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"Gorgon" 1791 (Convict Ship) Third Fleet (England to NSW)

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Joseph Sanders [Convict Third Fleet 1791] (deceased)
Joseph SANDERS was convicted and sentenced to 7 years transportation. He arrived in Sydney Cove on 9/7/1791 with the third fleet ("Active", "Admiral Barrington", "Albemarle", "Britannia", "Matilda", "Q...
Thomas Laycock, II, Free Settler "Gorgon" 1791 (1786 - 1823)
Thomas LAYCOCK was born c1786 Bristol (son of Thomas LAYCOCK and Hannah PEARSON)Thomas arrived in Sydney Cove on 21/9/1791 on "HMS Gorgon", along with his parents and siblings.Thomas married Isabella B...
Hannah Laycock, Free Settler "Gorgon" 1791 (1756 - 1831)
Hannah Laycock, wife of the Quarter-master and soldier, Thomas Laycock came to the colony in September 1791. Hannah returned to England in 1805, and no doubt her husband took advantage of her absence a...
John Benn, Convict "Gorgon" 1791 (c.1792 - 1815)
Thomas Laycock, Free Settler "Gorgon" 1791 (1756 - 1809)
The parents of Thomas LAYCOCK are currently unproven - please see Laycock (1756?-1809), Quartermaster, was enrolled as a Sergeant in the New South Wales Corps in 1789. He was promoted Quartermaster in ...

The "Gorgon" was a convict ship with the Third Fleet

It left Portsmouth on 18/3/1791 and arrived in Sydney Cove on 21/9/1791

280 passengers and crew 31 male convicts

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