En Route to the Colonies
The story of the convicts


THE STORE SHIPS
"GOLDEN GROVE"
"FISHBURN"
"BORROWDALE"

Fishburn
Golden Grove
Borrowdale


THE CREWS

GOLDEN GROVE
NAME   RANK/POSITION   ARM/CORPS
SHARPE   Master    
HART   Mate    
MOORE Stephen   Steward    
JOHNSON Richard   Chaplain    
JOHNSON Mary   Chaplains Wife    
BARNES Samuel   Convict Servant    
SIMMS Seaman        
         
FISHBURN
BROWN Robert   Master    
ROBINSON Andrew   Cook    
DEAN George   Convict    
         
BORROWDALE
HOBSON Readthom   Master    
BROWN   Mate    
REID   Mate    
WILLIAMS Richard   Seaman    

A TYPICAL LIST OF PROVISIONS AND STORES
CARRIED BY THE STORESHIPS ABOVE

10 Forges
700 Steel Spades
700 Iron Shovels
700 Garden Hoes
700 West India Hoes
700 Grubbing Hoes
700 Felling Axes
700 Hatches
700 Heives For Felling Trees
147000 Nails
100 Pairs of Hinges and Hooks
10 Sets of Coopers tools
40 Corn Mills
40 Wheel Barrows
12 Ploughs
30 Grind Stones
330 Iron Pots
6 Carts
4 Timber Carriages
14 Fishing Nets
14 Chains fo Timber Carriages
5448 Squares of Crown Glass
200 Canvas Beds
40 Chauldrons of Coal
80 Carpenters Axes
20 Shipwrights Adzes
600 Lbs of course Suger
100 Lbs India Sago
One small cask of Raisins
6 Lbs of Spices
3 Hogshead of Vinegar
2 Barrels of Tar
1 Doz Tin Saucepans
1 Printing Press
3 Doz Flat Irons
Candlestickes
175 Claw Hammers
175 Steel hand Saws
145 Augers
700 Gimlets
504 Saw Files
300 Chisles
6 Butcher's Knives
100 Scissors
30 Box Rules
30 Pincers
100 Plain Measures
50 Pickaxes
50 Helves
700 Wooden Bowles
700 Do Platters
5 Sets of Smiths Tools
10 Smiths Bellows
20 Pit Saws
700 Clamp Knives
500 Tin Plates

60 Padlocks
50 Hay Forkes
42 Splitting Wedges
8000 Fish Hooks
48 Doz Lines
8 Doz Lbs Sewing Twine
10 000 Bricks
12 Brick Moulds
36 Masons Chisels
Harness for 6 Horses
12 Ox Bows
2 Stes of ox Furniture
20 Bushels of seed Barley
1 Piano for Surgeon Worgan
10 Bushels ofindia seed Corn
12 Baskets of Garden Seeds
Course Thread (Blue & White) with Needles
Transport Jack Ventilators for Wine & Water
3 Snuffres
24 Spinning Whoris
48 Spinning Brasses
1 set of apparatus for Candle Making
7 Doz Razors
Bible.
Prayer Books
Commiunion Sewice. & Surpice for Chaplain
6 Bullet Moulds
9 Hackles for Flax
9 Hackle Pins
3 Flax Dresser Brushes
127 Doz Combes
18 Coils of Whale Line
6 Harpoons
12 Lances
Shoe Leather
305 Pr Womens Shoes
40 tents for Women Convicts
6 Bundles of Ridge Poles
17 Bundles of stand Poles
2 Chests of Pins & mallets
1 Portable Canvas House (Gov Phillips)Hoses
Windsails
Carbines
Bulkheads
Beds
Hammocks
Marine's Clothes
Fig Trees
Bamboos
Sugar Cane
Quinces
Apples
Pears
Strawberries
Oak & Myrtle Trees
  135 Tierces of Beef
165 Teirces of Pork
50 Puncheons of Bread
116 Casts of Pease
110 Firkens of Butter
6 Bram of Rice
10 Pairs of Handcuffs & Instruments
Chest of Books & sundry Articles ( for Henry Cabell )
5 Puncheons of Rum
300 Gallons of Brandy
15 tons of Drinking Water
5 Casks of Oatmeal
12 Bags of Rice
140 Womens Hats
1 Machine for dressing flax with ironwork & brushes
252 Doz Lbs of cotton Candles
168 Doz Lbs of mould Candles
44 Tons ofTollow
2 Millstones spindles .etc
800 sets of Bedding
1 Loom for weaving Canvas
2780 Woolen Jackets
5440 Drawers
26 Marquees for married Officers
200 wood Canteens
40 camp Kettles
448 barrels of Flower
60 bushels of Seed Wheat
18 Turkeys
29 Geese
35 Ducks
122 Fowls
87 Chickens
Kittens
Puppies
4 Mares
2 Stallions
4 Cows
1 Bull
44 Sheep
19 Goats
32 Hogs
5 Rabbits
Gov Phillips Greyhounds
Rev Johnsons Cats
Mill spindles & 4 Crosses
2 cases of mill bills and Picks
1 case of mill Brashes
589 Women's Patticoats
606 Women's Jackets
121 Women's Caps
127 pairs of Women's Stockings
381 Women's Shifts 250 Women's Handkerchiefs
PLANTS/SEEDS
Banana, Cocoa, Coffee
Cotton, Eugenia, Guava
Ipecacuanha, Lemon, Orange
Prickly Pear, Spanish Reed, Tamarind

BACK TO MAIN CONVICT PAGE