John Baughan

**John Baughan**
John Baughan
Born	Cherington, Warwickshire
Baptised	5 May 1754
Died	25 September 1797; Sydney
Other names	Boughan Baughan, Boffin, Baffen, Baughn, Bingham, Buffin and Bunham
Occupation(s)	Convict carpenter and millwright
Spouses	; Catherine Morgan ; (m. 1774; transported 1787) ; Mary Cleaver ; (m. 1788; death 1797)
Children	Mary (1775); Hannah (1778); Anne (1778); James (1788 – 1788); Charlotte (1789 – 1780); Charles (1790 – 1790);
Parent(s)	John Baughan/Boffin and Ann Woodley

John Baughan (1754 – 25 September 1797) was a carpenter who was convicted at Oxford, England, in 1783 as Baffen (alias Bingham and Baughan), and sentenced to be transported for 7 years for stealing 5 blankets. He was in the Mercury bound for America in 1784 when she was seized by the convicts off Torbay; he was recaptured and held at Plymouth until transferred to the First Fleet transport Friendship.^[1]

^ A. J. Gray (1966). "John Baughan (C. 1754–1797)". Baughan, John (1754? - 1797). MUP. p. 74. Retrieved 14 September 2008. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

[abd-1] A. J. Gray (1966). "John Baughan (C. 1754–1797)". Baughan, John (1754? - 1797). MUP. p. 74. Retrieved 14 September 2008. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

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