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Elizabeth Ashby was transported on the Janus, departing 23rd Oct 1819 and arriving 3rd May 1820 with 109 passengers.
Rig Type: S. Built: New York 1810 Size (tons): 308 The Janus was also a whaling ship. 1819/20 voyage: Female convicted women embarked in England and then in Cork, Ireland. One Rebecca Connolly embarked at Cork but due to ill health was returned to Depot. Sailed on 19 Dec 1819. Arrived at Port Jackson, NSW 3 May 1820. On 20th May, 68 of the women was boarded on the Princess Charlotte bound for Van Diemen's Land, to Port Dalrymple and Hobart. A formal enquiry was held as to the treatment of the women by the Captain and his crew. Note: Not all of the women from Ireland have been included yet on this Register. Currently being updated. Two of the Women convicts, Mary Long, and Lydia Elsden claimed to be in a pregnant condition on arrival. Mary Long claimed the Captain, thomas Mowat, was the father of her child, and Lydia Elsden claimed the Chief Officer, John Hedges, was the father of her child, to which they both swore before the Magistrate.
Janus (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 243 (123) |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
VDL Founders and Survivors Convicts 1802-1853, Crime Transportation Record Trial year 1819 Trial month 3 Trial day 27 Offence category: Forgery and Offences against the Currency Crime Sentence: 14 years Sentence term: 14 Crime Sentence Remarks :death commuted Crime Sentence Transcriber Comments 7 years on muster Offence subcategory: Forgery and uttering forged instruments Crime Transported for: forgery New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 for Elizabeth Ashby Bound Indentures 1820-1821 Elizabeth Ashby Warwich Assizes 14 years convicted 27/3/1819 New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856 Copies of Letters Sent Within The Colony, 1814-1827 16/5/1820 Letter from J P Campbell to Colonial Secretart with a list of female prisoners, from the boat Janus arrived 3/5/1820, that have been transferred to the Princess Charlotte bound for Port Dalrymple and Hobart town. Elizabeth Ashby went to Hobart Town. She was 39 a shoe binder and blind in the left eye. Makes her born 1780 New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849 Tasmania List of convicts (incomplete) 1823 Elizabeth Ashby still living Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser (Tas. : 1821 - 1825) Fri 20 Feb 1824 Page 1 Government Public Notice. THE undermentioned Persons have obtained Certificates and Tickets of Leave during the last Week :-Tickets of Leave. Elizabeth Ashby, (now Jackson} Princess Charlotte. The Hobart Town Courier (Tas. : 1827 - 1839) Sat 25 Dec 1830 Page 2 Elizabeth Ashby received a free pardon Tasmanian Libraries Prison record No trouble recorded. Received a free pardon 1/7/1829 Married Anthony Jackson age 35 from Juliana after Banns. She was 37 in 1821 (lied about her age). Witnesses were James Blay and George Northam. Husband Anthony died 21/12/1825 killed while blasting stome Died 1837 aged 57 burial 5/1/1837 widow of a stone mason