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1788 1st Fleet

The First Fleet 1788

       Vessel        Tons    Arrived    Port    Sailed        From      Days Embarked   Deaths   New Cons  Arrivals          Master
                                                                                M    F    M    F    M    F    M    F
The First Fleet (1787-1788) 
       Vessel        Year      Built    Tons    Arrived    Port    Sailed        From      Days Embarked   Deaths   Arrivals    Master              Surgeon
                                                                                                  M    F    M    F    M    F
Alexander             1783  Hull         452?   21 01 1788  NSW   13 05 1787  Portsmouth    251   195  ...  ...  ...            Duncan Sinclair     William Balmain
Charlotte             1784  Thames       335?   22 01 1788  NSW   13 05 1787  Portsmouth    252    88   20  ...  ...            Thomas Gilbert      John White
Friendship            1784  Scarborough  274?   21 01 1788  NSW   13 05 1787  Portsmouth    251    76   21  ...  ...            Francis Walton      Thomas Arndell
Lady Penrhyn          1786  Thames       333?   22 01 1788  NSW   13 05 1787  Portsmouth    252   ...  101  ...  ...            Wm Cropton Sever    John Turnpenny Altree/Arthur Bowes
Prince of Wales       1786  Thames       350?   22 01 1788  NSW   13 05 1787  Portsmouth    252     1   49  ...  ...            John Mason          ...
Scarborough           1782  Scarborough  430?   21 01 1788  NSW   13 05 1787  Portsmouth    251   208  ...  ...  ...            John Marshall       Denis Considen
Borrowdale            1785  Sunderland   272?   22 01 1788  NSW   13 05 1787  Portsmouth    252   ...  ...  ...  ...            Storeship                 ...
Fishburn              1780  Whitby       378?   22 01 1788  NSW   13 05 1787  Portsmouth    252   ...  ...  ...  ...            ...                 ...
Golden Grove          1780  Whitby       375?   22 01 1788  NSW   13 05 1787  Portsmouth    252   ...  ...  ...  ...            Storeship                 ...
Sirius                                   612?   22 01 1788  NSW   13 05 1787  Portsmouth    252   ...  ...  ...  ...            John Hunter
Supply                                   170?   20 01 1788  NSW   13 05 1787  Portsmouth    250   ...  ...  ...  ...            Lieutenant Henry Lidgbird Ball 
         (T)=transport; (S-S)=store-ship; (W)=warship
Lady Juliana                             401    03 06 1790  NSW   29 07 1789  Plymouth      309   ...  226  ...   5   221       Capt Aitken         Richard Alley
Guardian  *                                     21 02 1790  CAPE  12 09 1789  Spithead      ...    25  ...   5   ...  20*  ...  Lt Edward Riou (RN) ...
         * The Guardian struck an iceburg and limped back to Africa                               * 20 convicts survived and joined the Second Fleet
        * 20 convicts survived and joined the Second Fleet

