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The 'Mermaid' is said to have left the Isle of Wight on January 1, 1851 and to have arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on May 13, 1851. She finally set sail from Portsmouth on Januray 9 and was said to have carried 91 passengers and 208 male convicts. Among the convicts were 43 Parkhurst boys who embarked at the Isle of Wight. The boys were listed in Paul Buddee's book, 'Fate of the Artful Dodger' and in Andrew Gill's later work, 'Forced Labour for the West'. The 43 'apprentices' who were transported on the 'Mermaid' are transcribed below. To be transfered to the complete and expanded passenger list for the 1851 voyage of the 'Mermaid', Close this window and click on the Mermaid's name in the list on the previous page. |
Parkhurst Boys
Surname Christian Name(s) Term Age-S Trial Place Day Mth Year Offence Comments Baker Charles 10y 20 Peterborough 21 10 1847 Stealing in a dwelling house .... .... .... .... .... Baskerfield Joseph 10y 19 Stafford 01 01 1849 Shop breaking aka [BASKEY; James] Bassett James 15y 19 Bodmin 29 07 1848 Arson aka [BASSET] Beecham William 7y 16 Nottingham 10 07 1848 Stealing aka [BEACHAM; BIRCH] Berresford William 10y 18 Derby 27 06 1848 Larceny aka [BENNESFORD] Callaghan Edward 7y 20 Exeter 01 01 1849 Larceny .... .... .... .... .... Campbell James 10y 18 Clerkenwell 12 09 1848 Pick pocket aka [HARVEY, Edward] Clemson Thomas 7y 19 Worcester 01 01 1849 Stealing clothes aka [CLEWSON] Donovan John 10y 19 Clerkenwell 10 10 1848 Pick pocket .... .... .... .... .... Drury Michael 7y 18 Clerkenwell 20 03 1849 Larceny aka [DEURY; Machael] Finlay George 7y 19 Glasgow 20 09 1848 House breaking aka [FINLEY] Holmes William 10y 16 Middlesex 04 07 1848 Pick pocket .... .... .... .... .... Hunter Richard 7y 18 Kingston-on-Thames 24 03 1849 Pick pocket .... .... .... .... .... [ Top ] Surname Christian Name(s) Term Age-S Trial Place Day Mth Year Offence Comments Johnston James 7y 19 Gloucester 02 01 1849 Felony stealing a fixture aka [Samuel; JOHNSON; JOHNSTONE] Jones Thomas 10y 16 Liverpool 22 05 1848 House breaking age at trial given as 14y Jones William 7y 19 Clerkenwell 24 10 1848 Pick pocket .... .... .... .... .... Joyce Henry 7y 20 Hertford 27 02 1849 Larceny aka [JOICE] Kean Simon 7y 19 Glasgow 22 09 1848 House breaking aka [KEEN] King Alfred 10y 16 Clerkenwell 10 10 1848 Pick pocket aka [George] Lewis Edward 7y 18 Swansea 27 02 1849 Larceny .... .... .... .... .... Lovedin Walter 7y 19 Wakefield 03 01 1849 Warehouse breaking aka [LOVEDEN, LOWDEN] Munro James 7y 20 Glasgow 23 09 1848 Theft aka [MONRO; MUNROE] Murray Daniel 7y 18 Leeds 25 10 1848 Stealing shoes aka [MURRY] Neale Thomas 7y 19 Central Criminal Court 26 02 1849 Larceny .... .... .... .... .... Pearce John 7y 19 Maidstone 04 01 1849 Felony larceny .... .... .... .... .... Pitts James 7y 18 Castle Rushen ISLE OF MAN 08 08 1848 Breaking & entering .... .... .... .... .... Price Edward 7y 20 Birmingham 08 06 1849 Pick pocket aka [PEICE] Price George 7y 18 Stafford 26 06 1848 Stealing a handkerchief .... .... .... .... .... [ Top ] Surname Christian Name(s) Term Age-S Trial Place Day Mth Year Offence Comments Purcell Thomas 7y 19 Shrewsbury 09 03 1849 Stealing a coat .... .... .... .... .... Raven John 7y 18 Cambridge Sessions 19 10 1848 Stealing money aka [RAVAN] Revell William 7y 20 Newington 09 07 1849 Felony larceny from the person aka [REVEL] Smirk Thomas 7y 19 Manchester 07 08 1848 Larceny aka [SMITH] Smith William 10y 20 Clerkenwell 01 08 1848 Pick pocket .... .... .... .... .... Thompson George 10y 19 Derby 02 01 1849 House breaking .... .... .... .... .... Thompson Walter 7y 20 Guildford 07 08 1848 Stealing a coat .... .... .... .... .... Vennell John 7y 18 Central Criminal Court 21 08 1848 Larceny aka [VENELL] Walker William 7y 18 Northallerton 02 01 1849 Stealing a gown .... .... .... .... .... Wallis Stephen 14y 16 Hertford 27 02 1848 Firing stacks & arson .... .... .... .... .... Walters John 7y 18 Birmingham 02 03 1849 Pick pocket aka [SULLIVAN, Robert] Whittaker George 7y 17 Knutsford 14 05 1849 Felony aka [SHAW, John] Wilson Charles 7y 19 Central Criminal Court 26 02 1849 Larceny .... .... .... .... .... Withers James 7y 18 Kingston-on-Thames 17 10 1848 Larceny .... .... .... .... .... Wroth John Acton 10y 19 Ipswich 31 07 1848 Forging an order for goods aka [WORTH] |
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