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Transportation
Jospeh Welsh 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.
FriendshipReferences
| Primary Source | New South Wales, Australia, Settler and Convict Lists. |
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Convict Notes
1828 - 1828 New South Wales, Australia Census Nicholas Welch. Age; 7. Male Orphan School
1822 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. 1822 Joseph Welsh. C. P. [Conditional Pardon]. Ship; Friendship. 7 years. Employment/Remarks; Constable, Sydney John Welsh. Age; 10. Born Colony - Son of the above James Welsh. Age; 8. Born Colony - Son of the above Thomas Welsh. Age; 6. Born Colony - Son of the above Nicholas Welsh. Age; 3 Born Colony - Children of the above Ann Welsh. Age; 1/2 years Born Colony - Children of the above 1825 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. 1825 Name; Joseph Welsh Age; No Details Class; C. P. Vessel; Friendship - 1800 - Life Employment/Remarks; DIED; 28 July 1825. Sydney
1813 - Conditional Pardon. Date; 31 Jan 1813. No; 181. Employment/Remarks; Torn up on the 20 Aug 1825. The holder having died in the beginning of that month 1821 - New South Wales, Australia, Settler and Convict Lists. Joseph Welsh. Ship; Friendship - Feb 1800. Tried; Dublin - April 1798. Sentence; Life. emancipated