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Voyage
Transportation
Hannah Bell was transported on the Lord Sidmouth, departing 7th Sep 1822 and arriving 27th Feb 1823 with 98 passengers.
A Barque built in Jersey (Briton) 1815. Tonnage 194. Built by Matthew le Boeuf. Three (3) voyages to Australia transporting convicted persons. (The 1821 does not yet have complete details on this web site.)
Lord Sidmouth (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 202 - Convict Indents & Ship Musters 1813-1828 - Phillip Tardif, Notorious Strumpets and Dangerous Girls. Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1990 |
| 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
Conduct Record: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON40-1-1/CON40-1-1P96 No 63. Hannah Bell. Tried Beverley, 1822, 7 years. Sept 6 1823, Stealg. In the dw-house of Mr Lakeland 91 dollars, the property of Mr Harris Walker, Macquarie Harb, 5 years. Oct 2 1823. Factory, Wetting the yarn spun by her with intent to defraud by increasing iin weight & thus make her work less – to be kept 7 days on B & water. March 22 1833. F.S. (Free by servitude), Drunk yesterday, fined 5/s. April 18 1836, F.S. Feloniously stealing one hat, value 5/s, Committed for trial. (In margin) SC. 9 May 1836, Discharged by Proclamation. At the Monthly Sessions of the Bench of Magistrates, held at the Court-house, in Hobart Town, on Saturday last, the Deputy Judge Advocate presiding ;—Hannah Bell, convict, was found guilty of stealing, in the dwelling-house of Mr. Lakeland, £6 in notes, and ninety-one dollars, the property of Mr. Harris Walker ; she was sentenced to be transported to Macquarie Harbour for five years. Hobart Town Gazette, 13 Sep 1823.
https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON13-1-2/CON13-1-2P246 List of Prisoners by the Lord Sidmouth (3) Fevrier, Master, in 1823, who do not appear to have landed at Sydney. Hannah Bell, (1829/190) Tried York, (East Riding) Q.S. 16 April 1822, Seven years.
George Robinson and Hannah Bell, were found guilty of stealing two bushels of peas and thirteen bushels of wheat, the property of James Botteril Hudson, at Brigham - to be transported 7 years. Yorkshire Gazette, 20 April 1822. The following female convicts left York castle on Wednesday, in order to be delivered on board the Lord Sidmouth transport ship, lying below Woolwich, viz:—Elizabeth Parkin, Mary Loy, Hannah Bell, and Elizabeth Young Leeds Intelligencer, 26 Aug 1822.
Hannah Bell was sentenced to secondary transportation to Macquarie Harbour for theft.
1823 Feb Hannah Bell, Court: Quarter Sessions, Tried: 16 Apr 1822, at York (East Riding) [YKS ENG], Sentence: 7 years, Embarked from: England; Arrived per Lord Sidmouth (3), Arrival status: Convict 27 Feb 1823, at Hobart [TAS]
Tasmania, Australia, Convict Court and Selected Records, 1800-1899 for Hannah Bell Register