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Voyage
Transportation
Elizabeth Barber was transported on the Friendship, departing 13th May 1787 and arriving 21st Jan 1788 with 107 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 | http://fmpro.uow.edu.au Surgeon-General Joh White Medical Journal - Charles Bateson "The Convict Ships" |
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Convict Notes
on JULY 18th Elizabeth made an accusation of impropriety against the ships surgeon, she was questioned by the ships captain, and it was decided that she was "very much in liquor" and was placed in irons, she began to abuse the Captain and she was gagged and had her hands tied behind her back, the gag removed but she was left tied until 6am the next morning, released and then tied up again, this was repeated the next day - 2 weeks late Elizabeth was ironed to 3 other convicts and when they began to fight amongst themselves the Captain ordered to leave them ironed together and let them fight it out
Age 27, Book Stitcher, Tried in London
Elizabeth Barber was tried at Old Bailey, London on 16 October 1782 for assault and robbery with a value of 46 shillings. She was sentenced to transportation for 7 years having been originally sentenced to death, and left England on the Friendship aged about 27 at that time (May 1787). Her occupation was listed as book stitcher. Guilty of return from transport following the Mercury mutiny. Report from Dunkirk hulk was that she was behaving “better than formerly”. Punished several times with leg irons whilst on Friendship.Married Thomas Brown on 17 February 1788.