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Olivia Bateman was transported on the Janus, departing 23rd Oct 1819 and arriving 3rd May 1820 with 109 passengers.
Rig Type: S. Built: New York 1810 Size (tons): 308 The Janus was also a whaling ship. 1819/20 voyage: Female convicted women embarked in England and then in Cork, Ireland. One Rebecca Connolly embarked at Cork but due to ill health was returned to Depot. Sailed on 19 Dec 1819. Arrived at Port Jackson, NSW 3 May 1820. On 20th May, 68 of the women was boarded on the Princess Charlotte bound for Van Diemen's Land, to Port Dalrymple and Hobart. A formal enquiry was held as to the treatment of the women by the Captain and his crew. Note: Not all of the women from Ireland have been included yet on this Register. Currently being updated. Two of the Women convicts, Mary Long, and Lydia Elsden claimed to be in a pregnant condition on arrival. Mary Long claimed the Captain, thomas Mowat, was the father of her child, and Lydia Elsden claimed the Chief Officer, John Hedges, was the father of her child, to which they both swore before the Magistrate.
Janus (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Hobart Town Gazette, 3 Feb 1827. |
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Tasmanian Record. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON13-1-2$init=CON13-1-2p51 List of Prisoners per Princess Charlotte to Port Dalrymple. Olivia Bateman, age 18, Country servant, Co Wicklow, Lent 1819 7 years.
Olivia Bateman was among 68 women who on May 16th 1820, were sent to VDL per Princess Charlotte. 25 women were sent to Port Dalrymple and 43 to Hobart. ---------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary Index. BATEMAN, Olivia. Per "Janus", 1820 1820 May 16 - On list of convicts transhipped from the "Janus" to the "Princess Charlotte" and forwarded to Port Dalrymple (Reel 6007; 4/3502 p.38) -------------------------------------------------- Tasmanian Conduct Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON40-1-1$init=CON40-1-1p75 22 Olivia Bateman, Janus 1820, P. Chaarlotte 1820. Tried Co. Wicklow, Llent 1819, 7 years, Transported for Stealing a watch. Jan 6 1824. Clayton, Leaving Launc. Without a pass – Sent to Factory at George Town . March 6 1824, Jno. Clayton – Absconded into the bush with Jno McCarthy – to work in the Factory remr. Of Sentence. April 14 1829, Ux Clayton,F.S. - Robbing her husband. Charge dismissed. Q Sess, Launceston, 30 May 1843- Two years Impt & hard labour , Stealing one watch value £8 & other monies prop. James Bragg. __________________________________________________ https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD36-1-1p104j2k Olivia Bateman, spinster of Norfolk Plains, Marriage to John Clayton, of Norfolk Plains, bachelor, in the church of St John’s, Launceston, 16 Apr 1821. John signed his name, Olivia made her X. --------------------------------------------------- Olive Clayton was indicted for feloniously stealing a watch and 7s. 6d. in silver, the property of James Bragg. James Bragg —I reside at Longford; I know the prisoner; she was living at my house on the 2nd of April. I went to bed about 11 o'clock that night. The prisoner was sitting by the fire at that time; I left my watch hanging up in my bed-room; the money was in a box on a table in the bed-room; the prisoner could come into my bed-room when I was asleep; the door was not bolted. When I awoke, the prisoner was gone, and both the doors open. I found the watch was gone, and work-box which contained the money also; I found the box outside the house; I found the notes, but not the watch and silver. The watch now produced is the same that was stolen; I did not give the prisoner any money. The prisoner had been living at my house about a fortnight. Henry Bellamy.— lam a constable. In consequence of some information, I apprehended the prisoner on the 4th April; I found a watch and 7s. 6d. in silver in her possession. The watch was in her bosom. She told me that she had stolen the watch from Bragg. I did not say any thing to her to induce her to confess. The prisoner, in her defence, denied having stolen the watch, although it was in her possession. Verdict — Guilty. Sentence; 2 years imprisonment in the Female House of Correction, The Cornwall Chronicle, 3 Jun 1843.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Olivia Bateman, aged 21, ship - Janus, 1820, tried at Wicklow, 1819, sentence 7 years, for stealing watch & pocket book containing bank notes. Her trade was a servant. GOVERNMENT NOTICE. Colonial Secretary's. Office, Feb. 1, 1827 THE period for which the under-mentioned Persons were transported having expired, Certificates have accordingly been granted to them. Olivia Bateman........Janus Hobart Town Gazette, 3 Feb 1827.