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James Jemmison

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Summary

Born
Jan 1760
Conviction
Stealing clothes
Departure
May 1787
Arrival
Jan 1788
Death
Jun 1788
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Personal Information

Name: James Jemmison
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1760
Death: 10th Jun 1788
Age at death: 28
Occupation: Unknown
Aliases: James/John, Jamison, Jameson

Crime

Crime: Stealing clothes
Convicted at: Kent Assizes Maidstone
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

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

Transportation

James Jemmison 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

James/John Jemmison was tried at Maidstone, Kent on 19 March 1784 for stealing clothing with a value of 42 shillings. He was sentenced to transportation for 7 years and left England on the Friendship aged about 27 at that time (May 1787), he died in 1788. Guilty of return from transport following the Mercury mutiny.Report from Dunkirk hulk was “in general tolerably well behaved but troublesome at times”.