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From Free Settler or Felon Convict and Colonial History web site
Convict Ship Hercules II (3) - 1832
Embarked: 200 men
Voyage: 119 days
Deaths: 2
Surgeon's Journal: Yes at The National Archives Kew, Richmond, UK
Tons: 482 Crew: 38 men
Previous vessel: Planter arrived 15 October 1832
Next vessel: Dunvegan Castle arrived 16 October 1832
Captain William Vaughan
Surgeon John Edwards
The Hercules was built at Whitby in 1822 [2]. Convicts were transported to Australia on the Hercules in 1825, 1830 and 1832.
Surgeon John Edwards
John Edwards kept a Medical Journal during the voyage. The Journal begins on 21st May 1832 while the vessel is still at Deptford being fitted out. They were fortunate in totally escaping from the prevailing cholera, although the Surgeon was puzzled as to why this should be. The Guard embarked under unfavourable conditions and were drenched. The weather continued so damp that they could not be kept dry and some became ill........
We were unfortunate in embarking one case of phthisis who did not raise suspicion; these men are so anxious to get away from the rigid discipline of the Hulks that they endeavour to conceal their complaints. He was however, soon obliged to apply to the Hospital but the progress of the disease was rapid and fatal. [1]
Departure
The Hercules departed London on 19th June 1832
Military Guard
The Guard consisted of 29 rank and file of 4th regt., accompanied by five women and seven children under command of Lieutenant Thomas Gibson.
Cabin Passengers
Passengers included Mrs. Gibson and Master Gibson; Miss Robb and Miss Dobson.
Port Jackson
The Hercules arrived in Port Jackson on Tuesday 16 October 1832. Prisoners were mustered on board by the Colonial Secretary Alexander McLeay and were landed on Wednesday 31st October 1832. The indents reveal the name, age, education, religion, marital status, family, native place, trade. offence, place and date of trial, sentence and physical description. There is no indication in the indents as to where the men were assigned on arrival.
There were quite a few young convicts on the Hercules. The youngest John Smith a tailor's boy from Lancashire was only 13 years of age. John Brown, Henry Churm, Constantine Hayes, John Swadling, Frederick Scammell and Matthew White were all 14 years old and there were more still who were only 15 or 16 years old. Some may have been sent to the Carter's Barracks but others were assigned to settlers with the instructions that they were to remain with that particular settler until their sentence was fulfilled.
Convict list:
- Charles Joseph Affleck 1811 - 1877 Afflick
- Joseph Allen
- Thomas Ansell 1809 - 1837
- Henry Ashby 1810
- Richard Atkinson 1813 - 1889
- Edward Austin 1804 - 1856
- Thomas Baker Bacchus (Alias)
- William Baker
- Joseph Bannister
- Richard Bartlett 1816 - 1906
- Thomas Bishop
- Frederick Black
- David Blackford
- William Bond
- Daniel Boyle
- Edward Braithwood
- Richard Bridge
- Henry Briscoe
- James Brooke
- John Broom
- James Brown
- James Brown
- John Brown
- Henry Bunce Sibley (Alias)
- John Butler
- George (The Younger) Caladine 1803 - 1832
- Joseph Carter
- John Christian
- Henry Churm
- John Clark
- Richard Thomas Clarke 1811 - 1898
- William Clarke
- Isaac Cleverly
- Thomas Cobb 1805
- John Cole 1805 - 1835
- John Allen, John Pentecost
- Cornelius Coulson
- Thomas Cound
- Robert Crockett
- Joseph Cromack
- Samuel Crosbie
- Samuel Crowder
- Thomas Daly
- George Davis 1816 - 1883
- Goerge Davies, John Davies, John Davis, John Orchard
- Morgan Davis [Davies]
- Robert Day
- George Dearn
- William Derbidge 1796
- Thomas Dixon
- Robert Dowling
- Bernard Doyle
- James Evers 1808 - 1881
- George Farrow 1809
- William Fenton
- Daniel Fernes Fearns, Ferns
- Mathew Fleming
- John Fletcher
- Andrew Floyde
- Michael Ford
- George Forecast 1810 - 1850
- George Fox
- John Freeman
- Thomas Gamble 1801
- Samuel Garrad
- James Gibbs
- William Greenacre
- Matthew Greenwood
- John Haigh
- John Hall
- Joseph Hall 1813
- William Halliday
- Robert Hand
- William Harridan
- William Harrison
- Henry Hazlehurst
- Thomas Helms
- John Henshall 1837
- William Herring 1814
- Constantine Heyes
- George Hill
- William Hodgkinson
- William Hogben
- Thomas Holden
- David Holt
- Charles Hudson
- William Hudson
- Edward Hughes
- John Hurst
- Joseph Hutton
- Abraham Jacobs 1812 - 1884
- John James
- Thomas Jennion
- Edward Johnson
- James Johnson
- William Johnson
- Daniel Jones
- Thomas Jones
- Thomas Jones
- John Kelly 1811
- George Bently
- John Keogh
- John Knowles
- Joseph Lawrence
- Richard Leach
- James Lee
- James Lee
- John Lee
- James Lees
- George Lewis 1792
- William Lofthouse
- John Log Loag (Alias)
- Thomas Long
- William Lucas 1804 - 1859
- William Wake
- Amos Lumby 1812 - 1846
- Lambi, Lumbi
- William Lynn
- Joseph Mansell
- George Marriott
- James Marshall
- Samuel Marshall
- William Martin
- Henry Mason
- John Mccarter Mcarthur (Alias)
- Alexander (Junior) Mccraw
- John Mcewen
- Charles Mckenzie
- Joseph Mills 1811
- Henry Mitchell
- William Moody
- Frederick Moore
- Francis Morley
- John Morrison
- Francis Morton
- John Murphy
- John Myers
- Robert No Surname - A Slave 1808
- James Norris
- William Nuttall 1807
- William Outtrim
- Daniel Pace
- Robert Popple
- Christopher Potterton
- James Priestley
- Samuel Ralf
- John Remington
- Hugh Richmond 1813 - 1841
- William Ring
- Charles Ripley
- John Roberts
- John Robertson
- James Rogers
- Frederick Scammell 1813 - 1848
- James Shaw
- John Shipton
- William Simpson
- Joseph Smalley
- Daniel Smith
- Francis Smith
- George Smith
- John Smith
- Robert Smith 1782 - 1832
- Thomas Smith
- Alfred Spencer
- William Spencer
- William Spendlove
- William Spetch
- Thomas Squelch
- Peter Stanley 1814 Bird (Alias)
- George Steeples
- Edward Stenningford
- Samuel Stern
- Henry Stockwell
- Thomas Stores
- James Stringle Stringall (Alias)
- John Swadling
- Albion Taft
- George Taylor
- Joseph Thomas
- James Thompson
- Henry Turner
- James Turner
- James Turner 1813 - 1890
- John Turner
- John Turner
- Henry Twiss 1802
- Thomas Verity
- William Wade
- Frederick Ward
- John Warner 1814
- Thomas Warner
- Francis Webster
- James Wells
- Matthew White
- Henry Whitehead 1804 - 1864
- John Whitehead
- George Williams
- James Williams 1813 - 1897
- William Williams
- David Williamson
- Edward Wilson
- John Wilson
- William Wilson Cook (Alias)
- Henry Wood
- John Wood
- James Woods