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Mathew Mills

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Summary

Born
Jan 1763
Conviction
Highway robbery
Departure
May 1787
Arrival
Jan 1788
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: Mathew Mills
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1763
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown
Aliases: John, Hill

Crime

Crime: Highway robbery
Convicted at: Oxford. Assizes Oxford
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

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

Transportation

Mathew Mills 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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Primary Sourcehttp://www.firstlanding.com.au

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Convict Notes

Eric Harry Daly avatar
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on 12th January 2013

Mathew/John Mills was tried at Oxford, Oxfordshire on 30 July 1783 for highway robbery with a value of 31 shillings. He was sentenced to transportation for 7 years having been originally sentenced to death, and left England on the Friendship aged about 24 at that time (May 1787). Guilty of return from transport following the Mercury mutiny.Report from Dunkirk hulk was “ troublesome at times”