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Summary

Born
Jan 1750
Conviction
Unknown
Departure
May 1787
Arrival
Jan 1788
Death
May 1788
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Personal Information

Name: William Evans
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1750
Death: 30th May 1788
Age at death: 38
Occupation: Unknown

Crime

Crime: Unknown
Convicted at: Salop Shrewsbury Gaol Delivery
Sentence term: Unknown

Voyage

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

Transportation

William Evans 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 Evans was tried at Shrewsbury, Shropshire on 12 March 1785 for stealing livestock (a horse) with a value of 100 shillings. He was sentenced to transportation for 7 years having been originally sentenced to death, and left England on the Friendship aged about 37 at that time (May 1787). He died in 1788