In December 1785, the Principal Secretary of State in Britain, Thomas Townsend, Viscount Sydney adopted the recommendation of Captain Cook to establish a Colony in New South Wales. Arthur Phillip was commissioned to establish the settlement at Botany Bay. In March 1787 ten ships selected as the First Fleet, rendezvoused at Mother Bank Isle of Wright. They were:- Sirius (frigate) Captain John Hunter. Supply (armed tender brig) Lieutenant Henry Lidgbird Ball. Golden Grove (storeship). Borrowdale (storeship). Scarborough (transport) carrying Captain, thirty three marines and two hundred and eight male convicts. Lady Penrhyn (transport) carrying Captain, two Lieutenants, three Privates and one hundred and two female convicts. Friendship (transport) carrying Captain, forty four marines and Privates, seventy seven male and twenty female convicts. Charlotte (transport) carrying Captain, forty three men, eighty eight male and twenty female convicts. Prince of Wales (transport) carrying two Lieutenants, thirty marines and fifty female convicts. Alexander (transport) carrying two Lieutenants, thirty five marines and two hundred and thirteen male convicts. Captain Arthur Phillip, Commodore of the Fleet, weighed anchor in the Sirius on 13 May 1787. The total number of people engaged in the First Fleet was 1,044 comprising of the following:- Civil officers 10 Marines, including officers 212 Wives (28) and children (17) of above 45 Other free persons 81 Male convicts 504 Female convicts 192 The Fleet sailed in convoy to Cape Town where animals and fruit trees were taken on board. Captain Phillip transferred to HM Supply and together with the Alexander, Scarborough and Friendship, sailed ahead to Botany Bay. The four ships sighted the New South Wales coast on 3 January 1788 and anchored in Botany Bay on 18 January. The Sirius with the remainder of the fleet arrived on the 20 January 1788. Botany Bay was deemed unsuitable for settlement and another site was chosen within a cove to the north in Port Jackson and named Sydney Cove in honour of Lord Sydney. By 26 January, when all the ships of the First Fleet were anchored inside Port Jackson, the British flag was raised and the Colony of New South Wales was proclaimed in the name of the King of England.

Columns represent: Name, sex, place sentenced in England, court sentence in years, alias

