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I James Martin being Convicted at the City of Exeter in
the County of Devonshire being found guilty of Stealing 16lb ½ of
old Lead & 4lb ½ of old Iron the Property of Lord Courtney
Powderham Castle near Exeter _ Received Sentence to be
Transported to Botany Bay for 7 years _ Returned from
the bar to Exeter Goal and there remained 2 Months _
from thence sent on Board the Dunkirk there remained
10 months from thence put on board the Charlotte Transport
then bound to Botany Bay _ March 12th: 1787. Sailed round
to Spithead there remained to the 13 of May _ then sailed
in Company with 10 Sail for Botany Bay under the Command
of Governor Philips. Made the Peek of Tenereef 5th
of June, there remained 7 days, then sailed for the Island
of Rio de Janeira, being 8 Weeks on our Passage remained
there 1 Month, then sailed for the Cape of Good Hope being
8 Weeks and 3 days on our passage, then sailed for Botany
Bay being 10 Weeks on our passage. _ Came to Anchor in
Port Jackson _ sent on shore in two days _ the Convicts
being sent on shore began to work on Government’s account
on being landed we were Encamped and formed into squads
of size in a tent _ after being Encamped some of us were sent
to clear the Ground others to build Huts _ I remained on the
Island from January 1788 till March 1791 _ on the
28th of March I made my Escape in Company with 7
men, one Woman and two Children in an open six
oared Boat, having of privisons on board one hundred
Weight of flower [sic], one Cwt. of Rice, 14lb of Pork, and
about

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