Background
Daughter, Elizabeth, was born in 1712 and died in 1789.
Daughter, Elizabeth, was born in 1712 and died in 1789.
In accordance with the Transportation Acting 1717, Forward was contracted to transport felons from Newgate Prison and from numerous home counties. Jonathan Forward officially became a convict transport merchant in 1718. "The proposal of Jonathan Forward, merchant, for transporting felons.
The proposer may take them gratis and transport them for his own advant." Forward contracted the services of numerous ships, captains, and crews to facilitate convict transportation.
Among his most reliable captains was Darby Lux I commanded several ships from Anne Arundel County to Great Britain carrying tobacco on consignment to Forward. Lux"s ships contracted for convict transport to Maryland included: Gilbert, 1720-1722.
Jonathan, 1723-1724. Patapsco Merchant, 1732.
And Genoa Galley, 1738. Forward continued as sole convict transportation contractor until 1739, when he chose to retire after more than twenty years.
"Andrew Reid, of London, merchant, is to be the transporter of felons loco Jonathan Forward, and the contract to be made with him for that purpose is to be for 3 years certain." Jonathan Forward died in 1760 and was buried in London.