 
LANKEY          David          London        7                             
LANE            Richard        Winchester    7                             
LAWRELL         John           Bodmin        7                             
LANE            William        Chelmsford    7                             
LARNE           James          Exeter        7                             
LAMBETH         John           Bristol       7                             
LAVELL          Henry                                                      
LARA            Flora          London                                      
LAYCOCK         Caroline       London                                      
LANGLEY         Jane           London        7                             
LAWRENCE        Mary           London        7                             
LEMON           Isaac          Chelmsford    7                             
LEVY            Joseph         London        7                             
LEARY           John           Winchester    7                             
LEGG            George         Dorchester    7                             
LEARY           Jeremiah       Bristol       14                            
LEGROVE         Stephen                                                    
LEE             Elizabeth      London        7                             
LEWIS           Sophia         London        7                             
LEONARD         Elizabeth      London        7                             
LEVY            Amelia         Southwark     7                             
LIFT            George         London        Life                          
LIMEBURNER      John           New Sarum     7                             
LIMPUS          Thomas         Exeter        Life                          
LIGHTFOOT       Samuel         Exeter        7                             
LONGSTREET      Joseph         Marlborough   7                             
LONG            Joseph         Gloucester    14                            
LOCKLEY         John           London        7                             
LONG            Mary           London        Life                          
LOVE            Mary           Maidstone     7                             
LOCK            Elizabeth      Gloucester    7                             
LUCAS           Nathaniel      London        7                             
LYNCH           Humphry        New Sarum     7                             
LYNCH           Ann            Bristol       14                            
LYDE            John                                                       
MAY             Richard        New Sarun     7                             
MARTIN          Stephen        Bristol       7                             
MANSFIELD       John           Chelmsford    7                             
M'LEAN          Francis        Guildford     7                             
M'LEAN          Thomas         Guildford     7                             
MATON           Thomas         Maidstone     7                             
M'DONNAUGH      James          Maidstone     7                             
MARINER         William        Oxford        7                             
MARROTT         John           Gloucester    7                             
M'LAUGHLIN      Charles        Durham        7                             
MACINTIRE       John           Durham        7                             
MARTIN          John           London        7                             
M'DONALD        Alexander      London        7                             
MARNEY          William        London        7                             
MARSHALL        Joseph         London        14                            
M'LEAN          Edward         Maidstone     7                             
MARTIN          Abraham        New Sarum     7                             
MARTIN          Thomas         Exeter        7                             
MARTYN          James          Exeter        7                             
McCORMICK       Sarah          Manchester    7                             
McCORMACK       Mary           Liverpool     7                             
MASON           Betty          Gloucester    14                            
McGRAH          Redman                                                     
McDEED          Richard                                                    
McNA MAR        William                                                    
MACKRIE         James                                                      
MARRIOTT        Jane           London        7                             
MATHER          Ann            London        7                             
MATHER          Mather         London        7                             
MASON           Susannah       London                   alias Gibbs        
McCABE          Eleanor        London        7                             
MARSHALL        Mary           London        Life                          
MARSHALL        Mary           London        7                             
MARTIN          Ann            Southwark                                   
MEYNELL         John           Nottingham               alias William Radford
MESSIAH         Jacob                                                      
MEECH           Jane           Exeter        7          wife of William Meech
MILTON          Charles        Maidstone     7                             
MIDGLEY         Samuel         Lancaster     7                             
MIDDLETON       Richard        London        7                             
MITCHELL        Nathaniel      Dorchester    7                             
MILLS           Matthew                                                    
MITCHCRAFT      Mary           Kingston      7                             
MITCHELL        Mary           Kingston      7                             
MORRIS          Peter          Bristol       7                             
MOWBRAY         John           Lincoln       7                             
MORGAN          Richard        Gloucester    7                             
MORRISBY        John           London        7                             
MOORE           William        London        7                             
MORLEY          John           London        7                             
MOORIN          John           London        7                             
MORGAN          Robert         London        7                             
MOBBS           Samuel         London        7                             
MORGAN          William        London        7                             
MOULD           William        Guildford     7                             
MOLLANDS        John           Launceston    7                             
MOYLE           Edward         Launceston    7                             
MOOD            Charles                      7                             
MORTIMORE       John           Exeter        7                             
MORLEY          Joseph                                                     
MORTON          Mary           London        7                             
MULLOCK         Jesse          New Sarum     7                             
MURPHY          William        Liverpool     7                             
MUNROE          John           London        7          alias Nurse        
