1792 Death commuted to Life
King, Lawrence? Convict Crime unknown Middlesex Gaol Delivery 12 September 1792 Life
Kiss, James? Convict Warwick Assizes 27 July 1793 Life
Lawrence, Nathaniel? Convict Somerset Assizes 11 August 1792 Life
Leverton, James? Convict Nottingham Assizes 15 March 1792 Life
Lock, Frederick? Convict Norfolk Assizes 11 March 1796 14 years
Lyster, John? Convict Middlesex (Westminster) Quarter Sessions 20 October 1794 7 years
Major, Alexander? Convict Northampton Assizes 5 March 1792 Life
Marks, Mordecai? Convict Kent Assizes 17 March 1794 Life
Mason, John? Convict Kent Assizes 12 March 1792 7 years
Matthews, John? Convict Highway Robbery & Receiving Stolen Goods Old Bailey Second Middlesex Jury 23 May 1792 14 years
McKay, James? Convict Returning from transportation Old Bailey First Middlesex Jury 6 April 1796 Death commuted to Life
Meeling, John? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 23 May 1792 Life
Millan, William? Convict Highway Robbery Old Bailey London Jury 11 May 1796 Death commuted to Life
Milligan, John? Convict Southampton Assizes 17 July 1792 Life
Morgan, Evan? Convict Embezzlement London Gaol Delivery 1 Juy 1795 Death commuted to Life
Mullett, John? Convict Feloniuosly steal two sheets Old Bailey First Middlesex Jury 16 September 1795 Life
Oldham, Richard? Convict Nottingham Assizes 15 March 1792 Life
Organ, William? Convict Norfolk Assizes 11 March 1796 14 years
Owens, William? Convict Burglary Old Bailey Second Middlesex Jury 17 February 1796 Death commuted to 7 years
Page, Joseph? Convict Surrey Assizes 21 March 1792 7 years
Pain, Samuel? Convict Dorset Assizes 11 March 1795 Life
Parker, Michael? Convict Returning from transportation Middlesex Gaol Delivery 6 April 1796 Death commuted to Life
Parry, Philip? Convict Highway Robbery Old Bailey First Middlesex Jury 6 April 1796 Death commuted to Life
Pearce, Robert? Convict Housebreaking Old Bailey London Jury 23 May 1792 Life
Pearson, Thomas? Convict Highway Robbery Old Bailey Second Middlesex Jury 17 February 1796 Death commuted to 7 years
Penny, William? Convict Steal to the value of 39 shillings Old Bailey Second Middlesex Jury 26 June 1793 7 years
Pepper, Thomas? Convict Feloniously steal 23 woolen rugs Middlesex Quarter Sessions 5 October 1793 7 years
Phelps, Samuel? Convict Bedford Assizes 4 August 1791 Life
Poore, Thomas? Convict Burglary - found guilty of stealing a sheet Old Bailey First Middlesex Jury 31 October 1792 7 years
Power, William? Convict Surrey Assizes 23 March 1795 7 years
Price, John? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 11 September 1793 Life
Randall, John? Convict Burglary Old Bailey First Middlesex Jury 6 April 1796 Death commuted to Life
Read, Samuel? Convict Crime against the King: Coining Old Bailey Second Middlesex Jury 6 April 1796 Death commuted to Life
Remnant, James? Convict Somerset Assizes 23 August 1794 7 years
Retollo, Peter? Convict Cornwall Assizes 6 August 1792 Life
Rice, John? Convict Somerset Assizes 8 August 1795 14 years
Riley, Thomas? Convict Devon (Exeter) Assizes 17 March 1794 Life
Roberts, Thomas? Convict Steal £13 in cash from a dwelling house London Gaol Delivery 25 May 1793 7 years
Robson, John? Convict York Assizes 21 July 1792 Life
Rogers, William? Convict Nottingham Quarter Sessions 14 January 1794 7 years
Salt, Joseph Small? Convict Somerset Assizes 27 March 1794 Life
Scivington, John? Convict London Gaol Delivery 16 September 1795 Life
Sells, Henry? Convict Nottingham Assizes 12 March 1795 Life
Shepherd, William? Convict Surrey Assizes 10 August 1794 Life
Shepperd, Richard? Convict York (Leeds) Quarter Sessions 13 January 1794 7 years
Sides, Richard? Convict Warwick Assizes 16 August 1794 14 years
Simmonds, John? Convict Steal a silver table spoon London Gaol Delivery 12 December 1792 7 years
Simons, Samuel? Convict Theft: Simple Grand Larceny Old Bailey London Jury 15 January 1796 7 years
Sirgaskin, Samuel? Convict Southampton Assizes 10 July 1793 14 years
Smith, Charles? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 23 May 1792 Life
Smith, Matthew? Convict York Assizes 21 July 1792 Life
