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Summary

Born
Jan 1754
Conviction
Burglary (house breaking)
Departure
May 1787
Arrival
Jan 1788
Death
Apr 1819
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Personal Information

Name: Thomas Stretch
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1754
Death: 3rd Apr 1819
Age at death: 65
Occupation: Miller

Crime

Crime: Burglary (house breaking)
Convicted at: Salop, Shrewsbury Assizes
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

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

Transportation

Thomas Stretch 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

Thomas Stretch was tried at Shrewsbury, Shropshire on 16 August 1783 for burglary with a value of 3 shillings. He was sentenced to transportation for 7 years having been originally sentenced to death, and left England on the Friendship aged about 33 at that time (May 1787). His occupation was listed as labourer or miller. He died in 1819. Report from Dunkirk hulk was “tolerably decent and orderly”. Sentenced to receive 100 lashes for idleness in February 1789