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Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Mercy Cotsworth 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 351 (177) |
| 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
The following convicts under sentence of transportation, were delivered on board the Bellerophon hulk, from Lincoln Castle, .... And, the 23d ult. Maria Carter, Eliza Brady, and Mercy Coltsworth, were delivered board the ship Friendship, lying at Deptford, under sentence of transportation for 7 years each. The Friendship is fitted up to receive 120 females, and will sail for Botany Bay immediately. Stamford Mercury, 13 June 1817,
1820 - 4 Dec 1828. Permission to Marry at Parramatta John Leyton. Prisoner per Atlas 3 & Mercy Cotsworth. Prisoner per Friendship New South Wales, Australia, St. John's Parramatta, Banns. Marriages - 2 Jan 1821 Mercy Cotsworth aged 21 years old per Ship; Friendship Of the Parish of Parramatta William Layton. Aged; 27 years old per Ship; Atlas. Of the Parish of Parramatta William signed his name and Mary signed with a X Witness; John Newsome and Jane Brown 1821 - Marriage Index Mercy Cottsworth & William Layton Registration Place Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia Volume Number V
Colonial Secretary Index. COTSWORTH, Mercy. Per "Friendship", 1818. 1818 Jan 30 On list of prisoners embarked on "Duke of Wellington" for the Derwent (Reel 6006; 4/3498 p.37) 1820 Oct 10,14 Sent from Van Diemen's Land per "Morley" for alleged improper conduct. To be employed at the Factory, Parramatta (Reel 6007; 4/3502 pp.327, 334) 1820 Dec 4 Re permission to marry at Parramatta (Reel 6007; 4/3502 pp.464-5) 1821 Aug 4 Arrived from Van Diemen's Land per "Midas". For the Factory; listed as Coltsworth (Reel 6008; 4/3504 pp.198-9) 1821 Aug 4 Prisoner from Van Diemen's Land (Reel 6051; 4/1750 pp.20-1) 1822 Feb 16 Lieutenant Thomson permitted to take her, his servant, to Van Diemen's Land (Reel 6008; 4/3504A p.443)
Mercy Cotsworth, of Barton, spinster, convicted of stealing cotton gown, a cotton shawl, a cotton shirt, a cotton handkerchief, and a cloth coat, from John Hopkins, of the same place, was sentenced to be transported for seven years. Stamford Mercury, 2 May 1817.
Tas Record. CON13-1-2Image163. Letter from F. Goulburn, Colonial Secretarys Office, 16 Feb 1822, to Lieut. Gov. Sorell, VDL. I have the honor to inform you that the undermentioned persons have permission to take the Convict Servants mentioned to Van Diemen’s Land. viz: Lieut Thompson- Mercy Cotesworth of Friendship, at Lincoln QS, 22 April 1817, Life.
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 A prostitute, vain of all shame, insolent and filthy