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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Betty Baker was transported on the Glatton, departing 31st Aug 1802 and arriving 11th Mar 1803 with 405 passengers.
Glatton (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 321 (160) |
| 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
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.
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.