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Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Rebecca Barton 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; Bury & Norwich Post, Wed 30 March 1814 p.2 |
| 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
Rebecca Barton Cutts BIRTH. 1794 Suffolk, England DEATH. 10 Dec 1844 (aged 49–50) Longford, Northern Midlands Council, Tasmania, Australia BURIAL. Longford Christ Church Pioneer Cemetery Longford, Northern Midlands Council, Tasmania, Australia MEMORIAL ID. 284876752 · Findagrave
Name: Barton, Rebecca Record Type: Convicts Ship: Duke of Wellington Place of origin: Suffolk Remarks: To NSW per Northampton Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1371575
transported to Tasmania on Duke of Wellington age 20
Rebecca Barton was transported on "Northampton' convict ship after being sentenced to seven years, at the Suffolk Assizes (starting Wed 23 March and ending Fri 25 March) Bury & Norwich Post, Wed 30 March 1814 p.2 BURY, March 30 - SUFFOLK ASSIZES Rebecca Barton and Mary Carter, convicted of stealing 64 [pounds] in Bank notes from the person of Keyer Seeley, of Bures ; and James Curtis for stealing a hunting silver watch from Richard Leggatt of Framlingham, were severally sentenced to seven years’ transportation.” Mary Carter, her co-accused, was also transported with Rebecca on "Northampton". They were kept in the jail in Bury for over seven months until mid November when they were transported overland in hackney coaches to Deptford, on the Thames, where the convict transport ship was taking on the female prisoners for NSW: Bury & Norwich Post, Wed 23 Nov 1814 p.2: "Convicts — On Wednesday last, Rebecca Barton and Mary Carter, two female convicts, were removed from our gaol [Bury Gaol] and put on board Northampton, bound for Botany Bay in Hackney Coaches."