Family Name Given Name Background

Guilty of return from transport following the

'Mercury' mutiny.
Report from 'Dunkirk' hulk was 'in general
Ayres/ tolerably well behaved but troublesome at
Eyres/ William times'.
Hares Name 'Hares' was contractor's spelling.
On 2 February 1789 sentenced to 50 lashes for
'falsehood', and on 13 April 1789 sentenced to 25
lashes for refusing to obey orders.
Described as 'near 6 feet high (1.8
metres), wears his own lank hair, pitted
with the smallpox, thick lips and stout
Bails/ Bales Robert made', he had been a soldier.
In October 1788 he received 25 lashes for
insolence. In 1806 he was listed as a
schoolmaster.
Report from 'Dunkirk' hulk was
Baker Thomas 'troublesome at times'.

Baker Martha
Partner in the original crime was Thomas
Baldwin/ James/
Till.
Balding William
Baldwin/
Ruth
Bowyer
Report from 'Dunkirk' hulk was 'tolerably
Ball John decent and orderly'.

Arrested at 16 years of age.

On 15 March 1789 received 50 lashes for
theft of flour.
Bannister George Partners in the crime were John Nurse
and George Robinson.

Guilty of return from transport following

the 'Mercury' mutiny.
Report from 'Dunkirk' hulk was that she
Barber Elizabeth
was behaving 'better than formerly'.
Punished several times with leg irons
whilst on Friendship.
Actual value of stolen goods was 150
Barford/ shillings.
John
Barferd Partner in the original crime was John
Cropper.
Actual value of stolen goods was 20
shillings.
Barland George
Partner in the original crime was James
Burley.
Barnes Stephen
Barnett/ One of three older ex-convicts ordered a
Barnard/ Henry passage to England by the Lieutenant
Burton Governor.
Barnett/ Guilty of return from transport following
the 'Mercury' mutiny.
Barrett/ Daniel
Report from 'Dunkirk' hulk was
Barney 'troublesome at times'.
Ringleader of the 'Mercury' mutiny,
however, he had intervened to save the
steward's life and prevented the captain's
ear from being cut off.
As a result he was reprieved from a death
Barrett Thomas sentence and only found guilty of return
from transport.
Report from 'Dunkirk' hulk was 'in general
tolerably well behaved but troublesome at
times'.
Hanged for theft of food.
Barry/ Report from 'Dunkirk' hulk was 'tolerably
John decent and orderly'.
Barry
Partner in crime was Samuel Pigott.
Report from 'Dunkirk' hulk was 'tolerably
decent and orderly'.
Flogged several times; 11 February 1788
Barsby Samuel sentenced to receive 150 lashes for abuse
and striking Marines, 50 lashes for
threatening Catherine Prior, and again in
January and March 1789 for insolence and
drunkenness.
Barsby George Died in Portsmouth before departure.
Pardoned and released before the fleet
Bartlett James
departed.
Report from 'Dunkirk' hulk was
Basely/
John 'troublesome at times'.
Bazley His partnet in crime was Stephen Mullis.