Trades of the First Fleet Convicts

- Apprentice Clog Maker - Button Stamper - Dressmaker - Embroiderer - Furrier - Glove-maker - Lace Maker - Leather Breeches Maker - Milliner - Needle worker - Shoemaker - Stocking Weaver - Silk Weaver - Silk Dyer - Silk Winder - Shoe Binder - Stay Maker - Tailor - Weaver -  Woollen Draper -

Australia History - Trades of Frist Fleet Convicts

Over 80 different trades are listed for the First Fleet convicts, many of these were probably useful in shaping the new colony, but many trades were so specialised they weren’t able to practiced here, they were not the trades required for the establishment of a new frontier settlement.

Some of the more unusual trades listed against the convicts names are: lemon seller, pinheader, tambour worker, button stamper and artificial flower maker.  Here are listed listed some of the trades associated with clothing and apparel.

Apprentice Clog Maker:
Elizabeth Haywood,  Lady Penrhyn.

 Button Stamper:
Charles Repeat,      Alexander.

Dressmaker:
Sarah Burdo,          Lady Penrhyn.
Mary Carroll,          Lady Penrhyn.
Ann Green,             Lady Penrhyn.
Frances Hart,          Charlotte.
Ann Janett,             Lady Penrhyn.
Sarah Partridge,      Lady Penrhyn.
Mary Smith,            Lady Penrhyn.

Embroiderer:
Charlotte Cook,       Lady Penrhyn.

Furrier:
Amelia Levy,           Lady Penrhyn.

Glove-maker:
Sarah Davies,          Lady Penrhyn.

Lace Maker:
Maria Hamilton,        Lady Penrhyn.

Leather Breeches Maker:
Charles Granger,     Friendship.
Thomas Hill,           Friendship.

Milliner:
Esther Abrahams,    Lady Penrhyn.
Elizabeth Cole,        Lady Penrhyn.
Jane Parkinson,       died on voyage.
Nancy Yeats,           Lady Penrhyn.

Needle worker:
Rebecca Davison,     Lady Penrhyn.
Catherine Johnson,   Prince of Wales.
Ann Sandlin,            Lady Penrhyn.
Mary Williams,         Lady Penrhyn.
Elizabeth Hippesley, Lady Penrhyn.

Silk Weaver:
Charles Allen,          Scarborough.
Jacob Bellett,          Scarborough
John Ryan,              Friendship.
Peter Wilson,          Alexander.

Silk Dyer:
Joseph Morley,        Friendship.

Silk Winder:
Mary Harrison,         Lady Penrhyn.

Shoe Binder:
Ann George,            Lady Penrhyn.

Shoemaker:
John Ayres,             Scarborough.
George Clarke,         Friendship.
George Clayton,       Scarborough.
Thomas Gearing,      Alexander.
James Grace,           Friendship.
George Legge,          Charlotte.
Richard McDale,        Friendship.
James Murphy,         Friendship.

Stocking Weaver:
Simon Burn,             Friendship.
Ann Ward,               Lady Penrhyn
William Jones,         Friendship.
Lucy Wood,             Lady Penrhyn
Henry Taylor,           Friendship.

Tailor:
William Davis,         Friendship.
David Lankey,        Scarborough.
Humphrey Lynch,   Alexander

Weaver:

Sarah Bellamy,      Lady Penrhyn.
Cooper Henley,      Friendship.
Ottiwell Hindle,       Alexander.
James Mackey,      Friendship.
Joseph Marshall,    Scarborough.
Thomas Martin,      Charlotte.
Edward Risby,        Alexander.
John Silverthom,    Alexander.

Woollen Draper:
Thomas Oldfield,     Friendship.

Stay Maker:
Mary Dykel,             Lady Penrhyn.

Reference

Australia History - Trades of Frist Fleet Convicts

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