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"Ganges" 1797 Convict Ship (England to NSW)

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  • George Higgerson [Convict "Ganges" 1797] (1774 - 1831)
    George HIGGERSON (aka HIGESON, HIGGISON, HIGGINSON) was born c1774George was convicted and sentenced to transportation for life. He arrived in Sydney Cove on 2/6/1797 on "Ganges"George had a relationsh...
  • William or James Kiss, Convict "Ganges" 1797 (1769 - 1853)
    NOTE: in 2019 Ann Ruse - Reed - Harrigan - Hartshorn - Payne and James William Kiss were confirmed via maternal dna testing to be the biological children of Elizabeth (Perry) Ruse [Convict "Lady Julian...
  • John Curtis, Convict "Ganges" 1797 (c.1750 - 1821)
    John CURTIS was born c1750 probably in Bristol, England. Nothing is known of his life in England before 1797. He had a wife and 10 children who lived in the parish of St Augustine's in Bristol. In Mar...
  • William Wybrow, Convict “Ganges” 1797 (1774 - 1852)
    Tried and convicted. Sentenced to life, commuted to transportation. I think he was convicted in the company of John Mullet and John Scivington.Departed Aug 1796 on the Ganges, arrived Sydney Jan 1797 T...
  • Thomas Tabor, Free Settler "Ganges" 1797 (1792 - 1869)
    Thomas arrived in Australia on 2 June 1797 with his mother and father (Thomas snr a convict) and siblings Frances Sarah and Deborah on the ship 'Ganges'. Did not marry Will left everything to his br...
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The "Ganges" was built in India in 1794, 700 ton

The "Ganges" sailed from Portsmouth, England on 10 December 1796 and arrived in Sydney Cove on 2 June 1797, transporting convicts

203 male convicts - 13 died on journey


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List of Free Settlers/Soldiers

