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Summary

Born
Jan 1754
Conviction
Highway robbery
Departure
May 1787
Arrival
Jan 1788
Death
Oct 1788
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Personal Information

Name: Cooper Henley
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1754
Death: 21st Oct 1788
Age at death: 34
Occupation: Weaver
Aliases: Cooper Handy, Cooper Handley, Henley Cooper

Crime

Crime: Highway robbery
Convicted at: Wilts. Assizes
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

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

Transportation

Cooper Henley 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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Primary Sourcehttp://www.firstlanding.com.au

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Convict Notes

Eric Harry Daly avatar
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on 12th January 2013

Cooper Henley was tried at Salisbury, Wiltshire on 8 March 1783 for assault and highway robbery with a value of 20 shillings. He was sentenced to transportation for 7 years having been originally sentenced to death, and left England on the Friendship aged about 33 at that time (May 1787). His occupation was listed as weaver. He died in 1788. Guilty of return from transport following the Mercury mutiny.Report from Dunkirk hulk was “behaves remarkably well”.Killed by Aborigines while collecting greens.