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Transportation
Elizabeth Dudgeon 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
Elizabeth was among 4 women who were put into irons the day before the fleet sailed for fighting, they were kept ironed for 10 days, a severe punishment in hot conditions, 2 weeks later she was found with some other women in the cabin of crew members, a few days later she abused the Captain "with a taste of her spiced tongue" and he ordered she be flogged and then tied to the pump
Elizabeth Dudgeon was tried at Old Bailey, London on 10 September 1783 for stealing cash with a value of 199 shillings http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t17830910-59-defend727&div=t17830910-59#highlight She was sentenced to transportation for 7 years and left England on the Friendship aged about 23 at that time (May 1787). Partner in the original crime was Susannah Garth. Their drunken victim had staggered to Dugeon’s bed to sleep it off. Guilty of return from transport following the Mercury mutiny.Report from Dunkirk hulk was that she was behaving “better than formerly”.Married George Clayton on 24 April 178