Isabella Anderson

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Beth Taylor on 4th October 2019

ANDERSON, Isabella (c1784-1850) Tried - 22 January 1812 Lancaster January Quarter Sessions Isabella, aged about 23, was taken before the Court at Lancaster April Sessions in 1807 charged with larceny and received a sentence of 18 months gaol. In 1812 Isabella was recorded as a cotton picker when she was found guilty of larceny at Lancaster Castle and received a 7 year sentence of transportation. The gaoler was given instructions to provide the female prisoners from Lancaster extra clothing for the journey, such as shoes, stockings, handkerchiefs, shifts and a jacket. Isabella was first sent to the Colony in 1812 on the Emu and finally arrived in Sydney on the Broxbornebury. BC: 1786 1807, April – Isabella Anderson was sentenced at Lancaster April Sessions for larceny & received a sentence of 18 months gaol. (Source: HO 27 Criminal Register Index 1805-1816 Lancashire, Vol. 23, by Stuart Tamblin, CD-ROM) Sentenced: 22/01/1812 Lancaster January Quarter Sessions to transportation for 7 years Crime: Larceny Previous Occupation: Cotton Picker Age on Convict Indent (Broxbornebury) 30 ALSO ON SHIP EMU IN 1812 “Whitehall, 24 Sept. 1812 Sir, The Ship Emu which is appointed to convey Convicts to New South Wales, is lying at Woolwich in readiness to receive the Female Convicts named in the Margin; I am therefore to signify to you His Royal Highness the Prince Regent’s Pleasure in the Name and on Behalf of His Majesty that you do, on or before the 2 Oct. next, cause such Convicts to be removed from the Gaol at Lancaster on board that Ship, if their Heath should be such as to allow of their Sentences being carried into Execution; and that each Convict be cleanly and properly cloathed (sic), as also provided with the additional Articles of Wearing Apparel under mentioned, and accompanied with a Surgeon’s Certificate of their being free from any infectious Sistemper, and in other Respects in a good State of Health, otherwise they will not be received on board, but will be returned to the Person who brings them. I am, Sir, Your most obedient humble Servant, [Lord] Sidmouth One spare Jacket or Gown One spare Petticoat Two spare Shifts Two spare Handkerchiefs Two spare Pare of Stockings One spare pair of Shoes Isabella Anderson Ann Best Alice Tomlinson Margaret Procter Jane White Martha Entwistle Mary Cunningham Ann Lord Bella Janson Mary Gleaves Recd. from Thos. Bunce (?) Keeper of HM Gaol Lancaster, the 10 Convicts who are mentioned in the Margin. John Brown” (Source: Copy of document from Lancaster Castle Archive # TRAN/25) CAME WITH DAUGHTER JANE [born at sea – JH Bent Journal] Certificate of Freedom 423 (indent) 1814 Muster: Isabella ANDERSON, Broxbornebury, con, on stores, factory, Parra, plus 1 child on stores (3318) c1814 - Thomas Riley and Isabella Anderson begin a defacto relationship. There is no record of marriage in the BDM records. [Note: Thomas Riley (c1790-c1823?) arr Sydney on the ship Boyd in 1809, aged 19. He had a life sentence, tried Dublin City in 1808. Thomas (as Riely) received a CP on 31/01/1818. Described as: 5’7½” tall. Dark ruddy complexion, dark brown hair, grey eyes. (Source: SRNSW Convict Pardons, Reel 774, 4/4430)] Children born to Isabella and Thomas Riley: • Thomas RILEY born c1814 (no bapt. records found), died? • Michael RILEY born c1820 (no bapt. records found), died? 1817 – RILEY, Thomas. Per "Boyd", 1809. Formerly in service of Mr Redfern for 5½ years. Petition for mitigation of sentence. CP written. (Source: SRNSW Col Sec Papers, Fiche 3180; 4/1852 p.280) 1820, July – RILEY, Thomas. Per "Boyd", 1809. Memorial asking for land. Stated he had a wife & 3 children, 50 acres written. (Source: SRNSW Col Sec Papers, Fiche 3029; 4/1825A No.646 pp.489-92) 1822 Muster: Isabella ANDERSON, FBS, Broxbornebury, 7 years, wife of T Riley, Sydney (A00280) Also a 2nd entry : Eleanor (?) RILEY, TL, Broxbornebury, 7 years (A17905), wife of – Thomas RILEY, TL, Boyd, life, householder, Sydney (A17904) & children – Thomas Riley, 8, BC, Michael Riley 2, BC 1823 - Was he the Thomas Riley, aged 42, of Windsor who died in July 1823 & was buried at St Johns Parramatta? [There is a record of him in gaol in 1831] (Source: NSW Church Parish Register V1823-5831-2B) 1825 Muster: Isabella ANDERSON, FS, Broxbornebury, 7 years, housekeeper, Parra (10422) & 2nd entry - Eleanor RILEY, FS, Broxbornebury, 7 years, wife of Thomas Riley deceased, Sydney (38148) Thomas RILEY, aged 11, BC, son of Thomas Riley, Sydney (38147) Michael RILEY, aged 5, BC, son of Thomas Riley, Sydney (38150) [Note: Isabella’s daughter Jane Anderson was living in Sydney] 1824, 14 Aug. & 23 Oct. – Isabella Anderson, free, charged with repeated drunken, riotorous conduct, with Bridget Rourke, also free, by the Bench of Magistrates, Parra. Sentenced to either pay a fine of 5 shillings or be exposed in the stocks. Bridget paid her fine but Isabella did not. (Source: SRNSW Col Sec Papers, Special Bundles Reel 6023; 4/6671 p45 & 56) 1828 Census: Isabella ANDERSON, 39, FS, Broxbornebury, 7 years, catholic, housekeeper to Wm. Smith, Windsor (or Castle Hill?) (A0393 or A0392?) [Note: No record of Thomas Riley] 1850 - Isabella Anderson, aged 65, died on 28 Aug 1850, buried 30 Aug at South Creek (St Marys) (Source: NSW Church Parish Register V1850-156-36A) From the book “Journey to a New Life…” the story of the ships Emu & Broxbornebury by Elizabeth Hook (3rd ed. 2014). I am the author & can be contacted on tbeth3370@gmail.com for further info

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Beth Taylor on 31st July 2019

Occupation: Cotton Picker