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Transportation
Rebecca Hooper was transported on the Friendship, departing 31st May 1817 and arriving 14th Jan 1818 with 102 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 | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 350 |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Index, 1788-1868 Name Rebecca Hooper Age 27 1818 - 30 Jan 1818. embarked on "Duke of Wellington" for the Derwent 1818 - 1 Apr 1818. Stealing in the ?? of Cath Kearney - 2 years hard labour in the goal 1820 - Convict Lists. Noted on. Remarks; Terrett 1821 - Convict Lists. Housekeeper, Sydney 1822 - Marriage. Hobart. 16 April 1821 Rebecca Hooper, aged 31 years old. Ship; Friendship Thomas Terrett, aged 33 years old. Free 1821 - Convict Lists. Wife of J Tarret. 1823 - Tasmania - List of convicts. WIFE; to Thos Tarrett 1846 - Possible 2nd Marriage. Bruni Island, Hobart Rebecca Terrett, Widow, aged 62 years old George Wheeler, Bachelor aged 73 years old Witness; John Brown & Mary Lawrence 1856 - Death of George Wheeler aged 84 years old. Accidently burnt in a bush fire. Between; 15 - 21 Feb 1856 1856 - Inquest - 28 Feb 1856. Died on North Bruni Island employed in the field close to his house 1862 - Possible deaths. 24 February 1862 Rebecca Wheeler, aged a2 years old [born abt; 1780] Died in the General Hospital. Cause of death; Senilis. Born; DEVON
New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856 Copies of Letters Sent Within The Colony, 1814-1827 An a list of 53 female convicts, from the ship 'Friendship', embarked on board the ship duke of Wellington, for the Derwent in Van Diemen's Land, with their times, places of trial and sentences extracted from indents - 30/1/1818