maietime

Introduction and Contents Descendant A. Maie Winter had ended and the Spring festivities, including Lent, were in full swing when on 11th March 1787 Elizabeth Pulley, Ann Turner and Susannah Holmes, with whom she had spent the last 3 years in custody, were received on board the transport ship, Friendship, docked with the Charlotte, at Plymouth. They were also accompanied by Sussanah's son Henry Cabell/Kable who Elizabeth had helped to deliver while in Norwich castle gaol, and the father Henry Cable after they had received last minute permission to travel together. Once all the convicts and marines had boarded the two vessels, the ships made their way down the river to join the rest of the fleet at the Spithead, otherwise known as Mother Bank, Portsmouth. While waiting there the convicts were allowed to write letters home to friends, and were, on the whole, ‘remarkable healthy’, according to Lt. Clark. There are reports that the women spent their time lolling about ‘on the d