List of convicts

  • Abrahams, Abraham
  • Applin, Thomas
  • Armstrong, John
  • Arnold, Thomas
  • Ashley, John
  • Aulkin, James
  • Bateman / Batman, William - William (Bateman) Batman [Convict "Ganges" 1797]
  • Bates, John
  • Bedford, Thomas
  • Bell, Nicholas
  • Bent, Robert
  • Blakefield, John - John Blakefield [Convict "Ganges" 1797]
  • Borthwick, John
  • Borthwick, Thomas
  • Bowls, John
  • Bradfield, John
  • Brawn, Joseph
  • Bromfield, Richard
  • Brookes, Thomas
  • Brown, Charles
  • Brown, Richard
  • Burrobriggs, Jonathan
  • Butterworth, James
  • Campbell, Richard
  • Camplin, Robert
  • Carroll, James
  • Carroll, Patrick
  • Catapodi, John
  • Cavernor, Thomas
  • Chamberlain, William
  • Chambers, Daniel
  • Chambers, John
  • Clare, William
  • Corby, William
  • Cornhill, Henry
  • Cox, Joseph
  • Crosley, Thomas
  • Cunningham, Matthew
  • Curtis, George
  • Curtis, John
  • Curtis, Samuel
  • Darke, Richard
  • Davies, Thomas
  • Davis, Benjamin
  • Davis, Hugh
  • Davis, John
  • Day, Francis
  • Dell, James
  • Doyle, Thomas
  • Dronfield, Joseph
  • Fennedy, Patrick
  • Field, William
  • Fisher, John
  • Flowers, Austin
  • Follon, James
  • Forster, William
  • Foster, Samuel
  • Foster, Thomas
  • Fountain, Daniel
  • Fox, John
  • Freer, James
  • Gaintenby, Peter
  • Gaverick, William
  • Gibbons, James
  • Gilbert, Thomas
  • Gilfoy, Daniel
  • Golding, John
  • Goldsmith, George
  • Goodall, William
  • Gowlett, Isaac - Isaac Gowlett [Convict "Ganges" 1797]
  • Graham, John - John Graham [Convict "Ganges" 1797]
  • Grange, James
  • Gregg, James
  • Grice, James
  • Grindley, Henry
  • Hall, John
  • Hall, Richard
  • Hamilton, Jacob
  • Hannabus, John - John (Hannabus) Hannibus, Convict "Ganges" 1797
  • Hannatt, Samuel
  • Harper, Thomas
  • Harrex, James - age 29 - James Proctor Harrex, Convict "Ganges" 1797
  • Harrison, John
  • Harvey, William
  • Hately, Joseph
  • Higeson, George
  • Hill, William - William Hill [Convict "Ganges" 1797]
  • Holland, Henry
  • Home, William
  • Hoppe, Charles
  • Hughes, William
  • Jackson, Thomas
  • Jarvis, Joseph
  • Johnson, Thomas
  • Johnson, Thomas
  • Jones, Francis
  • Jones, James
  • Jones, John
  • Kates, William
  • Kenney, James
  • King, Lawrence
  • Kiss, James
  • Lawrence, Nathaniel
  • Leverton, James
  • Lock, Frederick
  • Lowe, Callum
  • Lyster, John
  • Major, Alexander
  • Marks, Mordecai
  • Mason, John
  • Matthews, John
  • McKay, James
  • Meeling, John
  • Millan, William
  • Milligan, John
  • Morgan, Evan
  • Mullett, John
  • Oldham, Richard
  • Organ, William
  • Owens, William
  • Page, Joseph
  • Pain, Samuel
  • Parker, Michael - age 15
  • Parnell, Thomas - Thomas T Parnell [Free Settler "Ganges" 1797]
  • Parry, Philip
  • Pearce, Robert
  • Pearson, Thomas - Thomas Pearson, Convict "Ganges" 1797
  • Penny, William
  • Pepper, Thomas
  • Phelps, Samuel
  • Poore, Thomas
  • Power, William
  • Price, John
  • Randall, John - John Randall, Convict "Ganges" 1797
  • Read, Samuel
  • Remnant, James
  • Retollo, Peter
  • Rice, John
  • Riley, Thomas
  • Roberts, Thomas
  • Robson, John
  • Rogers, William
  • Salt, Joseph Small
  • Scivington, John
  • Sells, Henry
  • Shepherd, William
  • Shepperd, Richard
  • Sides, Richard
  • Simmonds, John
  • Simons, Samuel
  • Sirgaskin, Samuel
  • Smith, Charles
  • Smith, Matthew
  • Smith, Thomas
  • Smith, Thomas
  • Smith, William
  • Sparkes, James
  • Spencer, Josep
  • Stephenson, Richard
  • Stevens, Samuel
  • Stoneham, John - age 14
  • Swift, Edward
  • Tabor, Thomas - Thomas Taber, [Convict "Ganges" 1797]
  • Tait, John
  • Tennant, William
  • Thomas, Thomas
  • Thompson, John
  • Thompson, Thomas
  • Thompson, Thomas
  • Thompson, William - age 18
  • Thompson, William
  • Thornbury, Thomas
  • Tilbury, John
  • Took, William
  • Touse, William
  • Tramp, Samuel
  • Trevor, William
  • Trotter, Henry
  • Turner, Thomas
  • Wallace, William
  • Wallis, Richard
  • Watkins, John - John Watson, Convict "Ganges" 1797
  • Watson, James
  • Watson, John - John Watson, Convict "Ganges" 1797
  • Wenlock, Joseph
  • West, James
  • White, Joseph
  • White, Ralph
  • Wilcox, James
  • Wild, Henry
  • Wild, John
  • Wilde, George
  • Wilde, Joseph
  • William, Charles
  • Williams, John
  • Williams, John
  • Williams, William - age 14
  • Willis, Richard - age 14
  • Wilson, Charles
  • Wilson, John
  • Wilson, Thomas
  • Wood, George
  • Wood, Valentine
  • Woodman, William
  • Woolard, Daniel
  • Woolridge, Thomas
  • Wyatt, Matthew
  • Wybrow, William - William Wybrow, Convict “Ganges” 1797
  • Wyke, Benjamin
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