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Summary

Born
Jan 1799
Conviction
Theft - larceny
Departure
May 1817
Arrival
Jan 1818
Death
Mar 1868
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Personal Information

Name: Ruth Guest
Gender: Female
Born: 1st Jan 1799
Death: 4th Mar 1868
Age at death: 69
Occupation: Cotton spinner

Crime

Crime: Theft - larceny
Convicted at: Lancaster Quarter Session
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 31st May 1817
Ship: Friendship
Arrival: 14th Jan 1818
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

Ruth Guest 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.

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References

Primary SourceAustralian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 350
Source DescriptionThis 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 SourceGreat Britain. Home Office
Compiled ByState Library of Queensland
Database SourceBritish convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database

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Convict Notes

Penny-Lyn Beale avatar
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on 24th July 2024

1817 - 20 January 1817. No; 45 1818 - 30 January. On list of prisoners embarked on "Duke of Wellington" for the Derwent. Per Ship "Friendship", 1818 1840 -New Norfolk Colonial Hospital Admission dates: 6 February 1840 Admitted with - MANIA 1868 - 4 March 1868. Aged; 68 years old. Cause of Death; Cancer of the Womb. Lunatic Asylum, New Norfolk. 1840 - New Norfolk Colonial Hospital Admission dates: 6 February 1840 Admitted with - MANIA

Tony Beale avatar
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on 3rd November 2021

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, from the ship 'Friendship', 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