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Transportation
Jane Biggerstaff was transported on the Margaret, departing 5th Feb 1843 and arriving 19th Jul 1843 with 158 passengers.
Built 1829 at Chepstow. 365 tons. Female prisoners were transported to New South Wales on the 'Margaret' in 1837, 1839 and 1840. The 'Margaret' was the last convict ship to transport female prisoners to New South Wales. Another voyage to Van Diemen's Land in 1843. The 1840 sailing also carried 17 free female passengers and one male. The registers of persons is not yet complete on this web site, so please note this if researching. (A work in progress.)
Margaret (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 254 |
| 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
From the Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1842 - 28 November 46. JANE BIGGERSTAFF was indicted for stealing, on the 26th of July, 1 purse, value 6d.; and 4 shillings; the property of William Horton, from the person of Elizabeth Horton, the younger. ELIZABETH HORTON , being eight years old, and not understanding the obligation of an oath, the prisoner was ACQUITTED . and 1842 - 28 November 1842. 47. JANE BIGGERSTAFF was again indicted for stealing, on the 3rd of Oct., 1 cloak, value 2l. and 1 printed book, 1s.; the goods of the Rev. James William Minshull Worthington, from the person of James William Minshull Worthington. JAMES WILLIAM MINSHULL WORTHINGTON . I am seven years old, and am the son of the Rev. Dr. Worthington, of Mecklenburgh-street. In October, at the end of the month, I was walking in Holborn, at half-past ten o'clock in the morning, with a book and cloak on my arm, coming home from school—the prisoner met me, and said, "How do you do?"—I said, "Quite well"—she said, "You know Dr. Worthington?"—I said, "Yes"—she said, "If you go down to No. 15, Chancery-lane, you will see a boy, named John, who will give you a bat and ball"—I said I could not go down there, as I had my cloak and book—she said, as she was going home to my mother, she would take them home for me—she took them—I went to No. 15, Chancery-lane, but saw no boy there—I went to No. 16, found no boy there, and a gentleman there wrote a note to my father when I told him of it—I saw nothing more of the prisoner—I am quite sure she is the person. JAMBS DAVIS . I am eleven years old, and live with my father, in Finsbury market. I know the prisoner—I saw her the latter end of Oct. at Brook-hill, near Gray's Inn-lane, with a book—she gave me the book, and said I was to take it home to my mother, and she would know what it was—I took it to my mother—this is the book. MASTER WORTHINGTON re-examined. This is the book the prisoner took from me—my father supplies me with clothes—his name is James William Minshull Worthington—he is a clergyman and a Doctor of Divinity. GUILTY . Aged 17— Transported for Ten Years. (There were three other charges against the prisoner.) 1843 - UK, Royal Navy Medical Journals, Placed on Sick List. 7 February 1843 Age; 19 years Died - 15 April 1843