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Summary

Born
Jan 1757
Conviction
Burglary (house breaking)
Departure
May 1787
Arrival
Jan 1788
Death
Jun 1788
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Personal Information

Name: Elizabeth Hervey
Gender: Unknown
Born: 1st Jan 1757
Death: 8th Jun 1788
Age at death: 31
Occupation: Unknown
Aliases: Elizabeth Harvey

Crime

Crime: Burglary (house breaking)
Convicted at: Suffolk. Bury St Edmunds Assizes
Sentence term: 14 years

Voyage

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

Transportation

Elizabeth Hervey 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

Elizabeth Hervey/Harvey was tried at Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk on 23 March 1784 for burglary with a value of 91 shillings. She was sentenced to transportation for 14 years having been originally sentenced to death, and left England on the Friendship aged about 30 at that time (May 1787). She had no occupation recorded. She died in 1788.