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Janet Bisset was transported on the Harmony, departing 9th Sep 1828 and arriving 14th Jan 1829 with 101 passengers.
Details for the ship Harmony Ship Name: Harmony Rig Type: S. Built: St. Johns Build Year: 1818 Size (tons): 373 Notes: Source:Website http://www.hawkesbury.net.au/claimaconvict/index.php Original sources:Sources The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/6, pp.491-497 Bateson, Charles & Library of Australian History (1983). The convict ships, 1787-1868 (Australian ed). Library of Australian History, Sydney : pp.360-361, 386
Harmony (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 495 (249) |
| 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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Married Charles Williams, convict on Earl St Vincent, in 1831. https://librariestas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/names/search/results?qu=NI_INDEX%3D%22Marriage%22&qu=NI_INDEX%3D%22Permissions%22
CON40-1-1 Image 140. No; 151. Scottish Indexes - High Court of Justiciary Trial Papers Title Trial papers relating to Jean McDonald, Elizabeth Henderson, Catherine Fraser, Helen Stewart, Charles McDonald, Catherine Edwards, Janet Ainslie Name Janet Ainslie (m.s. Bisset) Role Accused Designation wife of Archibald Ainslie, mason, Blackfriars Street, Aberdeen Age 27 Approx Birth Year 1801 Crime Theft and reset of theft Trial Date 15 April 1828 Trial Location Aberdeen Verdict Guilty Verdict Comments Guilty in terms of own confession. Sentence Transportation - 7 years NRS Reference JC26/1828/78 Notes see JC26/1828/410 for indictment contained in porteous roll for Aberdeenshire LIST OF ACCUSED; - * Catherine Edwards (m.s. Sim), wife of Richard Edwards, Berrylane, Aberdeen 26 Verdict; Guilty. Guilty in terms of own confession. Sentence; Imprisonment - 12 months with hard labour * Catherine Fraser Verdict; Guilty. Guilty in terms of own confession. Sentence; Imprisonment - 12 months with hard labour * Charles McDonald Verdict; Guilty. Guilty in terms of own confession. Sentence; Transportation - 7 years * Elizabeth Henderson (m.s. Coutts), wife of Alexander Henderson, weaver, Mutton Brae, Aberdeen. Aged; 52 years old. Verdict; Guilty. Guilty in terms of own confession. Sentence; Transportation - 7 years * Helen Stewart, daughter of James Stewart, shoemaker, Woolmanhill of Aberdeen. Aged; 18 years old. Verdict; Guilty. Guilty in terms of own confession. Sentence; Transportation - 7 years * Janet Ainslie (m.s. Bisset), wife of Archibald Ainslie, mason, Blackfriars Street, Aberdeen. Aged; 27 years old. Verdict; Guilty. Guilty in terms of own confession. Sentence; Transportation - 7 years * Jean McDonald, wife of Charles McDonald. Aged; 39 years old. Verdict; Guilty. Guilty in terms of own confession. Sentence; Transportation - 7 years 1833 - 1 June 1833. Conditional Pardon