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Richard Hughes was transported on the Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann, departing 31st Dec 1790 and arriving 9th Jul 1791 with 1265 passengers.
The Third Fleet consisted of 11 Vessels. Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Gorgon, Mary Ann, Matilda, Queen (from Ireland) Salamander and William and Ann. These vessels were provided by a private company; Camden, Calvert and King to ship convicts to the colony.
Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann (generic)References
| Primary Source | New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 |
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New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents Name Richard Hughes Date of Conviction 18 Apr 1787 Place of Conviction Middlesex Vessel William and Ann Port of Arrival New South Wales Date of Arrival 28 Aug 1791 © 1997-2025 Ancestry THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE OLD BAILEY RICHARD HUGHES. Theft; grand larceny (to 1827). 18th April 1787. 403. RICHARD HUGHES was indicted for stealing, on the 19th day of March last, one linen shirt value 6 s. one pair of worsted stockings, value 2 s. a velveret waistcoat, value 3 s. a handkerchief, value 6 s. a silk ditto, value 2 s. the property of David James . PRISONER's DEFENCE. I was at work on board a Greenland-man; I had received some money; and I came into Rosemary-lane to buy some odd things; I went into a publick house to sit down, and they took me; I have had the handkerchief above these five months, I bought it when I came home from Greenland; it is the same, if I was to die this minute, I never robbed anybody, I never was in a prison in my life. GUILTY . Transported for seven years .