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Emma Groom 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 352 |
| 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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1823 - Tasmania - List of convicts. Servant to Wm Sharpless FIND A GRAVE Emma Groom Birth; unknown Death; 11 Feb 1828. Hobart City, Tasmania, Australia Burial St. David's Park Hobart, Hobart City, Tasmania, Australia Memorial ID 225478008 · Age 33 Years
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 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
Old Bailey Online (DoB from here) 15/1/1817 348. EMMA GROOM and ANN SMITH , were indicted for stealing, on the 29th of December , three bank tokens, value 9s.; and one other bank token, value 1s. 6d., the property of George Hawkins , from his person . GEORGE HAWKINS . I live in Foley-place. On the 29th of December, between one and two o'clock in the morning, I was at the corner of Margaret-street , the two prisoners stopped me; I staid with them about a quarter of an hour; I had 17s. 6d. in my pocket, and when I left them I had lost 10s. 6d., the prisoner, Groom, put her hand into my breeches pocket, and took it out. I gave them in charge. WILLIAM HEWITT. I am a constable; the prisoners were brought to the watch-house, about two o'clock in the morning; I found 1s. on Groom, and 10s. on Smith. THOMAS BROWN . I am a watchman; I saw the prosecutor and the two prisoners together, in Marylebone-street, he was talking to them; I went over to them, and told them to go away, when he gave them in charge; he said he would let me know what he had been robbed of, when he got to the watch-house, he said he had lost 3s. NOT GUILTY . Second Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Common Sergeant. 16/4/1817 732. EMMA GROOM was indicted for stealing, on the 29th of February , from the person of Duncan M'Glvray , one 5l. bank note, his property . DUNCAN M'GILVRAY . I am a tailor , and live at Berwick-street, Soho. On the 9th of February, as I was going home, the prisoner accosted me in Oxford-street; she asked me for some drink, and to go home with her. Wishing to get rid of her, I said I had no money, and it was too late. She pressed me very much, and took hold of my arm. I walked up Wells-street and Castle-street, into Adam and Eve-court , where she said her house was. We got into the passage, and, all of a sudden, she left me, saying, "stop a minute." After waiting about ten minutes, I began to suspect her, and found she had taken a 5l. note out of my left-hand breeches pocket. I ran into Oxford-street, but could not find her. I knew the number and date of the note, and stopped it at the Bank the next day. On the 7th of March it was brought into the Bank. I am sure the prisoner is the woman. I was not intoxicated. Cross-examined by MR. BARRY. I was quite sober. I described her to the watchman. WILLIAM KING . I am a pawnbroker. On the 10th of February, about the middle of the day, the prisoner came and redeemed some things at my shop, and gave me a 5l. note. I am sure she is the woman-she was a customer of mine. WILLIAM CAVE . I am a watchman. Mr. M'Gilvray gave me a description of the prisoner - I knew her, and in a few days I found her out. SAMUEL PYALL . I am a constable. I produce the note. Mr. M'GILVRAY. That is the note. WILLIAM KING . That is the note I took from the prisoner. Prisoner's Defence. I never saw him. GUILTY . Aged 22. Transported for Seven Years . Second Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Recorder.
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 resigning blashphemous ... and prostitute