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Elizabeth Burrell 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 353 (178) |
| 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 Indents, 1788-1842 Name Elizabeth Burrell [Elizabeth Leveston] Age 35 Date of Conviction 17 Jul 1816 Place of Conviction Northumberland Hobart St Davids Anglican Name Elizabeth Reeves Death Age 52 Death Date 3 Feb 1835
New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856 Copies of Letters Sent Within The Colony, 1814-1827 An a list of 53 female convicts, from the ship 'Friendship', embarked on board the ship duke of Wellington, for the Derwent in Van Diemen's Land, with their times, places of trial and sentences extracted from indents - 30/1/1818
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 Inoffensive and industrious
the 1818 Musters John REEVES was in Government Employ in Hobart and his future partner, Elizabeth BURRELL was in The Government Factory[8]. On 19 Apr 1819 Elizabeth had a son named Thomas BURRELL, and this child later became known as Thomas REEVES. b.On 17 Jul 1819 he gained a Ticket of Leave, and had Elizabeth BURRELL “assigned” to him. c.In the 1821 Muster (18 Sep) he was renting a farm at Browns River and had not re-offended. Brown's River is about 9 to 11 miles out of Hobart - there was no road to it in the early days, and it was accessible only by boat. d.In the 1823 (Oct/Nov) Convict Muster, he is listed as being unmarried. e.Around 1824 he was renting land at (Crayfish/Crawfish Point) Sandy Bay from George CARTWRIGHT (a Solicitor). Sandy Bay is 7-9 miles out of Hobart. f.He is not listed in the 1826 Convict Muster - presumably pardoned by then. g.In 1828 he gave up the Farm at Sandy Bay, and on 20 Jul 1830 was renting 300 acres of land in Kingsboro' Parish. h.From 1834 to 1844 he held the license for the hotel Stag and Hounds in Harrington Street, Hobart. He had a house in Patrick Street near the corner of Lansdowne Street between 1848 and 1859. This house was constructed of brick and wood. His son, Thomas was living with him in 1848. i.He died at his residence in Patrick Street, aged 68 years on 22 Sep 1859 from a long standing disease of the prostate gland. Friends were “respectfully invited to attend his funeral which will move from his Late Residence, on Monday, 26th at 2 o'clock”. (Ref: Hobart Town Daily Mercury, Saturday 24 Sep 1859) j.John and Elizabeth had two more known children, Jane REEVES born c.1822 and Andrew REEVES born c.1825. In the 1823 Muster Elizabeth is recorded as being with John REEVES. Elizabeth was granted her Free Certificate on 6 Feb 1824. It does not appear that John ever married Elizabeth, but they remained together. k.Elizabeth REEVES died in 1835 aged 52 years, a publicans wife and was buried 16 Feb 1835 at St. Davids