MULLIS          Stephen        Exeter        7                             
MURPHY          James                        7                             
MUNRO           Lydia          Kingston      14                            
MULLENS         Hannah         London        Life                          
NEWLAND         John           London        7                             
NETTLETON       Robert         Kingston upon 7                             
NEAL            John           London        7                             
NEAL            James          Bristol       7                             
NEEDHAM         Elizabeth      London        7                             
NICHOLLS        John           London        7                             
NORTON          Phebe          London        7                             
NUNN            Robert         London        7                             
O'CRAFT         John           Exeter        7                             
OGDEN           James          Manchester    7                             
OKEY            William        Gloucester    7                             
OLDFIELD        Thomas         Manchester    7                             
OLDFIELD        Isabella       Manchester    7                             
OPLEY           Peter          Maidstone     7                             
ORFORD          Thomas         London        7                             
OSBORNE         Thomas         London        7                             
OSBORNE         Elizabeth      London        7          alias Jones        
OWLES           John           Croydon       7                             
OWEN            John           London        7                             
OWEN            Joseph         Shewsbury     14                            
PAGE            Paul           Lincoln       7                             
PANE            William        Nottingham    7                             
PARRY           Edward         Stafford      7                             
PARR            William        Liverpool     7                             
PALMER          John Henry     London        7                             
PARKER          John           London        7                             
PARISH          William        London        7                             
PARTRIDGE       Richard        London        Life                          
PARRIS          Peter          Exeter        7                             
PARKINSON       Jane           Manchester               alias Partington 
PARKER          Elizabeth      Gloucester    7                             
PARFLEY         Ann            London        7                             
PARKER          Mary           London        7                             
PARTRIDGE       Sarah          London        7          alias Roberts      
PARRY           Sarah          London        Life                          
PERROT          Edward Bearcro Bristol       7                             
PETRIE          John           London        7                             
PEYTON          Samuel         London        7                             
PERCIVAL        Richard        London        7                             
PETTITT         John           London        7                             
PEAULET         James          London        7                             
PEET            Charles        London        Life                          
PECK            Joshua         Exeter        7                             
PERKINS         Edward         Plymouth      7                             
PETHERICK       John           Plymouth      7                             
PENNY           John                         7                             
PHILLIMORE      William        London        7                             
PHILLIPS        Richard        London        7                             
PHILLIPS        Mary           Taunton       7                             
PHYFIELD        Roger          Shrewsbury               alias Twyfield     
PHYN            Mary           London        7                             
PIGOTT          Samuel         Exeter        7                             
PINDER          Mary           Lincoln       7                             
PIPKIN          Elizabeth      London        7                             
PILES           Mary           London        7                             
POPE            David          Southwark     7                             
POWER           John           London        7                             
PONTIE          John           London        Life                          
POOLE           Jane           Wells         7                             
POWER           William                                                    
POWLEY          Elizabeth                                                  
POWELL          Ann            London        7                             
PRICE           John           Southwark     7                             
PRIOR           Thomas         Reading       7                             
PRICE           James          Gloucester    7                             
PRITCHARD       Thomas                                                     
PUGH            Edward         Gloucester    7                             
RANDALL         John           Manchester    7                             
REYMOND         George         London        7                             
RAMFEY          John           Kingston      7                             
REPEAT          Charles        Warwick       7                             
READ            William        Croydon       7                             
REARDON         Bartholomew    Winchester    7                             
READ            Ann            London        Life                          
RISDALE         Thomas         Bristol       Life       alias Crowder      
RICHARD         James          East Grinstead7                             
RICHARDSON      James          Maidstone     7                             
RISBY           Edward         Gloucester    7                             
RICHARDSON      William        London        7                             
RICHARDSON      Hardwicke      London        7                             
RICHARDSON      John           London        7                             
RICHARD         David          London        7                             
RICHARDSON      Samuel         London        7                             
RICKSON         William        Chelmsford    7                             
RICHARDS        John           Winchester    7          alias Williams     
RICHARD         James          Launceston    7                             
RICE            John           Exeter        7                             
ROPE            Anthony        Chelmsford    7                             
ROGERS          Daniel         Croydon       7                             
ROBINSON        George         Lincoln       7                             
ROGERS          Isaac          Gloucester    14                            
ROBINSON        Thomas         Kingston upon 7                             
ROBERTS         John           Liverpool     7                             
ROBINSON        George         London        7                             
ROMAIN          John           London        7                             
