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Transportation
Ann Horton 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 354. Tasmanian Archives, convict records. |
| 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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Convict Notes
Colonial Secretary Index. HORTON, Ann. Per "Friendship", 1818 1818 Jan 14 On list of persons on board "Friendship" (Reel 6047; 4/1740 p.64) 1818 Jan 30 On list of prisoners embarked on "Duke of Wellington" for the Derwent (Reel 6006; 4/3498 p.36)
ASSIZES.—The business of these assizes commenced, at the Crown bar, on Monday last . ... Subjoined will be found the names and offences of those criminals who were either capitally convicted or sentenced to transportation. ... TRANSPORTATION. -… Ann Horton, for stealing in this town, a sheet, the property of William Roberts; … for seven years. Aris’s Birmingham Gazette, 14 April 1817.
Convict Indents, 1788-1842 Name Ann Horton Age 31 Date of Conviction 1 Apr 1817
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 prostitute
Ann HORTON was convicted at Warwick, England April 1817. 7 yr transportation sentence. Sent to New South Wales, Australia per the ship 'Friendship'. Transferred to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) per the 'Duke of Wellington' in 1818. Colony of VDL: 7 April 1818: Abscond from her Master, Mr. Archer's service. Solitary Confinement, on bread & water, for 10 days. 24 July 1818: Misconduct as a servant to Mr. Archer. 1 mth gaol, on bread & water. 29 Aug 1821: abusing Mr. Brest. To find surities for 6 mths. 25 Aug 1825: Mr. Todd - Drunk & disorderly. Dismissed. 26 Jan 1826 Mr. Todd - accused of stealing a watch. No prosecution.