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206927
Surname: -
First Name: -
Ship: Speedy 1855
Date: 16 April 1855
Place: Port Jackson
Source: Sydney Gazette
Details: The Speedy. This splendid clipper ship arrived on Monday from London, [Dep. 2nd Jan 1855,] after a fair passage of 92 days. She left Southampton on the 5th January, with the wind west south west, in company with the Kaffirland, also bound for Sydney : and on the 9th January saw the Lizard Point having beaten the whole way down channel. The Speedy brings to this port 417 Government emigrants, classed as follows :- 79 married couples, 68 single women, 74 single men, and 101 children. One sudden death from disease of the heart, and five births have occurred during the voyage. There has not been a single case of sickness on hoard. The immigrants who are all English, and chiefly mechanics, appear very clean and respectable. The ship is in a very clean condition, and the immigrants speak in terms of great praise of both the captain and surgeon for their kindness and attention during the voyage. Captain Nightingale has brought London papers to January 5
132219
Surname: Barlow
First Name: Josiah
Ship: Speedy 1855
Date: -
Place: Singleton
Source: Singleton Pioneer Register p.12
Details: Born c 1828 Middlesex, son of William Barlow and Martha Stubbings. Spouse Sarah Pughe. See Pioneer Register for details of descendants
206689
Surname: Bond
First Name: William
Ship: Speedy 1855
Date: April 1855
Place: Port Jackson
Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896
Details: William Bond age 22, carpenter from St. Brides, London, son of William and Eleanor Bond of Maitland NSW; Eliza Bond age 18, born Strood, Kent, daughter of Thomas and Maria, living at Strood. Assisted immigrants on the Speedy
172842
Surname: Emerton
First Name: William, Charlotte, Stephen, Hannah, Jethro, Kitty, Charles
Ship: Speedy 1855
Date: 9 April 1855
Place: Port Jackson
Source: State Records Online Shipping List
Details: William 45, Charlotte 45, Stephen 22, Hannah 16, Jethro 14, Kitty 11, William 9, Charlotte 7, Charles 4, emigrants from Bedford
206688
Surname: Fletcher
First Name: Henry and Martha
Ship: Speedy 1855
Date: April 1855
Place: Port Jackson
Source: State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New South Wales, Australia; Persons on bounty ships to Sydney, Newcastle, and Moreton Bay (Board Immigrant Lists); Series: 5317; Reel: 2471
Details: Henry Fletcher age 39, blacksmith, born St. Margarets Westminster, son of John and Mary, both deceased; Martha Fletcher age 35, daughter of William and Elizabeth Barker of London. Born Hatfield Herts. Assisted immigrants on the Speedy
206715
Surname: Fletcher
First Name: Margaret (?Martha)
Ship: Speedy 1855
Date: 17 February 1857
Place: Newcastle gaol
Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930
Details: Margaret Fletcher, born in London. Admitted to Newcastle gaol from Maitland. Sentenced to 1 month hard labour
187437
Surname: Fletcher
First Name: Martha
Ship: Speedy 1855
Date: 14 July 1856
Place: Newcastle gaol
Source: Newcastle Gaol Entrance Book - State Archives NSW; Roll: 757
Details: Martha Fletcher, servant from London, came free. Sent to Newcastle gaol from Maitland under sentence of 3 months imprisonment
206687
Surname: Fletcher
First Name: Martha
Ship: Speedy 1855
Date: 3 February 1857
Place: Newcastle gaol
Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930
Details: Martha Fletcher, house servant from London admitted to Newcastle gaol from Maitland. Sentenced to 7 days imprisonment
187433
Surname: Jordan
First Name: John
Ship: Speedy 1855 (came free)
Date: 14 July 1856
Place: Newcastle gaol
Source: Newcastle Gaol Entrance Book - State Archives NSW; Roll: 757
Details: John Jordan, came free per Speedy. Native place Lancashire. Sent to Newcastle gaol from Maitland under sentence of 7 days imprisonment
206691
Surname: Sutton
First Name: David, Eliza, Adnet
Ship: Speedy 1855
Date: April 1855
Place: Port Jackson
Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896
Details: David Sutton age 29, farm labourer from Wycombe, Kent, son of Richard and Elizabeth; Eliza Sutton age 22, born Ickham, Kent, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Maxstead; Adnet (male) age 1. Assisted immigrants on the Speedy in 1855. Note - a cousin John Fuller already in the colony, residing at Maitland
206693
Surname: Toombs
First Name: John, Anne, George
Ship: Speedy 1855
Date: April 1855
Place: Port Jackson
Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896
Details: John Toombs age 27, carpenter and joiner from Marylebone, London, son of James and Ann; Anne Toombs age 23, born Bermondsey, London daughter of Matthew and Sophia; George age 2; assisted immigrants on the Speedy. Note - two sisters and a brother of John Toombs already in the colony, residing at Morpeth
206694
Surname: Toombs (Tombs)
First Name: Anne
Ship: Speedy 1855
Date: April 1855
Place: Port Jackson
Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896
Details: Anne Toombes age 45, widow on embarkation, born Holborn, Middlesex, daughter of James and Elizabeth. Assisted immigrant on the Speedy. Note - Son George Tombs, blacksmith; son-in-law William Mottom, saddler, the former at Hinton the latter at Morpeth and a daughter Emma Tombs residing at Mr. James Raymond, Woolloomooloo