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Voyage
Transportation
Elizabeth Chidlow was transported on the Wanstead, departing 31st Jul 1813 and arriving 9th Jan 1814 with 120 passengers.
Wanstead (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 109 (56) |
| 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
Also mentioned in another work about the same trial: “The Trial of William Booth, of Perry Barr, In The County of Stafford, For Forgery, At Stafford Summer Assizes, 1812. Before Sir Simon Le Blanc, One of The Judges of His Majesty’s Court of King’s Bench.” (1812, Stafford) See transcription, here: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Trial_of_William_Booth,_of_Perry_Barr
More on Chidlow in: “The Trial, at Large of William Booth, and His Associates, George Scot, the Three Yates’s, John Barrows, and Elizabeth Chidlow, for Forgery, Coining, &c. At The Stafford Summer Assizes, 1812, Before Mr Justice Le Blanc.” (1812, Stafford) See transcription of that work, here: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Trial,_at_Large,_of_William_Booth_and_his_Associates
Spouse is George Scott: https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/scott/george/78290
Elizabeth Chidlow was listed as 33 years old on arrival. 31/10/1814: Married George Scott, co-conspirator, at St. John's, Parramatta, by Banns and by Samuel Marsden. 30/12/1820 Sydney Gazette: GEORGE SCOTT, of Parramatta, hereby Cautions the Inhabitants of the Colony against giving Trust or Credit to his Wife, Elizabeth Scott, who has absented herself from her Family, as he will not be responsible for any Debts by her contracted; and all Persons are cautioned against harbouring the said Elizabeth Scott, on Pain of rigid Prosecution.
Chidlow is mentioned in this 1812 handbill about William Booth's trial and execution: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Booth_-_handbill_-_CR2565-8.jpg transcribed here: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_trial_and_execution_of_William_Booth
She was transported along with George Scott,Job Jones and John Yates for forgery whilst the main culprit William Booth was hung. If you Google it you will see he is famous for being twice tried, twice hung and twice buried.