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Summary

Born
Jan 1765
Conviction
Unknown
Departure
May 1787
Arrival
Jan 1788
Death
Mar 1834
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Personal Information

Name: James Dodding
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1765
Death: 14th Mar 1834
Age at death: 69
Occupation: Unknown
Aliases: James Dorren, James Dodden, James Dorring

Crime

Crime: Unknown
Convicted at: Old Bailey
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

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

Transportation

James Dodding 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

James Dodding was tried at Old Bailey, London on 25 February 1784 for stealing linen with a value of 18 shillings. He was sentenced to transportation for 7 years and left England on the Friendship aged about 22 at that time (May 1787). His occupation was listed as seaman. He died in 1834. Guilty of return from transport following the Mercury mutiny.Report from Dunkirk hulk was “troublesome at times”.Lived with Elizabeth Thackery.