Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
David Burns was transported on the Friendship, departing 24th Aug 1799 and arriving 16th Feb 1800 with 161 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
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Claims
"David is my 4th great-grandfather"
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Convict Notes
Colonial Secretary Index. BURNE, David. Per "Friendship", 1800. 1810 Jan 10 On list of sworn constables for the Town of Parramatta for the Governor's approval (Reel 6042; 9/2736 p.8) 1810 Feb 13 Petition for mitigation of sentence; as Burnes (Fiche 3163; 4/1846 p.36) 1812 Oct 19 Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3169; 4/1848 pp.74-5) 1820 Jun 1 Of Parramatta. Memorial (Fiche 3015; 4/1823 No.100 p.225)
Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: [Ref B3793] Byrnes, David, 60, conditional pardon, Friendship, 1788, life Protestant, tailor, Parramatta. [Ref B3794] Byrnes, Ann, 40, free by servitude, Experiment, 1805, 7 years, Protestant. [Ref B3795] Byrnes, James, 22, born in the colony. [Ref B3796] Byrnes, John, 15, born in the colony. [Ref B3797] Byrnes, Catherine, 8, born in the colony. [Ref B3798] Byrnes, Samuel, 2, born in the colony.
In the colony, David married Ann Griffin (Convict, Experiment, 1804). David Burns of the parish of Parramatta and Ann Griffin of ditto were married in this church by banns this twenty third of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and ten by me Samuel Marsden chaplain. Both David and Ann made their X marks in the register in the presence of Joseph Smallwood who signed the register and Mary Smallwood who made her X mark. David and Ann appear to have had 6 children between 1806 and 1826.
Arrived in Sydney on the Friendship on 16 February 1800.
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