ROWE            John           Launceston    7                             
ROWE            William        Launceston    7                             
ROBERTS         William        Bodmin        7                             
ROBINSON        William        Exeter        7                             
ROACH           Henry          Exeter        7                             
ROBINS          John           Exeter        7          alias Major        
ROUS            Walton                                  alias Batley       
ROLT            Mary           London                                      
ROSSON          Isabella       London        7                             
RUSSEL          John           London        7                             
RUGLASS         John           London        Life                          
RUSSLER         John           London        Life                          
RUCE            James          Bodmin        7                             
RUTH            Robert         Exeter        7                             
RYAN            John                                                       
SALTMARSH       William        Kingston      7                             
SANDERSON       Thomas         Lincoln       7                             
SANDS           William        Lincoln       7                             
SAMPSON         Peter          London        7                             
SANDLIN         Ann            London                   alias Lynes, alias 
SCATTERGOOD     Robert         Stafford      7                             
SCOTT           Elizabeth      London        7                             
SELSHIRE        Samuel         London        7                             
SEYMOUR         John           Sherborne     7                             
SHEARMAN        William        Reading       7                             
SHAW            Joseph         Stafford      7                             
SHEPHERD        Robert         Durham        7                             
SHARPE          George         Durham        7                             
SHORE           William        Lancaster     7                             
SHORE           John                                                       
SHIERS          James          London        Life                          
SILVERTHORN     John           New Sarum     7                             
SIDEWAY         Robert                                                     
SLATER          Sarah          London        7                             
SMALL           John           Exeter        7                             
SMART           Richard        Gloucester    7                             
SMART           Daniel         Gloucester    7                             
SMITH           Thomas         Lancaster     7                             
SMITH           William        Liverpool     7                             
SMITH           Edward         London        7                             
SMITH           William        London        7                             
SMITH           Thomas         London        7          alias Haynes       
SMITH           James          London        7                             
SMITH           John           Guildford     7                             
SMITH           William        Bodmin        1                             
SMITH           Ann            Winchester    7          wife of John Smith 
SMITH           Hannah         Winchester    7                             
SMITH           William        Dorchester    7                             
SMITH           Edward         Exeter        7                             
SMITH           John           Exeter        7                             
SMITH           Ann            London        7                             
SMITH           Catherine      London        7                             
SMITH           Ann            London        7                             
SMITH           Catherine      London        7                             
SMITH           Mary           London        7                             
SNALEHAM        William        London        7                             
SPARKS          Henry                                                      
SPENCER         Daniel         Dorchester    14                            
SPENCER         John                                    alias Pearce       
SPENCE          Mary           Wigan         5                             
SPRIGMORE       Charlotte      London        7                             
SPRINGHAM       Mary           London        7                             
SQUIRES         James          Kingston      7                             
STANLEY         William        New Sarum     7                             
STRONG          James          Dorchester    7                             
STOW            James          Lincoln       7                             
STONE           Martin         Warwick       7                             
STOKEE          John           Durham        7                             
STONE           Charles        London        7                             
STONE           Henry          London        7                             
STOGDELL        John           London        14                            
STUART          James          London        7                             
STANTON         Thomas         Launceston    7          alias Ebden        
STEPHENS        John Morris    Dorchester    7                             
STEWART         Margaret       Exeter        7                             
STRECH          Thomas         Shrewsbury    7                             
SUMMERS         John           Gloucester    7                             
TAYLOR          Joshua         Manchester    7                             
TAYLOR          Henry                                                      
TAYLOR          Sarah          Kingston      7                             
TENANT          Thomas Hilton  Chelmsford               alias Phillip Divin
TEAGUE          Cornelius      Bodmin        7                             
TENCHALL        James                                   alias Tenninghill  
THACKERY        Elizabeth      Manchester    7                             
THOMPSON        William        Durham        7                             
THOMAS          James          London        7                             
THOMPSON        James          London        7                             
THOMAS          James          London        7                             
THOMAS          John           London        7                             
THOMPSON        William        London        7                             
THOUDY          James                                                      
THOMAS          Elizabeth      Wigan         7                             
THORNTON        Ann            London        7                             
TUNMINS         Thomas         Warwick       7                             
TILLEY          Thomas         Stafford      7                             
TILL            Thomas         London        7                             
TODD            Nicholas       London        7                             
TROTTER         Joseph         Maidstone     7                             
TRACE           John           Exeter        7                             
