Sunday, August 5, 2007

First Fleet series: females on the Prince of Wales

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

There were 50 female convicts aboard the Prince of Wales, with the following names:

Mary x 12
Ann x 6
Elizabeth x 6
Jane x 5
Susannah x 3
Sarah x 2
Catherine x 2
Frances x 2
Esther
Ruth
Rebecca
Margaret
Deborah
Phebe
Ellen / Eleanor
Caroline
Flora / Laura
Martha
Lydia
Ellen / Esther


Data courtesy of University of Wollongong.

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