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The General Hewitt was built in Bengal in 1812.
The General Hewitt departed England 26 August 1813 in convoy with the Windham and the Wanstead. They were the next convict ships to leave England for New South Wales after the departure of the Earl Spencer in June 1813.
Under the command of Captain Percy Earl, General Hewitt sailed from England on 26 August 1813, with 300 male convicts, 104 crew, 70 soldiers, 15 women and five children. The soldiers came from the 46th Regiment of Foot and guarded the convicts. She sailed in company with the Wanstead, and the Windham, and under the escort of HMS Akbar, at least for the early part of the voyage.[6] The convoy also include Roxburgh Castle, which was carrying military equipment to the Cape of Good Hope, and Chapman, which was transporting an army detachment to the Cape and Île de France (Mauritius).[7]
General Hewett arrived at Port Jackson on 7 February 1814, having travelled via Madeira and Rio de Janeiro.[8]
The voya/ge took 165 days, during which 34 male convicts died,[9] a large number, mostly of contagious dysentery. The losses on General Hewitt, Surry, and Three Bees led in 1814 to Surgeon William Redfern preparing a report for Governor Lachlan Macquarie on the sanitary problems of the ships transporting convicts to New South Wales. This report led to a great improvement in conditions, including the appointment of a medical officer for each voyage.
General Hewett left Port Jackson on 6 April bound for Ceylon.[10] She carried the main contingent of the 73rd Regiment of Foot (10 officers, including the commanding officer, Lt. Col. Maurice O'Connell, 362 rank and file, 96 women, and 163 children), which the 46th Regiment was replacing.[11] They arrived in Colombo on 18 August 1814.
300 men - 34 died enroute Captain Percy Earl Surgeon Richard Hughes Departed August 1813 Arrived 7/2/1814 New South Wales
Convicts
- John Abbott
- Edward Abell
- Daniel Adams
- Thomas Adams
- Henry Adcock
- John Allen
- Thomas Allen
- Richard Aris
- Samuel Ashbolt
- James Baker
- William Baker
- John Baldwin
- William Ball
- John Bareham
- James Barker
- George Barnes
- Joseph Barnsley
- Zenophon Hearn Basham
- John Sydney Bates
- John Batts
- John Bennett
- John Best
- John Betridge
- John Bide
- William Bide
- William Birkamshaw
- James Blackaby
- George Blackaway
- Richard Blackstone
- William Blake
- Thomas Boardman
- Robert Bogg
- Joseph Bonney
- William Bowden
- Thomas Bradbury
- John Bradley
- Joseph Bradley
- George Brake
- William Brignall
- Stephen Broughton
- James Brown
- John Brown
- William Browning
- Thomas Buck
- Joseph Burridge
- Timothy Bush
- John Butcher
- John Butler
- Thomas Butler
- Mark Byfield
- John Cant
- Charles Chamberlain
- John Champion
- John Chave
- James Claridge
- James Clarke
- William Coates
- John Coin
- John Collcott
- Johanni Colster
- Thomas Connolly
- John Cook
- James Cox
- Henry Crawley
- William Crisford
- William Daniel
- William Dart
- John Davey
- John Davis
- William Davis
- William Davis
- Thomas Deacon
- William Dixon
- John Doggerty
- John Dolley
- Augustin Doreice
- William Downer
- Daniel Drake
- Peter Drummond
- Richard Duncomb
- Richard Durrant
- John Eckley
- George Elliott
- John Elphick
- Benjamin Elsey
- William Emmery
- Joseph Ewbank
- George Ewins
- John Fannance
- John Fantham
- Edmund Farley
