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Voyage
Transportation
Harriet Neal 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) Bound Indentures |
| 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 - 30 Jan 1818. embarked on "Duke of Wellington" for the Derwent 1821 -New South Wales - Convict Lists. Servant to Mrs Hopkins. 1822 - Marriages in the District of Hobart Town. 9 January 1822 William Davis. Free, aged 30 years old & Harriet Neat, Convict, Friendship, aged 23 years old Witness; George Northam and Elizabeth Mary Mack 1822 - New South Wales - Convict Lists. Wife of W Davis 1823 - Tasmania. List of Convicts. Widow of W Davis
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 good disposition, very ignorant ......of reflection
Harriet gave birth to a son Henry Neat on 19 May 1820, she was listed as unmarried at the time. She married William Davis on the 9th January 1822. William died on 14th April 1823. She was a widow for some time and lived in the house she shared with William in Oatlands, Tasmania called Pleasant Place. Harriet died in 1870, her tombstone states she died of exhaustion.