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Voyage
Transportation
Sophia Richards 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 349 (176) |
| 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 Notes
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Applications for the Publication of Banns, 1828-1830, 1838-1839 1828 (Reel 2192) Name: Sophia Hughes Gender: Female Birth Year: abt 1798 Age: 30 Arrival year: 1817 Spouse Name: John Beeson Spouse Gender: Male Spouse Birth Year: 1793 Spouse Age: 35 Spouse Vessel: Friendship Marriage Year: Abt 1828 Application Date: 16 Jun 1828 Application Place: St. Philips Church, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Sophia: reference by George Bunn "i have known Sophia Hughes has been known to me since I have been in the colony and that I have always considered her a sober, honest and discreet woman." On arrival she stated she was married to James Richards then to Hughes who has since passed away. NSW BDMs Marriages 685/1828 V1828685 12 BEESON JOHN HUGHES SOPHIA CA ( Church of England Sydney, St Phillip's)
New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856 Main Series of Letters Received, 1788-1826 - names of convicts with their characters during the voyage from London to New South Wales on the transport ship Friendship. pp 6597 to 6605 A prostitute, leader of the mutinous spirit shewn last july
Sophia Richards in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Sophia Richards [Sophia Pear] Spouse Name: John R Hughes Marriage Date: 1822 Marriage Place: New South Wales Registration Place: Sydney, New South Wales Registration Year: 1822 Volume Number: V B
New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856 Copies of Letters Sent Within The Colony, 1814-1827. Permission to marry. Sophia Richards (alias Pear) per ship friendship to marry John Robert Hughes per ship Lord Sidmouth. Rev William Cowper Sydney 9/8/1822