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Martha Astley

Summary

Born
Unknown
Conviction
Unknown
Departure
Sep 1822
Arrival
Feb 1823
Death
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Personal Information

Name: Martha Astley
Gender: Female
Born: Unknown
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown

Crime

Crime: Unknown
Convicted at: Lancaster Quarter Sessions
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 7th Sep 1822
Ship: Lord Sidmouth
Arrival: 27th Feb 1823
Place of Arrival: New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land

Transportation

Martha Astley was transported on the Lord Sidmouth, departing 7th Sep 1822 and arriving 27th Feb 1823 with 98 passengers.

A Barque built in Jersey (Briton) 1815. Tonnage 194. Built by Matthew le Boeuf. Three (3) voyages to Australia transporting convicted persons. (The 1821 does not yet have complete details on this web site.)

Lord SidmouthLord Sidmouth (generic)

References

Primary SourceAustralian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 198
Source DescriptionThis 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 SourceGreat Britain. Home Office
Compiled ByState Library of Queensland
Database SourceBritish convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database

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Convict Notes

Maureen Withey avatar
Level 346
on 7th July 2026

ADM 101/44/10/1 A diary for 22 August 1822 to 1 March 1823 by Robert Espie of the treatment and regulation of 97 female convicts, and 23 children, together with 21 free women (passengers, and 49 of their children), embarked on board the Lord Sidmouth at Woolwich in September 1822 for passage to Van Dieman's Land and New South Wales. Folio 27: 8 January 1823 at sea. Punished Martha Astley by handcuffing her for violent abusive conduct and also for threatening me.

Maureen Withey avatar
Level 346
on 3rd July 2026

https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON13-1-2/CON13-1-2P245 List of Prisoners by the Lord Sidmouth (3) Fevrier, Master, in 1823, who do not appear to have landed at Sydney. Martha the wife of Thomas Astley, Tried Lancaster/Wigan Boro Q.S., 12 July 1821, Seven years.

Tony Beale avatar
Level 116
on 25th February 2021

Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Other Fleets & Ships, 1822. Martha the wife of Thomas Astley. Convicted 12/7/1821. Note 30/674 New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849 Tasmania List of convicts 1823 Mustered in VDL Oct and Nov 1823. Had a period of absconding and placed on bread and water for various periods mostly in 1823