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Voyage
Transportation
Lucy Meares was transported on the Friendship, departing 31st May 1817 and arriving 14th Jan 1818 with 102 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.
FriendshipReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 349 (176) |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
1818 - Convict Indents. Name Lucy Meares Age 24 [1794]. Trade; Lacemaker 1823 - Colonial Secretary's Papers. Permission to marry at Sydney John Laws - Free & Lucy Pears alias Mears, Convict per Friendship Letter dated; 7 January 1823 1823 - Australia Marriage Index; Lucy Pear [Lucy Meers] & John Laws. Sydney, New South Wales. Volume Number V 1823 - Colonial Secretary's Papers. Servant of Frances Kelly of Sydney; testimony as to her character for a ticket of leave 1824 - Possible death of Husband. John Laws. Aged; 31 years old Registration number; 6106/1824 V18246106 2B 1824 - Ticket of Leave. 4 October 1824. No; 424/1358 Name; Lucy UX John Mears. Year of birth; 1795 1828 - Census. No; 962. Lucy Mears. Aged; 30. Ticket of Leave. House holder, Castlereagh Street, Sydney
on 1828 census age 30 with ticket of leave living in Castlereagh St Sydney
New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856 Main Series of Letters Received, 1788-1826 - names of convicts with their characters during the voyage from London to New South Wales on the transport ship Friendship. pp 6597 to 6605 A prostitute, sister of Sophia Richards (on board) and of a most infamous disposition.