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Re: Justitia 1766

Posted: 2 Nov 2004 9:32PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 2 Mar 2006 11:48PM GMT
Surnames: WILFORD, WILLFORD
I not only just discovered this site on the Justitia, but I think I have also just discovered a new relative! Joseph Wilford is my husbands 4th great grandfather and I have been searching, like you, for information on his transport to America. I have the date - Sept 1766, but don't know if that is when it left or when it arrived. Also have no idea where in England it left from or where it arrived in America. I have no information on his trial except it was for horse theft. This was taken from a message on the Willford/Wilford message board.
I would also be interested to know which line of Wilford's you are from. (Our line Joseph, Joseph, Wm. A., Oliver, John E., Vernon, John.)

Re: Justitia 1766

Ramona Robertson (View posts)
Posted: 3 Nov 2004 7:16PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi, cuz! Have info for you. Please contact me: jeramrob@swbell.net. Our line is thru Daniel, brother to your Joseph. I have info on back from Joseph, and tons of info on downward. Contact me if you are interested. Ramona

Re: Justitia

Larry May (View posts)
Posted: 27 Nov 2004 9:08PM GMT
Classification: Query
Thru your research on Justitia, voyage of late 1771, did you
determine U.S. port in which these prisoners were off loaded?

Re: Justitia

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 2:56AM GMT
Classification: Query
This reference I found within ancestry.com lists all of the bonded prisoners and all of the ships with the dates of the trips. Unfortunately, it doesn't include where they put into port.

Ancestry.com. Bonded Passengers to America (Volumes I and II) 1615-1775 & 1617-1775 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original data: Coldham, Peter Wilson. Bonded Passengers to America. Volume I: History of Transportation 1615-1775. Volume II: Middlesex: 1617-1775. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983.

Re: Information ship named Justitia

Posted: 2 Jul 2012 3:39AM GMT
Classification: Query
This book contains info about the Justitia as well as numerous other convict ships.
"Bound with an Iron Chain: The Untold Story of How the British Transported 50,000 Convicts to Colonial America"
(Google eBook) by Anthony Vaver.
This book has a couple of pages that relay the story and fate of the Justitia. Includes the harsh treatment of Captain Bond towards the convicts. Book also contains a paragraph on what happened to Captain Bond in the US for being found guilty for the numerous deaths on the ship due to the mistreatment of the prisoners.
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This website has a search option to look up the proceedings of those convicted along with their sentences that indicate how many years they would have to serve after being transported to the US:
http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/index.jsp
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