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Transportation
Ann Atkinson was transported on the Friendship, departing 31st May 1817 and arriving 14th Jan 1818 with 102 passengers.
This convict ship, being 274 tons and 75 feet long was one of the light weight ships in the fllet and was skippered by Master Francis Walton. Built in Scarborough in 1784, she carried 76 male and 21 female convicts. During her return voyage to England her crew came down with scurvy and with insufficient crew to man her, she was scuttled in the straights of Macassar. The survivors were transferred to the Alexander.
FriendshipReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 351 (177) |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, Main Series of Letters Received, 1788-1826 Ann Atkinson. A prostitute, Mutinous and extremely insolent 1821 - Convict Musters Ship; Friendship. Trial; Manchester. Jan. 1817. Sentence; 7 years. WIDOW Sydney 1823 - Convict Musters No; 2. Ship; Friendship. Trial; Manchester. Jan. 1817. Sentence; 7 years. Wife of William Cotton 1826 - Tasmania - List of convicts. Husband William Cotton Assigned to Ann Cotton 1830 - Tasmania - . Husband William Cotton List of convicts. Assigned to Ann Cotton 1855 - 22 September 1855. Burial. St Davids Anglican. Ann Cotton, Aged; 70 years old. Hobart St Davids Anglican [H001/17707] 1863 - 26 July 1863. Burial. St Davids Anglican. William Cotton, Aged; 72 years old. Hobart St Davids Anglican [H001/17707]
Marriage in the District of Hobart Town. Year 1820 William Cotton - Convict. Ship; Guildford. Age; 27 years Ann Atkinson - Convict. Ship; Friendship. Age; 30 years Date; July 1820. By Banns
1823 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, Tasmania. Ship; Friendship - 1818 No; 2 Name; Ann Atkinson Trial; Manchester - 1816. 7 years. Remarks; WIFE; of William Cotton
Tasmanian Conduct REcord: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON40-1-1$init=CON40-1-1 No 2. Ann Atkinson. Per Friendship 1818 & Wellington 1818. Tried at Manchester 1816, sentence 7 years. Feb 25 1816, Charged with being absent from her lodgings last night between 10 and 111 o’clock, To be confined in the County gaol & kept to hard labor for one week. May 22 1818. Drunk & disy on the night of the 21st – to be confined in the Gaol for 14 days & kept to hard labor. June 19 1820. T.L. D. & Disy- to pay a fine of 5/-.