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Transportation
John Petherick 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
1825 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. 1825 Name; John Pedrick ** Age; No Details Class; F. S. Vessel; Friendship - 1800 ** - 7 years Employment/Remarks; PAUPER; Windsor ** As per Register **
John Petherick was tried at Plymouth, Devon on 31 January 1785 for stealing clothing with a value if 1 shilling. He was sentenced to transportation for 7 years and left England on the Friendship aged about 39 at that time (May 1787). His occupation was listed as labourer or miner. Report from Dunkirk hulk was “troublesome at times”