Francis Carty [Convict "Scarborough" 1788]

Francis CARTY was born c1756

Francis was convicted of assault and highway robbery (with George MATTHEWS) and sentenced to 7 years transportation. He left England on "Scarborough"

There are varying accounts of his outcome

• fell overboard after Cape of Good Hope
• escaped shortly after arrival in Sydney Cove on 26/1/1788

A prayer book owned by Frances CARTY was found inside a shark's belly on 1 May 1792 and it was "quite fresh not a leaf of it defaced"

LINKS

• http://firstfleet.thruhere.net/convict.php?id=120
• http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/emigrant_pdfs/carty_francis_1787.pdf
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_convicts_on_the_First_Fleet
• https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/41047/3/S...