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Summary

Born
Jan 1769
Conviction
Unknown
Departure
May 1787
Arrival
Jan 1788
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: James Neal
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1769
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown

Crime

Crime: Unknown
Convicted at: Bristol
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

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

Transportation

James Neal 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 13th January 2013

Jame Neal was tried at Bristol, Gloucestershire on 10 February 1785 for stealing sugar. He was sentenced to transportation for 7 years and left England on the Friendship aged about 18 at that time (May 1787). Partner in the original crime was William Farley.Report from Dunkirk hulk was “tolerably decent and orderly”.On 7 March 1789 sentenced to receive 150 lashes and to wear a leg iron for a year for wandering beyond the limits.