John Barry/Berry was found guilty on 23 November 1785 at Bristol Quarter Sessions of the theft of stockings. He was sent to the Dunkirk hulk while awaiting his sentence of 7 years transportation. He arrived in Sydney in January 1788 aboard the Friendship. Barry was buried at Sydney Cove on 3 March 1788.
* information from Mollie Gillen, The Founders of Australia: A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet (1989), p 33
'Barry, John (c. 1766–1788)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/barry-john-30303/text37583, accessed 20 April 2024.
2 March,
1788
(aged ~ 22)
Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
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