TRIPPETT        Susannah       London        7                             
TURNER          Ralph          Manchester    7                             
TUSO            Joseph         London        Life                          
TURNER          John                                                       
TUCKER          Moses          Plymouth      7                             
TURNER          Thomas                                                     
TURNER          John                                                       
TURNER          Mary           Worcester     7                             
TWYNEHAM        William        Reading       7                             
TWYFIELD        Ann            Shrewsbury    7          since said to be married to Wm. Dawley, a convict
TYRRELL         William        Winchester    7                             
VANDELL         Edward         East Grinstead7                             
VINCENT         Henry          London        7                             
VICKERY         William        Exeter        7                             
UNDERWOOD       James          New Sarum     14                            
USHER           John           Maidstone     7                             
WATERHOUSE      William        Kingston      7                             
WATSAN          John           Maidstone     7                             
WARD            John           Lowth         7                             
WALL            William        Oxford        7                             
WAGER           Benjamin       London        7                             
WALSH           William        London        7                             
WALKER          John           London        7                             
WALBOURNE       James          London        7                             
WATSON          Thomas         Exeter        7                             
WARE            Charlotte                                                  
WATKINS         Mary                                                       
WAINWRIGHT      Ellen          Preston       7          alias Esther Eccles
WARD            Ann            London        7                             
WADE            Mary           London        14         alias Cacklane     
WELCH           James          Maidstone     7                             
WELCH           John           Durham        7                             
WEST            Benjamin       London        7                             
WESTWOOD        John           London        7                             
WELSH           John           London        7                             
WELCH           John           London        Life                          
WESTLALE        Edward         Exeter        7                             
WADDICOMB       Richard        Exeter        7                             
WHEELER         Samuel         Croydon       7                             
WHITAKER        George         Maidstone     7                             
WHITING         William        Gloucester    7                             
WHITTON         Edward         Maidstone     Life                          
WHITE           James          Maidstone     7                             
WILCOCKS        Samuel         Dorcester     7                             
WILTON          William        Bristol       7                             
WILSON          Charles        London        Life                          
WILSON          Peter          Manchester    7                             
WILLIAMS        Charles        London        7                             
WILLIAMS        James          London        7                             
WILLIAMS        John           Maidstone     7          alias Black Jack   
WILLIAMS        Robert         Launceston    7                             
WILLIAMS        John           Bodmin        7          alias Floyd        
WILDING         John           Bury          7          alias Warren       
WICKHAM         Mary           New Sarum     14                            
WILLIAMS        Peter          Exeter        7          alias Flaggett 
WILCOCKS        Richard        Exeter        7                             
WILLIAMS        John           Exeter        7                             
WISEHAMMER      John           Bristol       7                             
WILLIAMS        Daniel         Preston       7                             
WILLIAMS        Frances        Mold          7                             
WILLIAMS        Mary           London        7                             
WOOD            George         London        7                             
WOODCOCK        Peter          London        7                             
WOODHAM         Samuel         London        Life                          
WORSDELL        William        Launceston    7                             
WOOLCOT         John           Exeter        Life                          
WOODCOCK        Francis        Shrewsbury    7                             
WOOD            Mark                                                       
WRIGHT          Thomas         Reading       7                             
WRIGHT          Benjamin       London        7                             
WRIGHT          Joseph         London        7                             
WRIGHT          William        London        7                             
WRIGHT          James          Maidstone     7                             
WRIGHT          Ann            London        7                             
YARDSLEY        Thomas         Shrewsbury    7                             
YATES           Nancy          York          7                             
YOUNG           John           London        7                             
YOUNG           Simon          London        7                             
YOUNGSON        Elizabeth      Lancaster     7                             
YOUNGSON        George         Lancaster     7                             
  
Correspondence 05/9/2003 passengers LEWIS and WALBOURNE
Walbourne James First Fleet married Sophia Lewis a fellow convict in March
1788. They had 2 sons James and William. James (father) and William joined
the Army. James stayed with his mother till her death in 1816. Further 
information available on request. Louise Clayton

Correspondence 05/23/2003 passenger LONG
I have an ancestor who arrived in the Colony of New South Wales on board the 
Lady Juliana, after having been on the list of first fleeters, but held over.  

Mary Long, after being sent to Norfolk Island and back due to her behaviour 
in Sydney Town, married James Ward, who arrived on the Surprize, Second Fleet.  
They settled in Windsor and raised their family until James died of snakebite 
in 1812.  Mary seemed to go astray again, and her children ended up in an 
orphanage, and from all accounts Mary returned to Sydney Town where she 
eventually died (can find no record of death). 

There are a multitude of descendants from these two second fleeters and we 
are all proud of our heritage.  Would like to find out more about Mary Long.
Ray Feeney

October, 1788 - London CHRONICLE
This is a fictitious newspaper which appeared as a four-page "composite newspaper" in the Sydney Daily Mirror on January, 1969. Click Here for partial scan of paper.

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