Sarah Clark

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Maureen Withey on 12th October 2025

At the quarter sessions for this town, on Wednesday, Sarah, wife of Matthew Clark, Ann Mason and Eleanor Wilson, for stealing wearing apparel from divers persons, were sentenced to be transported years. Tyne Mercury, 23 July 1822.

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Philip Wade on 23rd September 2024

I saved this some years back. SARAH ANN WALTON (Born c. 1803) According to http://www.founders-storylines.com/mugsheets/convicts/profile/7845/sarah_clark Before 1822. Sarah was married to Matthew Clark – married on 5th June 1820. 17th July 1822 – Tried for larceny at Northumberland (Town of Newcastle upon Tyne) Quarter Sessions – sentenced to ‘7 years.transportation.’ 11th September 1822 - Sarah left Woolwich on the ship Lord Sidmouth arriving in Van Diemans Land, via Rio, on 10th February 1823. The ship’s master was James Ferrier and the ship’s surgeon was Robert Espie. 3rd June 1823 – Sarah committed offence of ‘Disobedience of orders and neglect of duties to her mistress.’ Sentence: Sent to factory Place of sentencing: Hobart FF Current master, location or status: Mrs M Lord 14th March 1825 – Sarah Clark aged 22 Married William Sherwin – age 23 5th September 1826 – Sarah assaulted John Clarke Sentence: Complaint dismissed Current master, location or status: Ux William Sherwin 16th December 1826 – Sarah was found drunk and disorderly the previous day.. Sentence: Fined 5/- 1st January 1827 – Intoxicated on Saturday last Sentence: Reprimanded 26th January 1827 – Assaulted Hannah Hyams Sentence: dismissed 26th October 1827 Absent from her house and returning at a very late hour in the night in a state of intoxication Sentence: Reprimanded 8th April 1828 Intoxicated and creating a disturbance on Saturday evening Sentence: Cell on bread and water 3 days and returned to her husband Place of sentencing: FF Current master, location or status: Ux Sherwin 4th June 1829 Drunk and disorderly and found at the Scotch Thistle public house after 8 o'clock last night Sentence: Admonished Current master, location or status: Ux Sherwin 17th July 1829 – free by Servitude 25th July 1828 – Certificate of Freedom issued 23rd March 1830 - offence Assaulting and putting in bodily fear William Sherwin, her husband, on Thursday and Friday last Sentence: Admonished Current master, location or status: FS 27th April 1831 – offence Drunk and disorderly last night Sentence: To find sureties for her good behaviour, in default, to be committed to the House of Correction for 28 days Place of sentencing: Cascades FF Current master, location or status: FS 1 other convict found sentenced at Cascades FF on 27 April 1831: For information on Cascades see https://www.femaleconvicts.org.au/convict-institutions/female-factories/cascades-ff 3rd December 1831 - offence Harbouring Ann Long, a felon Sentence: It appearing that information was laid in the name of Elizabeth Sherwin instead of Sarah, it is dismissed Current master, location or status: FS 18th August 1832 - offence Threatening the life of her husband Sentence: Ordered to find sureties to keep the peace Current master, location or status: FS, ux Sherwin 20th October 1832 - offence Drunk and making use of obscene language Sentence: Fined 5/- and 5/- Current master, location or status: FS 2nd April 1836 – offence Drunk and making use of obscene language Sentence: Fined 5/- Current master, location or status: FS 2nd April 1836 – offence Being an idle and disorderly person and a reputed prostitute Sentence: 1 month to the House of Correction there to be held to hard labour Place of sentencing: Cascades FF Current master, location or status: FS

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D Wong on 16th September 2017

14/3/1825: Married William Sherwin (free) and 23 years old, Sarah was listed as 22 - at St David's, Hobart. 28/5/1825: William Sherwin born at Hobart. Conduct record starts 5/9/1826: She is assigned to William Sherwin (her husband) - Intoxicated, absent from her house, sent to the Factory, creating a disturbance, found at the ?? Thistle public house after 8.00 pm, Assaulting her husband, drunkenness, more of the same... 18/8/1832: Threatening the life of her husband - to find Sureties to keep the peace... 24/8/1832 The Tasmanian, Hobart: Sarah Sherwin, was brought up by warrant, to answer the charge of her husband, William Sherwin, of Liverpool-street, a very industrious, thriving, and seriously disposed man, who prayed sureties of the peace, and stated that he had discovered that his wife, to whom he had been married seven or eight years in this country, was married at home, and that through her general misconduct he had for some time previous lived apart; that a few days back he was returning in comoany with the Rev. Mr. Miller, both on horseback from Brown's River, where they had been endeavouring to propagate the Gospel, when he was assailed by threats and abuse from his wife, which he charitably at that time overlooked ; that again on this day she called at his shop, and asked him for a little tea and sugar, which he refused to give her ; this so enraged her, that she struck him twice, and then took up a knife and swore she would run him through. From this circumstance, although he did not make the complaint from any ill-will or hatred towards her, but because he was in bodily fear, he prayed sureties of the peace. The poor lost creature, who seemed sensible of her destitute and forlorn situation, having no separate maintenance, upon being called upon for her defence, acknowledged she had done wrong, adding that her husband shewed her very little Christianity in refusing her a little tea and sugar. Being unable to find sureties, she was committed to gaol. C1838: Husband William Sherwin died - he had a very good business as a Currier and Tanner and General Dealer in Liverpool Street, Hobart. There is a married for a Sarah Sherwin to Robert Hilton on 3/9/1845, Hobart. Robert Hilton arrived per Gilmore 1839. He died in 1850.

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Ailsa McLaren on 15th September 2017

Convict records state she was previously married to Matthew Clark. She later married on 14 March 1825, at St David's, Hobart Town, William SHERWIN - his sister Elizabeth Sherwin was also a convict transported on the Lord Sidmouth in 1822.