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Ann Bates 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 | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 242 |
| 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
New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary’s Papers, 1788-1856 Copies of Letters Sent Within The Colony, 1814-1827 18/5/1820 On a list of 43 convicts transferred per ship Princess charlotte to VDL Hobart
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 25 June 2021), October 1818, trial of ANN BATES (t18181028-13). ANN BATES, Theft > shoplifting, 28th October 1818. 1404. ANN BATES was indicted for stealing, on the 21st of October , at St. George's, 21 yards of cotton, value 20s., the goods of Edward Pike , privately in his shop . CHARLES CHAPMAN . I am servant to Mr. Edward Pike , who is a linen-draper , and lives in St. George's in the East , On the 21st of October, between one and two o'clock in the afternoon, the prisoner came to our shop with another woman, and asked to look at some blue prints, which the boy showed them - They stood both together talking, I was serving another customer; the prisoner left the other woman - I saw her touch the other woman, and go towards the door. I saw she had something under her cloak; I followed her, brought her back, and found the piece of cotton, which was Mr. Pike's property, and cost 20s., under her cloak. She said she never did such a thing before. Prisoner. Q. Have you not taken money of the other woman, not to prosecute her - A. No. (Property produced and sworn to.) Prisoner's Defence. I took it to the door to look at, I did not conceal it. GUILTY - DEATH . Aged 21. First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Justice Dallas.
Familysearch, Film 36. Marriages at Parramatta, James Barnett, convict, per Isabella, age 24 and Ann Bates, convict, per Janus, age 22, married 2 Jan 1821, by Banns, at Parramatta, both of Parramatta.