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Summary

Born
Jan 1730
Conviction
Unknown
Departure
May 1787
Arrival
Jan 1788
Death
Jan 1825
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Personal Information

Name: Edward Perkins
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1730
Death: 1st Jan 1825
Age at death: 95
Occupation: Brickmaker

Crime

Crime: Unknown
Convicted at: Devon, Plymouth Assizes
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

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

Transportation

Edward Perkins 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

Edward Perkins was tried at Plymouth, Devon on 26 January 1785 for stealing livestock (a rooster) with a value if 1 shilling. He was sentenced to transportation for 7 years and left England on the Friendship aged about 57 at that time (May 1787). His occupation was listed as labourer or brickmaker. Report from Dunkirk hulk was “troublesome at times”.