SUSANNAH’S STORY Susannah GARTH/GRAH/GRATES/GOUGH Born c.1763, died June 1841, Hobart, Tasmania. Her Crime Feloniously stealing, on the 19th day of August 1783, nine guineas, value 91. 9s. and one half guinea, value 10s. and sixpence. Susannah was drinking with Elizabeth Dudgeon and a man thought to be a seaman who had just returned from Plymouth, possibly with his wages in his pocket. The man, William Waterhouse was warned to be more moderate, but replied “I mean to be gay”. Some of Continue Reading »
George Guest
(1757-1841) born in Prestbury, Gloucester, was sentenced to death at Gloucester Lenten Assizes on 24 March 1784 on two counts of theft for stealing ten live pigs and a chestnut mare. The sentence was reduced to seven years transportation to America. Initially the 17 year old was taken to the hulk Censor where he stayed for 3 years and at the end of February 1787 transferred to the Alexander to leave for New South Wales with the First Fleet. After almost a year at Sydney Cove, Continue Reading »
Thomas Lucas : Thomas O’Brien : Stephen Martin
Thomas Lucas was a private marine 23rd (Portsmouth) Company arriving at Port Jackson aboard Scarborough and there served in the company of Captain John Shea. Thomas also worked in the colony as a glazier, being his former profession. On 29 December 1791 a son by Ann Howard (Lady Juliana) was born and in December 1792 he enlisted in the NSW Corps and left for Norfolk Island. In April 1797 he was discharged from the corps and received a grant of 60 acres. On the Island he worked as a glazier Continue Reading »
Edward Garth : Susannah Gough
Edward Garth was indicted for feloniously stealing on the 29 October 1784, two live cows, being the property of Thomas Rhodes the younger. He was reprieved on 3 March 1785 to transportation to Africa for seven years. Following time spent in the prison hulk he was sent to Portsmouth for embarkation on Scarborough. Immediately on arrival at Port Jackson, Edward was selected to go with the first group to settle Norfolk Island, which included six female and eight male convicts. One of the female Continue Reading »
John Martin : John Randall
John Randall a black American, was sentenced on 14 April 1785 at Manchester Quarter Sessions to transportation for seven years for stealing a steel watch chain. Aged 21 in 1786, he was sent to the Ceres hulk then on the 6 January 1787 to Alexander. John had two wives, Esther Howard who died in 1789 and Mary Butler (Neptune 1790). He had three children by Mary Butler, Lydia 1791-93, Mary 1793 and John 1797. John had received a grant of 60 acres at the Northern Boundary Farms. He later sold Continue Reading »
Matthew Everingham
was sentenced at the Old Bailey on 7 July 1784 to transportation for seven years on the charge that being a profligate person he had obtained some books by false pretences and attempted to sell them. At his trial he had been in “great distress”. He was aged 15, when received on the Censor hulk on 6 September. Three years later on 24 February 1787 he was sent to Portsmouth by wagon for embarkation on Scarborough. In Sydney Cove on 13 March 1791, Matthew married Elizabeth Rimes (Neptune) Continue Reading »
Edward Kimberley
was sentenced to seven years transportation for grand larceny (theft of several parcels of muslins from a milliner’s shop) at Coventry, Warwickshire on 23 March 1783. He spent time on the Ceres or Censor and Justinia Hulks before embarking on the transport Scarborough. At Sydney on 20 October 1791 Edward married Mary Cavenor/Cavenagh off the Lady Juliana. Both were sent to Norfolk Island, where Edward settled on 12 acres of land at Queenborough. Within a year he was Continue Reading »
Andrew Goodwin : Lydia Munro
Andrew Goodwin and William Bulter were tried in the Old Bailey for feloniously stealing, on the 22 June 1784, two hundred pounds weight of lead, value 20s, the property of Thomas Wells. Both found guilty. Each received transportation for seven years and arrived Sydney Cove aboard Scarborough. Lydia (Letitia) Munro and Ann Forbes were tried on 5 April 1787 for stealing in the shop of James Rollinson ten years of printed cotton of the value of 20s of the goods and chattels of Continue Reading »
Jacob Bellette : Edward Garth : Susannah Gough
Jacob Bellett was indicted for feloniously stealing on the 25 December 1784 one ells of half-ell manufactured lining, value 31. 8s. two pounds of unwound black silk, value 20s. thirty-two ounces of double black silk would value 31. 12s. the property of John Gearing, John Vaux, and Thomas John Taylor. Jacob was tried at the Old Bailey in 12 January 1785 and sentenced to seven years transportation. Arrived in Sydney Cove aboard Scarborough. Edward Garth was indicted for feloniously stealing on Continue Reading »
Jacob Bellett
a Silk Weaver, made off with 51 ells of half-ell lining, one pound of unwound black silk, and 32 ounces of double black silk would, and was chased by the worker who missed them. Found later by searchers, he was sentenced at the Old Bailey on 12 January 1785 to seven year’s transportation. Following time spent in the prison hulks he embarked on 24 January 1787 on Scarborough. In March 1790, Jacob was sent to Norfolk Island, where he successfully farmed and was selling grain to the public Continue Reading »