- John Fewell
- William Finch
- Antonio Francisco
- Richard Frederick
- James Frost
- John (The Younger) Fuller
- John Garrard
- John Glass
- James Goldsmith
- Richard Goodby
- Robert Gore
- Daniel Grant
- John Green
- Francis Howard Greenway
- Albion Gummes
- William Gurney
- John Haigh
- William Haigh
- William Hamilton
- Thomas Hammond
- George Hand
- Robert Hanley
- Thomas Happy
- Charles Harrison
- John Harrison
- James Harvey
- Nicholas Hatfield
- William Hatt
- John Hayward
- Edward Herod
- Joseph Hibbert
- Timothy Hill
- Samuel Hillary
- John Holland
- William Holly
- William Holt
- Joshua Howell
- George Hubbard
- Robert William Hughes
- Samuel Hunt
- Henry Isaacs
- Joseph Jefferson
- John Jenkins
- Joseph Jennens
- Robert Johnson
- William Johnson
- Edward Jones
- Henry Jones
- John Jones
- John Jones
- William Jones
- John Keeves
- James Kelly
- James Kennedy
- James Kenyon
- Stephen Kibble
- Robert King
- James Knight
- Nicholas Knight
- Joseph Knowles
- Philip Lampey
- William Lawford
- Robert Lee
- Andrew Leitch
- George Lewis
- George Lovell
- Stephen Lowens
- Thomas Lucas
- Philip Luck
- Joseph Lycett
- John Macguire
- John Mackenzie
- William Madgwick
- John Marshall
- John Matthews
- John May
- Robert Mayhew
- Patrick McBride
- Patrick McDermot
- John McGuire
- John McIntosh
- William McKone
- William Messer
- Richard Milledge
- William Miller
- Henry Millington
- John (The Younger) Mills
- Moses Milton
- Theophilus Mitchell
- Thomas Mitchell
- John Mole
- John Moore
- John Morgan
- William Morris
- John Murray
- John Murrell
- John Nicholson
- Thomas Norton
- Thomas Norton
- Charles Nunn
- John Olive
- Joseph Osling
- Charles Owen
- William Page
- Henry Palmer
- John Palmer
- Richard Parsons
- Isaac Pettit
- Jonathan Pierce
- Henry Powell
- Edward Price
- Thomas Price
- William Price
- Edward Primmer
- George Prior
- Moses Prosser
- William Pugh
- Charles Quotte
- John Radley
- John Rawles
- Rees Rees
- Thomas Reynolds
- James Richardson
- John Richardson
- Bartholomew Roach
- Foster Roach
- Solomon Roach
- John Roberts
- Robert Roberts
- Thomas Robinson
- John Rowe
- Antonio Roze
- George Russell
- Jesse Russell
- Francis Sandoe
- George Saunders
- Nathaniel Scott
- Richard Sculthorpe
- Richard Selby
- Abraham Shaw
- Thomas Shaw
- Robert Simmons
- James Skinner
- John Smith
- John Smith
- John Smith
- Joseph Smith
- Joseph Smith
- Meskech Smith
- Ryley Smith
- Samuel Smith
- William Smith
- William Smith
- William Smith
- William Henry Smith
- Richard Snell
- William Soper
- John Spink
- Joseph Stanley
- James Stewart
- John Stiles
- Samuel Stringer
- James Sturgeon
- Richard Summers
- William Sunderland
- Thomas Sutcliffe
- Thomas Sutton
- William Sylvester
- William Taylor
- William Taylor
- William Temple
- Joseph Thomas
- John Thompson
- Matthew Thompson
- John Tiddy
- Andrew Tiffin
- James Toft
- William Tuck
- James Tucker
- Jacob Turner
- Thomas Turner
- Thomas Tyler
- John Wakeman
- Thomas Walker
- Thomas Walker
- William Wallis
- Charles Williamson Wasko
- Richard Webb
- Robert Weir
- James Wells
- Joseph Wharton
- William Widgett
- Francis Wilkes
- Thomas Wilkins
- George Williams
- George Williams
- James Williams
- Robert Williams
- Joseph Willis
- Richard Willock
- John Wilmot
- Thomas Wilmott
- John Wilson
- John Wilson
- Isaac Wise
- Richard Wonnall
- James Wood
- Robert Wood
- John Wright
- Thomas Yates