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Curtis Brand

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Summary

Born
Jan 1764
Conviction
Unknown
Departure
May 1787
Arrival
Jan 1788
Death
May 1800
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Personal Information

Name: Curtis Brand
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1764
Death: 15th May 1800
Age at death: 36
Occupation: Unknown
Aliases: Curtis Bryn

Crime

Crime: Unknown
Convicted at: Kent Assizes
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 13th May 1787
Ship: Friendship
Arrival: 21st Jan 1788
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

Curtis Brand 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

Eric Harry Daly avatar
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on 11th January 2013

Curtis Brand married Elizabeth Sully 20 Nov 1791 at Parramatta NSW

Eric Harry Daly avatar
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on 11th January 2013

Curtis Brand/Bryn was tried at Maidstone, Kent on 6 January 1784 for stealing livestock (two game cocks). He was sentenced to transportation for 7 years and left England on the Friendship aged about 23 at that time (May 1787). His occupation was listed as None. He died in 1800 Guilty of return from transport following the Mercury mutiny.Report from Dunkirk hulk was “in general tolerably well behaved but troublesome at times”.