Tuesday, July 17, 2007

First fleet series: females on the Lady Penrhyn

The First Fleet was a fleet of 11 ships carrying convicts from Great Britain to Australia in 1787. This is the third post in a series collating first names of convicts on the First Fleet.

There were 102 females aboard the Lady Penrhyn, with the following names:

Mary x 31
Ann x 19
Elizabeth x 17
Sarah x 7
Margaret x 3
Jane x 3
Catherine x 3
Martha x 3
Susannah x 2
Charlotte x 2
Phebe
Eleanor
Sophia
Amelia
Tamasin
Rebecca
Frances
Olive
Maria
Dorothy
Esther
Hannah
Isabella
Lucy
Nancy


Data courtesy of University of Wollongong.

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