Betty Baker

Summary

Born
Jan 1764
Conviction
Stealing money
Departure
Aug 1802
Arrival
Mar 1803
Death
Jun 1819
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Personal Information

Name: Betty Baker
Gender: Female
Born: 1st Jan 1764
Death: 1st Jun 1819
Age at death: 55
Occupation: Unknown
Aliases: Elizabeth Buckley

Crime

Convicted at: Lancaster Quarter Sessions
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 31st Aug 1802
Ship: Glatton
Arrival: 11th Mar 1803
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

Betty Baker was transported on the Glatton, departing 31st Aug 1802 and arriving 11th Mar 1803 with 405 passengers.

GlattonGlatton (generic)

References

Primary SourceAustralian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 321 (160)
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 2nd October 2025

The Quarter Sessions for Manchester, commenced at the commenced at the New Bayley Court-house, where the following prisoners have been tried; … Betty Baker, for stealing money; ... to be transported for seven years. Lancaster Gazette, 1 Aug 1801.  On Monday last, Mary Storrs, Ann Rogers, Catharine Osburne, Betty Baker, Ann Hamilton, Mary Mort, Mary Mills, Elizabeth Coulter, and Ann Chapman, female convicts, under sentence of transportation in our Castle, were removed to Chatham, in order to be put on board the Glatton, bound to New Holland. Lancaster Gazette, 14 Aug 1802.

Naomi Parsons avatar
Level 48
on 23rd November 2024

Betty was a single woman of Manchester, she had stolen money at Manchester. The Lancaster Gazette reported on Saturday 14 August 1802 (page 3) that all the nine Glatton convict women left the castle on Monday 9th August 1802 to be taken to Chatham to be put onboard. Betty was free by 1808. She was in a common law relationship with fellow Lancastrian Joseph Buckley (ship- Earl Cornwallis). Betty died in June 1819, aged 55 and was buried at the Old Sydney burial ground.