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Jerimiah Leary

Summary

Born
Jan 1765
Conviction
Unknown
Departure
May 1787
Arrival
Jan 1788
Death
Jan 1807
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Personal Information

Name: Jerimiah Leary
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1765
Death: 1st Jan 1807
Age at death: 42
Occupation: Unknown

Crime

Crime: Unknown
Convicted at: Bristol Assizes
Sentence term: 14 years

Voyage

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

Transportation

Jerimiah Leary 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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References

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Convict Notes

Eric Harry Daly avatar
Level 60
on 12th January 2013

Jerimia Leary was tried at Bristol, Gloucestershire on 30 March 1784 for housebreaking. He was sentenced to transportation for 14 years having been originally sentenced to death, and left England on the Friendship aged about 22 at that time (May 1787), he died in 1807. Partner in the original crime was Thomas Jones.Received the order to run “the Gauntlet among the Convicts” (run through the convict lines being beaten) for theft in March 1790.