John Lloyd (c.1765-1811) was found guilty on 25 February 1784 at the Old Bailey, London, of stealing a wooden till and about £1.15s.6d from a ship. Sentenced to 7 years transportation to America, he was among the prisoners who mutinied on the convict transport Mercury in April 1784. Recaptured, he was sent to the Dunkirk hulk in June 1784. He was discharged to the Friendship in March 1787 and arrived in Sydney in January 1788 as part of the First Fleet.
Lloyd worked as a fisherman at Port Jackson. He was buried at Sydney on 27 September 1811; his age was given as 50.
'Lloyd, John (c. 1765–1811)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/lloyd-john-30825/text38174, accessed 19 September 2024.
c.
1765
London,
Middlesex,
England
26 September,
1811
(aged ~ 46)
Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
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