Smith, Thomas? Convict Chester Gaol Delivery 15 September 1791 14 years
Smith, Thomas? Convict Buckingham Assizes 16 July 1792 14 years
Smith, William? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 12 September 1792 Life
Sparkes, James? Convict London Gaol Delivery 17 February 1796 7 years
Spencer, Joseph Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 10 April 1793 Life
Stephenson, Richard? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 17 February 1796 Life
Stevens, Samuel? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 20 March 1792 7 years
Stoneham, John? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 12 September 1792 Life
Swift, Edward? Convict Salop Assizes 19 March 1793 Life
Tabor, Thomas? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 11 May 1796 Life
Tait, John? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 11 May 1796 Life
Tennant, William? Convict Newcastle Quarter Sessions 14 October 1795 7 years
Thomas, Thomas? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 15 April 1795 7 years
Thompson, John? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 4 December 1793 Life
Thompson, Thomas? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 6 April 1796 Life
Thompson, Thomas? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 11 May 1796 Life
Thompson, William? Convict London Gaol Delivery 23 May 1792 7 years
Thompson, William? Convict Warwick Assizes 27 July 1793 Life
Thornbury, Thomas? Convict Derby Assizes 16 March 1795 Life
Tilbury, John? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 17 September 1794 7 years
Took, William? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 17 February 1796 Life
Touse, William? Convict London Gaol Delivery 16 September 1795 7 years
Tramp, Samuel? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 11 May 1796 Life
Trevor, William? Convict Salop Assizes 19 March 1793 Life
Trotter, Henry? Convict York Assizes 21 July 1792 Life
Turner, Thomas? Convict Sussex Assizes 24 March 1794 Life
Wallace, William? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 23 May 1792 Life
Wallis, Richard? Convict Cambridge Assizes 13 March 1792 Life
Watkins, John? Convict Kent (Canterbury) Quarter Sessions 10 July 1792 7 years
Watson, James? Convict London Gaol Delivery 16 September 1795 7 years
Watson, John? Convict York Assizes 21 July 1792 Life
Wenlock, Joseph? Convict Worcester Assizes 18 July 1795 7 years
West, James? Convict Somerset (Taunton) Assizes 26 March 1795 14 years
White, Joseph? Convict Kent Assizes 30 July 1792 7 years
White, Ralph? Convict York Assizes 13 July 1793 7 years
Wilcox, James? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 22 June 1796 7 years
Wild, Henry? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 9 January 1793 Life
Wild, John? Convict Lancaster Quarter Sessions 22 January 1794 7 years
Wilde, George? Convict Chester Gaol Delivery 21 August 1793 Life
Wilde, Joseph? Convict Chester Gaol Delivery 21 August 1793 Life
William, Charles? Convict Lincoln Assizes 9 March 1793 14 years
Williams, John? Convict Surrey Quarter Sessions 14 January 1794 7 years
Williams, John? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 11 May 1796 Life
Williams, William? Convict London Gaol Delivery 25 May 1793 7 years
Wilson, Charles? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 6 April 1796 Life
Wilson, John? Convict London Gaol Delivery 16 September 1795 7 years
Wilson, Thomas? Convict York Assizes 21 July 1792 Life
Wood, George? Convict London Gaol Delivery 15 January 1796 7 years
Wood, Valentine? Convict London Gaol Delivery 15 April 1795 7 years
Woodman, William? Convict Sussex Assizes 24 July 1795 Life
Woolard, Daniel? Convict Essex (Chelmsford) Assizes 10 July 1793 14 years
Woolridge, Thomas? Convict Stafford Assizes 14 March 1793 Life
Wyatt, Matthew? Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 11 May 1796 Life
Wybrow, William? Convict London Gaol Delivery 16 September 1795 Life
Wyke, Benjamin? Convict Leicester Assizes 20 March 1794 7 years

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