James Bartlett (abt. 1750)

James Bartlett

Born about 1750 in England

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling(s) unknown]

[spouse(s) unknown]

[children unknown]

Died [date unknown] [location unknown]

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The Birth Date is a rough estimate. See the text for details.

Biography

James Bartlett was a convict on the First Fleet.

James Bartlett was pardoned and released before the First Fleet departed.

James Bartlett was tried with his brother Samuel at Winchester, Hampshire on 1 March 1785 for the theft of several hundred pounds of rope yarn at Portsmouth. He was sentenced to death but reprieved to transportation for 7 years on the 26th.

There was a petition from his wife Mary and three children. The petition had several signatures and one man wrote that he often employed Bartlett in storehouses, and had found him honest.

On 6 January 1787, he was delivered from the Ceres hulk to the Alexander, part of the First Fleet.

He received a Free Pardon and he was released on 27 January.

Research Notes

Note that his year of birth 1750 is a GUESS. There was no record of his age in trial and convict records.

Sources

Gillen, Mollie, The Founders of Australia : A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet, 1989, p.402.

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