Sarah Bennet

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Penny-Lyn Beale on 28th July 2024

1854 - Permission to Marry Bennett, Sarah. Per Ship; Kinnear Marriage to: Daley, James. Free Permission date: 19 Oct 1854 Approved; 21 Nov 1854 REVOKED - noted on conduct record 1855 - 30 April 1855. Married George Williams Sarah aged 46 years old, Widow and George aged 33 years old, Dealer

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Maureen Withey on 5th December 2021

Tasmanian Indents for Kinnear. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON15-1-5$init=CON15-1-5p8 and https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON15-1-5$init=CON15-1-5p9 Sarah Bennett, tried at Queens County, 8 Jan 1848, 7 years, age 65, height, 5 ft 6 ½. Catholic, can neither read nor write, married. Offence: Stg a goose, pro Bridget Murphy, Queens County. 3 months- Trespass; 1 month, Assault; 6 months, Turkey. Surgeon’s Report: Good. Trade, Country servant. Native place, Queens County. Remarks: Hus, Pat. Price at America. Sis, Nelley (?), Bridget, Cath & Maria, N.P. ---------------------------------------------------- Surgeon’s Journal of Her Majesty’s Female Convict Ship Kinnear, Mr J. G. Williams, Surgeon. Between the 2nd May and 14th October 1848. Adm. 101-040-06 Sarah Burnett, Æt. 65, Convict, was admitted into the hospital at sea on the 5th August and discharged into her mess on the 5th Sept. 1848 Disease: Debility. This is an old woman of sixty-five, remarkable tall and guant (gaunt?) in appearance, and was at the time of her admission into the hospital in a very debilitated state, no other complaint being visible about her at the time, but shortly after her admission she had a very severe Catarrhal affection, with distressing cough, and copious expectoration of mucus, no pyrexia, she also complains of a bowel affection as griping with great looseness. Rx. Mist. Cretæ Zviij Pul. Ipec. Comp.zfs Tinct. Catechu Zj Mft mist cujus capiat cochl. ij mag. ter vel quatum in die. A night a Sudorific Draught was administered, ordered to have Arrow root, Sago, etc with preserved meat soup for her dinner every day, also about ½ gill of red wine. Passed a restless night and is nothing better, this morning, cough very troublesome and expectoration of mucus copious. Bowel complaint something better. Applicand. Emplastr. Lyttæ ad Scrobiculus Cordis Rep. Medicament. ut antea Rx. Tinct. Opii. gttæ xxv Pul. Ipeca. comp. gr x Aq. Menth. Pip. Zifs fiat. Haust. hora somni –sumendus 17th Slept better last night, blister risen, cough & expectoration not so troublesome, less pain in the chest, bowel complaint nearly well. Cont. The preserved meat soup & wine as before. Rep. Medicament. ut heri 18th This morning she is much better, cough and expectoration not so much, bowel complaint nearly well. Ordered the same nourishment as before. Also the same medicines. 19th Not so well this morning complains of being sick in the night. cough not so troublesome. Rx. Infus. Quassia Zj Tinct. Rhei zj fiat Haust. ter in die sumendus Omittr. Mist Cretæ at night. She took an Anodyne draught 20th Passed a good night, cough & expectoration nearly well. Ordered the same nourishing food as before. 21st Doing well, debility only remains, cough & expectoration are nearly well. bowel complaint quite well, in this manner she continued daily to gain strength & was discharged out of the hospital on the above date quite recovered.