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Moses Tucker

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Summary

Born
Jan 1752
Conviction
Fraud
Departure
May 1787
Arrival
Jan 1788
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: Moses Tucker
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1752
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Carpenter

Crime

Crime: Fraud
Convicted at: Devon, Plymouth Assizes
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

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

Transportation

Moses Tucker 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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Primary Sourcehttp://www.firstlanding.com.au

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Convict Notes

Eric Harry Daly avatar
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on 13th January 2013

Moses Tucker was tried at Plymouth, Devon on 7 June 1786 for fraud (false pretences). He was sentenced to transportation for 7 years and left England on the Friendship aged about 35 at that time (May 1787). His occupation was listed as labourer or carpenter.He left NSW in 1793. Was press ganged into the navy at St Kitts, Leeward Islands in 1785.Report from Dunkirk hulk was “tolerably decent and orderly”. On 1 November 1788 sentenced to receive 200 lashes for stealing some boards, but later forgiven part of the punishment.