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Summary

Born
Jan 1730
Conviction
Sheep-stealing
Departure
May 1787
Arrival
Jan 1788
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: William Davis
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1730
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Tailor

Crime

Crime: Sheep-stealing
Convicted at: Salop Assizes, Shrewsbury
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 13th May 1787
Ship: Friendship
Arrival: 21st Jan 1788
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

William Davis was transported on the Friendship, departing 13th May 1787 and arriving 21st Jan 1788 with 107 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.

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Convict Notes

Eric Harry Daly avatar
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on 12th January 2013

William Davis was tried at Shrewsbury, Shropshire on 4 August 1784 for stealing livestock (a sheep) with a value of 26 shillings. He was sentenced to transportation for 7 years having been originally sentenced to death, and left England on the Friendship aged about 57 at that time (May 1787). His occupation was listed as tailor Report from England hulk was “tolerably decent and orderly”.