Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Jane Burgess was transported on the Planter, departing 29th Oct 1838 and arriving 9th Mar 1839 with 170 passengers.
Planter (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/11, Page Number 368 |
| 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
The following Criminal Petition on behalf of 21 year old John Ritchie, gives information about Jane Burgess. National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/38/189. Date. 1838 Nov 9 – 1842 May 2. Prisoner name: John Ritchie. Prisoner age: 21 years. Prisoner occupation: Slater, formerly a private in the Scots Royals [1st Regiment of Foot]. Court and date of trial: Oxford City Sessions, Oxfordshire, September 1838. Crime: Stealing a coat, and a butter knife, valued at a few shillings, from the shop of Levi Harris. Initial sentence: Seven years transportation. Gaoler's report: Character not known [1838]. Conduct on board Fortitude, two musters bad, the rest good [1840]. Annotated (Outcome): Nil [1838]. Release him at the accustomed time [1842]. Petitioner(s): Catherine Ritchie (mother) of Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland, undersigned by William Jaffray. Catherine Ritchie. Catherine Ritchie, undersigned by two others. Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): First offence; led into the crime by Jane Burgess (his co-habitee) and her son (his fellow-convicts); keeping him apart from his confederates will be the only hope of his reform; good conduct since confined; his parents survived their old age only by receipt of a small naval pension until his father died in 1842 and his mother is now in distress; time served on the hulks. Other papers: Two letters from the prisoner's mother forwarding her petitions. Additional Information: Ordered to Fortitude [convict hulk]. Convicted with Jane Burgess and her son [unnamed]. Jane Burgess was ordered to the Planter [convict hulk] and transported to Sydney [New South Wales] and her son was sent to the Penitentiary at Parkhurst, Isle of Wight. Petitioner prays that her son may be sent to Millbank Penitentiary or to Hobart if transported. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Oxford. On Saturday last the sessions for this city were holden before the Recorder, when the following prisoners were put upon their trial: … John Ritchie, Jane and James Burgess, son of Jane Burgess, a child nine years of age, for stealing a coat, value ?, transported for seven years. ... Berkshire Chronicle, 15 Sept 1838.