Hi Jeff, Fantastic!! My husbands 4th grt grandfather Thomas CRAWFORD was aboard the Southworth as a 19 yr old convict.The Old Bailey trial says he was 16 (he may have lied) in the January 1830 but his transportation papers in the same year say 19 ? Your Charles LEDGERWOOD and Thomas would no doubt have known each other !!!Thomas was from Curtain Rd Middlesex.He stole (supposedly as he denied it at his trial) 14lbs of candles. Could you see if he is mentioned please. Many many thanks for that. Can I help you in any way? I have a lot of cds. Kind regards Virginia Kinley----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 7:06 AM Subject: [TAS-CONVICTS] 172 Years Ago Today > Hi List > > On this day 172 years ago the SOUTHWORTH set sail for VDL with 18 year > old Charles LEDGERWOOD and 159 other convicts on board. This is the > story of that voyage as told by the Surgeon Superintendent. > > Journal of His Majesty's Convict Ship Southworth > Alex. Stewart /6/ Surgeon > Between the 24th June and 28th October 1830 > > On the 14th of June 1830, three days after my arrival in London from New > South Wales, I was appointed to the Southworth Convict Ship, and joined > her on the 24th then lying at Sheerness, having 160 Male Prisoners on > board and ready for Sea. On the following day received dispatches for > the Lieut. Governor of Van Diemens Land and sailed the morning of the > 26th; In the evening the wind and tide being against us we came to an > anchor in Margate Roads; the 27th again weighed and about noon anchored > in the Downs. From this the Ship finally sailed on the 30th with a light > breeze at E. b. S. On the 2nd day after being at sea the wind veered > round to S.W. blowing strong with thick foggy weather and rain, the > motion of the vessel now produced much Sea Sickness among the Guard and > Convicts which with the wet state of the Decks and Prisons, from spray > and rain, rendared (sic) them very uncomfortable. on the 16th July the > weather cleared up with the wind at E.N.E. when we all soon recovered > the effects of the former bad weather; by this time the Prisoners Irons > were all taken off. On the 22nd having been three weeks at Sea and on > Salt provisions. Lime Juice and Sugar were issued to the Guard and > Convicts in the proportion of an Ounce of each, mixed in a Pint of > water; the 26th the ship was becalmed off the Island of St Antonia, from > this period till we crossed the line, which was on the 13th of August, > the winds were very light and variable but the weather generally fine. > On the 26th August the S. E. Trades failed us, in 30 S. Latit(it)ude > when we had strong winds from the N. of E. with showers of Rain. 4th > Sept. pass the Island of Tristan De Cunha, after this whilst running to > the Eastward. between 37 and 43 S. latitudes, the winds were from the > westward veering about from the North to South, generally blowing strong > with a good deal of rain. so that the Decks and Prisons were very often > wet, but every means were taken to keep the later as dry as possible by > means of Swabbs and Swing stoves, and no very bad consequences > followed; On the 29th July on getting into warm weather the Prisoners > Jackets, shoes and stocking were taken from them, and stowed away in dry > casks and again issued to them on the 26th August on getting into colder > weather; 22nd August commenced issuing Wine to the Prisoners in the > proportion of a gil To each which I calculated would last them till > about the time of our reaching Van Diemens Land. The Morning of the 19th > Oct. the Southworth anchored at Hobart Town, during the passage we lost > by Death one Convict, and two of the Guards wives were safely delivered > each of a Son, who were vaccinated with the matter sent on board, but > without effect; > (signed) Alex. Stewart /6/ Surgeon Superintendent Southworth C. S. > > Transcribed from the AJCP film as written. > > I have a copy of Surgeon Stewart's sick list which gives details of the > illness or injury that the convicts and crew suffered on the voyage. If > your ancestor was on the Southworth let me know the name and I will see > if he was mentioned. > > Regards Jeff Arnold > > > ==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== > Please link your webpages to the Australian Families Webring and Tasmanian Convicts - let's unite!!! The navigation bar is located at: > Http://hometown.aol.com/romniroser/myhomepage/newsletter.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >