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Summary

Born
Jan 1766
Conviction
Stealing money
Departure
May 1787
Arrival
Jan 1788
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: William Jones
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1766
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Weaver

Crime

Crime: Stealing money
Convicted at: Salop Assizes, Shrewsbury
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

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

Transportation

William Jones 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

William Jones was tried at Shrewsbury, Shropshire on 12 March 1785 for stealing a purse and cash with a value of 96 shillings. He was sentenced to transportation for 7 years and left England on the Friendship aged about 21 at that time (May 1787). His occupation was listed as stocking weaver. Report from Dunkirk hulk was “tolerably decent and orderly”.On 21 August 1788 sentenced to receive 50 lashes for gambling.