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Elizabeth Thackery 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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My conclusion is her father was Thomas Thacker, soldier in the 15th Foot. He is the only Thacker/Thackeray in 15th Foot at the time. 1747 - Thomas THACKER baptised 12/4/1747. St. Nicholas, Kings Lynn, Norfolk Parents John & Thacker & Mary (née ALDRED) - married 1/11/1747 Other siblings born 1749 onwards?. In 1768 Thomas Thacker marries Elizabeth THORNTON 7/12/1768 St Margarets, Kings Lynn Both single & of that parish. In 1768/69 - Elizabeth THACKER born (said to be 20yrs old at transportation) - no baptism found in parish records. ?In 1771 - Thomas Thacker, labourer, enlists in army viz 15th Regiment of Foot - January 1771 (calculated from discharge notes). In 1776 - Thomas Thacker, 15th Foot, born Lynn, Norfolk 24yrs, 6yrs service, disabled in right leg, admitted as pensioner to Chelsea Hospital In 1786 - Elizabeth THACKERAY’s trial in Manchester 4/5/1786 for stealing a black silk handkerchief(s). Sentenced to 7yrs transportation.?1787 - She left on ‘Friendship’ after spending a year on a hulk In 1788 (19/1/1778) - She arrived in Sydney on ‘Charlotte’. She was said to be the first convict woman to have set foot in Australia. 1791 – Betty received 25 lashes... 1797 - Thomas THACKER, private. Final discharge 17/10/1797 after 25yrs 9mo service. Served in 15th Foot, 43rd Foot, & 35th Foot. Aged 55yrs (prob calculated on stated age at enlistment but actually 50yrs from DOB) 1856 - Betty KING dies New Norfolk, Tasmania (said to be 92yr, but actually around 87yrs assuming birth 1769)
Elizabeth Thackery was tried at Manchester, Lancashire on 4 May 1786 for stealing handkerchiefs with a value if 1 shilling. She was sentenced to transportation for 7 years and left England on the Friendship aged about 20 at that time (May 1787), she died in 1856. Sent to the Dunkirk hulk.Placed in irons a number of times while on the journey.Received 25 lashes on 14 July 1791 for coming in from her settlement without permission.Lived with James Dodding. Married Samuel King on 28 January 1810.