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Transportation
Mary Bridge 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 350 New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856 |
| 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
1818 - Convict Index, 1788-1868 Age 47 Birth Year abt 1771 Trade; Cotton weaver "Indifferent Deviant old woman" 1830 - 10 Oct 1830. Certificate of Freedom. Mary Bridge. Age 60 [born abt. 1770] Native Place County Tyrone, Northern Ireland Trade; Country servant & cotton weaver 1820 - Convict Lists. To her husband, In the Colony 1822 - General Muster. Mary Bridge.. Convict. Ship; Friendship; 14 years. Wife of Chas. Bridge, Parramatta Sarah Bridge. Convict. Ship; Mary Ann. 14 years. Daughter to Charles Bridge, Parramatta Charles Bridge. Convict. R. Regent. [1819] Life. G.S. Mr. Harris Parramatta 1824 - 18 Oct 1824. Petition from Charles Bridge. to have his son, William Sloane Bridge, a youth of about 12 years old, sent out at Government expense. He is the branch of the family residing in England. The remainder of the family is iin the colony. 1822 - 22 Sept 1822. reply - Not customary to Solicit the British Government a passage for the sons of prisoners of the crown 1828 - Census } all included together Residence; Botany No; 2261. BRIDGE; John Bell, Age; 30. Ticket of Leave. Ship; Elizabeth-1816. 14 years. Weaver No; 2262. BRIDGE. Mary. Aged 30 years old. Free by servitude. Janus - 1820. 7 years No; 2263. BRIDGE. Elizabeth. Age; 5 years old. Born Colony No; 2264. BRIDGE. William. Aged; 1 year old. Born Colony No; 2265. BRIDGE. Mary. Aged; 60 years old. G.S. Ship - Friendship 1817. 14 years Noted against her name; DIED; August 1832 1832 - Convict Death register. Name Mary Bridge. Age 66 Date of Death 18 Aug 1832 - Parramatta St. John's Parramatta, Burials, No; 604. Residence; Sydney Rd. Ship; Friendship. Free. Weavers Widow CHILDREN OF CHARLES AND MARY BRIDGE 1813 - William Sloan Bridge. Baptism Date; 28 Feb 1813 Baptism Place Saint Cuthbert, Carlisle, Cumberland, England Father; Charles Bridge Mother; Mary
Lancaster Assizes. Mary Bridge, for uttering to Samuel Hemming, at Manchester, four forged Bank of England notes knowing them to be forged. Lancaster Gazette, 31 August 1816. -------------------------------------------------- Mary Bridge, Sarah Hassel, John Taylor, John Nield, Thomas Kershaw, Sarah Gordon, James Quin, Barney Crummy, Patrick Macquade, and Benjamin Oliver, were sentenced to 14 years transportation, Commercial Chronicle, 19 Sept 1816.
appears on 1828 census as Mary Bridge age 60