Convict information for Australia and Tasmania is quite garbled and prisoners are often mixed up. I have tried to sort out the facts from the fiction but if I am wrong with any of the below pleas let me know by e mail listing your source for correction and I will change it. sdgray22@sky.com. For the story of the Exiles please see the exiles page
One of the earliest settlers in the New World was John Jex (27 yrs.), who departed from the Port of London, aboard the "Amitie", bound for St. Christopher's in the Barbados, in October 1635.
JEX Convicts transported to Australia
http://www.historyaustralia.org.au/twconvic/Adelaide%201849
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 10 years
Known aliases:
none
Convicted at:
Convicted at Norfolk. Norwich Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years on 17 March 1847
Sentence term:
10 years
Ship name:
Adelaide or could be Portland
Departure date:
8th August, 1849
Place of arrival:
Van Diemen's Land and Port Phillip
Source:
Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/16, Page Number 93 (48)
This 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 Project
The convict ship 'Adelaide' left Portland in England on 17 August 1849. She originally embarked 303 male convicts. Three of these were relanded in British waters, one died on the voyage to the Australian colonies.
Her first port of call in the colonies was at Hobart where 40 convicts were disembarked. The remaining convicts (257) were transported to Sydney, where they arrived on 29 November 1849.
Ship's Master - Stephen Wharton
Ship's Surgeon - F. Le Grand
JOHN JEX -convict Australia 1849 trial Norwich NFK 1847 sentence 10 yrs Australian National Archives
JENNIS JEX
Jennis Jex was a convict and his details can be found at www.portal.archives.tas.gov.au Tasmania's Heritage site.
Convict Number 36593 He arrived in Australia on the Ship Emily 1 on 24th November 1842. Hel left London or Sheerness on 28th June 1842 his destination Van Demans Land.
JAMES JECKS
James Jecks Born 1809 Norwich he was convicted of stealing a watch and given a 7 year transportation sentence at the Cambridge/Wisbech quarter sessions 5th October 1842. He departed on 14th January 1843 from Plymouth on the ship Earl Grey his destination Van Demans Land. He was aged 33 and was 5'4.5" he could read and write and had 2 brothers. He was single and a protestant his trade was a Coachsmith.
his details can be found at foundersandsurvivors.org
WILLIAM JEX
William Jex was born in 1806-7, he was 24years old in 1831 when he arrived in Tasmania, he was born in Kingston in Surrey. His date of departure was 18th March or April 1831 on ship Argyl and arrive4d in Hobart 3rd August 1831, he was sentenced to life at Bucks Assizes on 19th July 1830 for horse stealing. His character report was good and the Surgeons report noted that he was pockpitted and had a cast in his eyes which were light grey. He was 5'6.25" tall and was single. He was born at Little Burstead, he reads and writes and is a protestant. His occupation is ploughman but he can milk. On 31st December 1833 he was assigned to Liet.Davis. There is a note that a brother travelled with him although there are no details of him.
JAMES JEX
Sentenced at Exeter Quarter Sessions 4th October 1813 sentence 7 years transportation