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Transportation
Grace Blaker 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, 1788-1856 Main Series of Letters Received, 1788-1826 - names of convicts with their characters during the voyage from London to New South Wales on the transport ship Friendship. pp 6597 to 6605 A shameless prostitute, insolent and a bad disposition
New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867 TRADE OR CALLING; Milliner Offence; PASSING FORGED NOTES Ticket of Leave Date: 8 DECEMBER 1830 No: 30/881 Native Place: LONDON Date Of Trial: 18 SEPTEMBER 1816 Complexion: RUDDY Height; 5 FEET Hair: AUBURN Eyes: LIGHT HAZEL General Remarks; WIFE OF GEORGE BLAKER (looks like)
Grace Blaker was tried along with her husband George Blaker/Blaken (Morley 1817) - she was found not guilty, and I found no other indictments for her?? but she must have come out as a convict because she received a COF on the 8/12/1830. George became a well known identity around Parramatta and owned town allotments, he sold 6 valuable lots in Campbell Street, Parramatta in 1835. George was quite a drinker at the end of his life -he died in 1847, he had no money left. At his inquest it was said that his wife had died previously of intemperance. No death date found for Grace. Old Bailey: GRACE BLAKER, Deception > forgery, 18th September 1816. Reference Number: t18160918-52 Offence: Deception > forgery Verdict: Not Guilty > no evidence GRACE BLAKER was indicted for forgery . No evidence. NOT GUILTY . Grace Blaker - Retained, with her husband at Port Jackson. Behaved quiet and orderly on board, but much insulted by the captain and surgeon; and there is no doubt but herself and husband will do well here. She appears to be a decent woman; lives at Parramatta.