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Mary Ann Caffry 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 352. Tasmanian Archives - convict record https://linctas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au |
| 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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1819 - Possible Marriage. No; 333 Mary Ann Caffary & Alexander Sutter Port Dalrymple, Van Dieman's Land 1825 - Mary Caffry, F.S. 28 July 1825. Hobart Town Supreme court 1827 - Death; Mary Caffrey. Aged; 37 years old. Unknown Ship; Prisoner. Catholic Alexander Suter ** Marries Mary Williams 10 June 1833. Status; Widower
Old Bailey Online (DoB from here) 899. MARY ANN CAFFRAY was indicted for stealing, on the 17th of August , from the person of Roger Kayne , a bank note, value 20l. and a bank note, value 5l. his property . ROGER KAYNE . I have been a sailor on board the Northumberland. On the 16th of August, at night, I fell in with the prisoner; I went with her to her lodgings; I agreed to pay her three shillings for the bed and herself; I went to bed; she sat up for three or four minutes; I told her to put out the candle, and lock the door, and come to bed, and she did so. I had a twenty pound note and a five pound note in the pocket of my trowsers; I put my trowsers underneath my head, and about two o'clock in the morning; I missed her, and the note. Two men came up to the room to send me out, and told me I should not sleep there. GEORGE BASEY . Hearing of this, I apprehended the prisoner at the bar, according to the description I received; she is called Dublin Poll. She was committed for re-examination, understanding the prosecutor had received the note at Sheerness; I wrote down a letter, and a letter was sent up. In consequence of information, we stopped the notes at the Bank, and they are in Court. -HOALE. I am a clerk in the Bank of England. I produce the notes, and the twenty-pound note was paid in by Mr. Jones of Smithfield. -JONES. I took that note of a man who cohabits with the prisoner at the bar. Roger Kayne . I cannot swear to that note. GUILTY , aged 23. Transported for Seven Years . First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Recorder.
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 thief, prostitute and bashphemous wench
Mary Ann CAFFRY was convicted at Middlesex, London on 18 Sept 1816. 7yr sentence. Transported to New South Wales, Australia per the 'Friendship' in 1817. She was then transferred to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) per the 'Duke of Wellington' 30 January 1818.