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Joseph Bridge

Birth	:	10 May 1776 Rochdale, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England
Death	:	15 Feb 1829 Brisbane, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia
Burial	:	Cemetery Memorial Park, Ventura, Ventura County, USA
Coordinate	:	34.2811900, -119.2800700
Description	:	Ticket of leave lists him as a cotton weaver. Tried in Lancaster on 11 Aug 1804 for passing forged banknote. Received Death, commuted to Life. (brother James and friend Thomas Boadle also received death and were hanged) Transported to Australia on convict ship Fortune which left Spithead, England on 28 Jan 1806 as one of seven ships under the command of Captain William Bligh, who was on his way to take up the post of Governor of the Colony. They arrived on 12 Aug 1806. Joseph was an assigned servant to Rev Samuel Marsden, working on his properties Mamre and... Read More	Ticket of leave lists him as a cotton weaver. Tried in Lancaster on 11 Aug 1804 for passing forged banknote. Received Death, commuted to Life. (brother James and friend Thomas Boadle also received death and were hanged) Transported to Australia on convict ship Fortune which left Spithead, England on 28 Jan 1806 as one of seven ships under the command of Captain William Bligh, who was on his way to take up the post of Governor of the Colony. They arrived on 12 Aug 1806. Joseph was an assigned servant to Rev Samuel Marsden, working on his properties Mamre and Melville for eight years. He was granted his Ticket of Leave because of eight years service with one master. ________________________________________________________________________Joseph Bridge Crime: Uttering Forged Notes Time of Trial: 8th September 1804 Place of Trial: Lancaster Assize Sentence: Death. Reprieved 8th Sept. Transported. Brother of James, executed 1804 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Boadle Crime: Forgery Time of Trial: 1804 Place of Trial: Lancaster Assize Sentence: Death. Executed September 8th 1804 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James Bridge Crime: Uttering Forged Notes Time of Trial: 1804 Place of Trial: Lancaster Assize Sentence: Death. Executed September 8th 1804 ________________________________________________________________________Joseph, wife Elizabeth and son John appeared in Maitland Quarter Sessions on 25 May 1825 for receiving Stolen Goods. John was acquitted. Joseph and Elizabeth were sentenced to seven years on Norfolk Island. The five youngest children were sent to an Orphan School in Cabramatta. After a time in Gaol, Elizabeth was released. Joseph was sent to Norfolk on the Brig "Wellington" on 8 Dec 1826. Some of the prisoners mutinied and took control of the ship. They sailed to the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, arriving on 5 Jan 1827. Authorities seized the ship and the ship was returned to Sydney, arriving on 9 Feb 1827. The mutineers were sentenced to Death. Joseph, despite petitions from his sons, was sent to Moreton Bay Penal Colony (A harsher place than Norfolk) where he died whilst still a prisoner.

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Joseph Bridge's memorial is located at: Cemetery Memorial Park, Ventura, Ventura County, USA.
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Joseph Bridge death on 15 Feb 1829 in Brisbane, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia
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Latitude: 34.2811900
Longitude: -119.2800700

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