John Piper describes him as "always well conducted". William Cowper describes him as "an honest and industrious man". 3 July 1820 - applied for a land grant, describes his army service, mentions he arrived on the "Neptune" in 1790 but does not mention that he arrived as a convictt, mentions his wife & (then) six children.1817 - retired from army rather than transfer to 48th (replacement for 46th) after serving in army "upwards of 17 years").1814 - transfered to 46th regiment (replacement for 73rd Regiment).1810 - transfered to 73rd regiment (replacement for NSW Corps which was renamed the 102nd).17 July 1809 - leased 13½ rods of land in Back Row, now Sussex Street, Sydney for 5s a year.14 December 1808 - stationed in Port Dalrymple (Launceston), Tasmania when daughter Maria born.1 September 1808 - description: dark complexion, light brown hair, a round face and grey eyes, 5'4" (162.5cm).- posted in Sydney when daughter Lydia born.23 August 1800 - enlisted in the NSW Corps in Sydney - now a soldier.
Witnesses were Harry Parsons, a First Fleet Marine, and Phoebe Walton, a 7 year convict who arrived on the Indispensable in 1796. Ann’s brothers Nathaniel, 12, and Thomas, 9, (both Drummers in the NSW Corps) and younger sister, Lydia, 6, are also attending the wedding. Reverend Richard Johnson (1753-1827), the first minister in the colony, is officiating. Ann’s father, the widower Michael Griffin, a 3rd Fleet soldier in the NSW Corps, is 50 years old. - Thomas Bates, now an emancipist (former convict from the Neptune, 1790), is 27 and his bride, Ann, is 16 years old.Some creeped upon their hands and knees, and some were carried upon the backs of others.
When come on shore many were not able to walk, to stand, or stir themselves in the least, hence some were led by others. Upon their being brought up to the open air some fainted, some died on the deck, and others in the boat before they reached the shore. The chaplain of the Colony, Reverend Johnson witnessed a terrible scene: The landing of these people was truly affecting and shocking great numbers were not able to walk, nor to move hand or foot. The "Neptune" was also known as the ‘hell’ ship of the Second Fleet, almost one third of the convicts on board died. 30 June 1790 - arrived Sydney NSW as a convict aboard "Neptune" in the 2nd Fleet.- Old Bailey, London - sentenced to 7 years transportaion for stealing odd pair of boots.
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