Dear Scott and Carol Many thanks for your help with identifying John Scott. I have a transcription of his journal where he states: "Friday Feb 12th 1841 [or could be 1842, years are slightly mixed up]: I have been in this country 35 years and have never experienced so much heat and dry weather, everything is parched for want of rain. Flies and other insects innumerable". so I do think he arrived in 1806 or 1807. His language/terminology and his skills seem naval or seaman in origin, and, by 1830 he was referred to as Old Scott, so may have been born c.1870.(?) Perhaps he is most likely to be (Thanks Scott): 4) John Scott, Convict arrived per the Duke of Portland in 1807 1) John Scott, Seaman arrived per an unidentified ship of the Second Fleet, left the colony on the Asia in 1795 [who perhaps returned to live in 1806/7]. I will look them up. Also wasn't there a John Scott on Norfolk Island? Thanks Carol also for this candidate below -who sounds very interesting but 1810 arrival sounds too late: Description: John Scott, one of 200 convicts transported on the Indian, July 1810 Sentence Details: Convicted at "The Agincourt" Court Martial for a term of life. Vessel: Indian (Ship) Date of Departure: July 1810 Place of Arrival: New South Wales Source: Australian Joint Copying Project Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 23 (13) Creator: Great Britain. Home Office Publisher: State Library of Queensland Digital ID: ctr-087433 also - perhaps he wasn't a convict to start with but one of those historical anomaly 'swimmer' arrivals... Julie ---- Original message ---- >Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:53:15 +1100 >From: aus-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com (on behalf of Scott Brown <ozgenie@historyaustralia.org.au>) >Subject: Re: [AUS-CON] seeking info: John Scott arrived 1807/8 died 1843 >To: aus-convicts@rootsweb.com > > >I have identified the following John Scott's arriving in the colony pre >1810 >1) John Scott, Seaman per an unidentified ship of the Second Fleet, left >the colony on the Asia in 1795 >2) John Scott, copnvict per the Sugar Cane in 1793 >3) John Scott, Convict per the Minerva in 1800 (died 1806) >4) John Scott, Convict per the Duke of Portland in 1807 >5) John Scott, Convict per the Indian in 1810 >6) John Scott, Convict per the Rolla in 1803 > >Scott Brown > >On Tue, 7 Oct 2008 09:29:44 +1000, "Carol Wood" <nanawood@bigpond.com> >wrote: >> Hi Julie, >> >> I can't find any John Scott as a convict in the years 1807/8. The one >> below >> from the State Library of Qld website is the closest I can find. He was >> Court Martialled. Sorry I don't know much about the The Agincourt Court >> Martial except it was something that happened during the Napoleonic Wars >> off >> Gibralter and the captain of the ship (Cptn Williamson) was court >> martialled >> for failing to engage the enemy in a battle. If you Google it you >might >> find out more. >> >> Title: Scott, John >> >> Description: John Scott, one of 200 convicts transported on the Indian, >> July >> 1810 >> >> Sentence Details: Convicted at "The Agincourt" Court Martial for a term >of >> life. >> >> Vessel: Indian (Ship) >> >> Date of Departure: July 1810 >> >> Place of Arrival: New South Wales >> >> Subject(s): Convicts - Australia - Registers >> Australia - Genealogy >> >> Source: Australian Joint Copying Project Microfilm Roll 87, Class and >> Piece >> Number HO11/2, Page Number 23 (13) >> >> Creator: Great Britain. Home Office >> >> Publisher: State Library of Queensland >> >> Digital ID: ctr-087433 >> >> Carol Wood >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> AUS-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-CONVICTS- request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message