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Summary

Born
Jan 1720
Conviction
Unknown
Departure
May 1787
Arrival
Jan 1788
Death
May 1790
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Personal Information

Name: Joseph Owen
Gender: Unknown
Born: 1st Jan 1720
Death: 13th May 1790
Age at death: 70
Occupation: Unknown

Crime

Crime: Unknown
Convicted at: Salop. Shrewsbury Assizes
Sentence term: 14 years

Voyage

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

Transportation

Joseph Owen 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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Penny-Lyn Beale avatar
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on 23rd February 2025

Australia, Convict Index, 1788-1868 Name Joseph Owen Age 69 Birth Year Abt 1719 Birth Place Salop Arrival Year 1788 Arrival State New South Wales Trial Place Shrewsbury Ship Scarborough *** Comments d1790 © 1997-2025 Ancestry

Eric Harry Daly avatar
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on 13th January 2013

Joseph Owen was tried at Shrewsbury, Shropshire on 12 March 1785 for receiving stolen goods with a value of 6 shillings. He was sentenced to transportation for 14 years and left England on the Friendship aged about 67 at that time (May 1787), he died in 1790. Report from Dunkirk hulk was that he had behaved “very well”.A post mortem showed that “his stomach was quite empty”.