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John Baughan 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.
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Convict Notes
1789 - BIRTH OF DAUGHTER CHARLOTTE ame Charlotte Baughan Birth Date 1789 Birth Place New South Wales Registration Year 1789 Registration Place Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Father John Baughan Mother Mary Baughan Volume Number V178955 Ia 1789 - POSSIBLE DEATH OF DAUGHTER CHARLOTTE - Australia, Death Index Name Charlotte Baughan Death Date 1789 Death Place Sydney, New South Wales Registration Date 1789 Registration Place Sydney, Australia Volume Number V1789160 4
John Baughan was tried at Oxford, Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire on 30 July 1783 for stealing woolen blankets with a value of 50 shillings. He was sentenced to transportation for 7 years and left England on the Friendship aged about 33 at that time (May 1787). His occupation was listed as cabinet maker. He died in 1797 Guilty of return from transport following the Mercury mutiny.Report from Dunkirk hulk was “troublesome at times”.At his death he was the overseer of carpenters.Married Mary Cleaver on 17 February 1788.