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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Elizabeth Baillie was transported on the Northampton, departing 30th Nov 1814 and arriving 18th Jun 1815 with 112 passengers.
Northampton (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 194 |
| 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
Elizabeth Bailey appears on 1828 census age 37 F/S servant Lower Portland Head other surnames Sargeant.
From Caledonian Mercury, Thursday, Sept 29, 1814, p.3 "The Circuit Court of Justiciary was opened at Dumfries, on Saturday se’ennight, when Elizabeth Baillie was brought to trial for repeated acts of theft, one of them accompanied by house breaking. She confessed the theft, but denied the house breaking and having been accordingly found guilty, consequence of her confession, she was sentenced to seven years’ transportation." Elizabeth spent two months in Dumfries gaol, in southern Scotland, until mid September when she was taken north-east overland to Leith. From here, Elizabeth and two other Scottish female prisoners were taken by sea to embark the transport ship lying at Deptford down the Thames: Caledonian Mercury Wed 17 Nov p.3 "Yesterday, thee following female convicts were sent to Leith, to embark on board a smack for the Thames, viz. Elizabeth Baillie, from Dumfries, for housebreaking and theft; Anne Findlater, from Glasgow: for theft. Mary M'Gavin from Glasgow, for stealing leather from a tankard. Janet Kidd alias lnglis, and Margaret Inglis alias Williams, who were convicted of shop lifting at Glasgow, "