Hi Betty, >From the First Fleet Convicts Register - James COPP (alias CAPP), aged 40 years, born about 1746, died February 1788 at Sydney Cove, buried 19 February 1788 at Sydney Cove - tried 20 March 1786 at Exeter-Devon with James GOULD (aged 45; died 1792) for stealing 11 wooden barrels and other goods valued at 65 shillings, and sentenced to transportation for 7 years, held onboard prison hulk "Dunkirk" and shown as 'tolerably decent and orderly', arrived onboard "Charlotte". Cheers Trish Nowra NSW > James Capp, Prisoner was transported to New South Wales on the Ship > Charlotte and arrived Jan.26, 1788. This was the 1st transportation of > prisoners to OZ. > Does anyone have information about him? Could he have been a brother to > Frederick Capp, born abt 1739 In Shoulden, Kent, England, married Mary > Turner , died May 1814 in Shoulden. > Anyone know anything about this James? Frederick named one of his son's > James. > Betty
Trish, Thank You so very much for finding this for me. I am trying to figure if he was in anyway related to the family of Frederick Capp of Kent. Betty On 2/22/2014 4:34 PM, symonds3 wrote: > Hi Betty, > >From the First Fleet Convicts Register - > James COPP (alias CAPP), aged 40 years, born about 1746, died February 1788 > at Sydney Cove, buried 19 February 1788 at Sydney Cove - tried 20 March 1786 > at Exeter-Devon with James GOULD (aged 45; died 1792) for stealing 11 > wooden barrels and other goods valued at 65 shillings, and sentenced to > transportation for 7 years, held onboard prison hulk "Dunkirk" and shown as > 'tolerably decent and orderly', arrived onboard "Charlotte". > Cheers > Trish > Nowra NSW > > >> James Capp, Prisoner was transported to New South Wales on the Ship >> Charlotte and arrived Jan.26, 1788. This was the 1st transportation of >> prisoners to OZ. >> Does anyone have information about him? Could he have been a brother to >> Frederick Capp, born abt 1739 In Shoulden, Kent, England, married Mary >> Turner , died May 1814 in Shoulden. >> Anyone know anything about this James? Frederick named one of his son's >> James. >> Betty > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KENT-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >