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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Thomas O'neil 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.
FriendshipReferences
| Primary Source | 1811 Population Muster; Settler and Convict Lists 1821; 1825 General Muster; 1828 Census; Colonial Secretary's Papers - Special Bundles 1794-1825; Registers of Land Grants and Leases 1806; Historic Guide to Balmoral; Unfinished Revolution - United Irishmen in NSW 1800-1810, Anne-Maree Whitaker |
Claims
"Thomas O'Neil is my 4x great grandfather."
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Convict Notes
Birth c. 1753. Sentence - Life. Granted land in Upper Pitts Row where he set up his tailoring business . Tailor to Governor King. Granted land at Balmoral and was the area's first European resident, setting up his farm in the vicinity of today's Balmoral Oval.