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Transportation
Joseph Walsh was transported on the Friendship, departing 24th Aug 1799 and arriving 16th Feb 1800 with 161 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
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Joseph Walsh, alias Welsh, per Friendship, 1800. Tried 1798, Dublin, Ireland, Life. Blacksmith. Present in 1811 convict muster. -------------------------------------------------- Convict Indent. Joseph Walsh, Crime, United Irishman, Sentence To serve abroad for Life. -------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary Index. WELSH, Joseph. Per "Friendship", 1800. 1810 Feb 14 Overseer & constable at Sydney. Petition for mitigation of sentence; appears as Walsh (Fiche 3168; 4/1847 p.230) 1810 Dec 29 Appointed a constable in Sydney (Reel 6038; SZ758 pp.151-2) 1812 Dec 28 Watchman. Petition for mitigation of sentence; appears as Walsh (Fiche 3170; 4/1848 pp.134-6) 1821 Sep 8 Constable. On list of all persons victualled from H.M. Magazines; with his wife & two children (Reel 6016; 4/5781 p.61) 1822 Jun 19 On list of persons receiving an assigned convict (Fiche 3290; 4/4570D p.18) 1822 Dec 27-1825 Jul 30 On pay lists of constables employed at Sydney; also listed as Walsh (Reel 6029, 4/7016A pp.15-217, 4/7016B pp.7-209 & 4/7016C pp.21-385; Reel 6030, 4/7016D pp.21-339; Reel 6061, 4/1779 pp.154c, 163c & 4/1780 pp.190c, 207c, 222d) 1823 Mar Ordinary constable. On list of constables in Sydney from Sep 1820 to Mar 1823; listed as Walsh (Reel 6056; 4/1764 p.63) 1824 On list of constables doing duty in Sydney & its environs requiring slop clothing (Reel 6017; 4/5782 p.95) 1824 May 22, Jun 4,11 On lists of constables doing duty for the town of Sydney & its vicinity who are entitled to a weekly ration (Reel 6061; 4/1779 pp.97c, 119c, 140c) 1824 Dec 31 On list of district & other constables doing duty in Sydney & its vicinity (Reel 6063; 4/1784 p.314a)