Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Elizabeth Buffey was transported on the Fortune And Alexander, departing 31st Dec 1805 and arriving 12th Jul 1806 with 309 passengers.
Fortune And Alexander (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 372 |
| 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 |
Claims
"Elizabeth Buffey is my 6th Great Grandmother"
"Elizabeth Buffey is my 5th great-grandmother."
"Elizabeth & Joseph Bridge are 5th great grandparents to my two sons on their father's side."
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Convict Notes
Last week, the following female convicts were re- moved from Lancaster Castle, and put on board the ship- Alexander, lying at Long Reach, near Gravesend, bound to New South Wales; viz. Sarah Moss, Elizabeth Brooks, Ann Webb, Elizabeth Buffey, Elizabeth Peterson, and Martha Ogden. Lancaster Gazette, 21 Dec 1805.
In the 1828 Census several of the family can be identified. Page 61…. Four of the sons… [Ref B2257] Bridge, Benjamin, BC, Servant for Cartwright at Cabramatta. [Ref B2258] Bridge, Thomas, 17, Servant for Cordeaux at Minto. [Ref B2259] Bridge, William, 9, at the Male orphange, Cabramatta. [Ref B2260] Bridge, Joseph, 14, Labourer for Coghill at Kirkham. also Joseph himself at Moreton Bay Penal settlement. [Ref B2266] Bridge, Joseph, Fortune, 5 years at Moreton Bay. ## There seems no mention of Elizabeth or indeed of the other three boys, James (20), John (18) and George (10). However, they were all in the colony and lived on to become married and raise families of their own. Elizabeth herself did not die until 1872, aged about 84 years.
Elizabeth arrived on the ‘Alexander’ and was transported for ‘stealing 2 cloth caps’. No marriage certificate has been found for Joseph Bridge (Fortune 1806) and Elizabeth. They had 7 children between 1808-1819. 2/6/1825 Sydney Gazette: Joseph Bridges, and Elizabeth Bridges, for receiving goods, knowing them to have been stolen.— 7 years transportation. Elizabeth’s sentence was remitted but Joseph spent more than a year in prison and spent some time on the prison hulk ‘Phoenix’ while waiting to be transferred to Norfolk Island. He left per ‘Wellington’ but following a mutiny on board the ship was recaptured in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand and he was returned to Sydney. He was eventually sent to Moreton Bay on the 20/7/1827 where he died on 15/2/1829. Elizabeth moved to Screech Owl Creek, Hawkesbury, then with her sons to Wollombi where she married William Meadows/Medhurst (who was 17 years younger than Elizabeth) on 21/10/1844. (She was about 56).
Family records show Elizabeth is buried at Ellalong NSW. A search of headstones at this cemetry reveals the only Elizabeth with a matching death date of 27/9/1872 is Elizabeth Meadows indicating she may have remarried after death of her first husband Joseph Bridge in 1829.
Married Joseph Bridge. He was later transported after they lived in Parramatta and had children together to Moreton Bay Penal Settlement because they were allegedly found to be in possession of stolen linen.