Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Lydia Clay was transported on the Sea Queen, departing 8th May 1846 and arriving 29th Aug 1846 with 171 passengers.
Built 1841 at Calcutta. Wood barque of 415 Tons.
Sea Queen (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 63 (33) Petition HO18/176/36 on behalf of Elizabeth Quarmby 1846 UK National Archives |
| 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
"Lydia Clay was my 4 x great grandmother."
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Convict Notes
HUDDERSFIELD. Robbery and Prostitution again.—On Tuesday last, Lydia Clay, alias Lindley Lydia, Ruth Richardson, Mary Ann Wentworth, and Elizabeth Quarmby, four nymphs of the pave, were placed before the magistrates at the Guildhall, charged with robbing a youth from Honley, named George Boothroyd, of two £5 notes and ten sovereigns in gold, in the house of the prisoner Richardson, in Denton Lane on Sunday morning last. It appeared that the prosecutor had been staying all night on Saturday at the Green Dragon Inn, Westgate, and that on Sunday morning instead of going home, he went to the brothel referred to, when he began to toss for gin and ale, until he became drank and almost insensible. He then returned to the Green Dragon, and made known the robbery; he was however, so intoxicated that it was necessary to put him to bed several hours before he could properly identify the prisoners; after getting sober, however, he recognised them at once, and swore positively to them, and said they all assisted, —he was knocked down on the floor, and held by two of the prisoners while the others took the money from his pockets. The magistrates said the practice was really becoming alarming, and that it was high time to check it by some means, and committed the prisoners to York Castle to take their trials on the charge the next assizes. Leeds Times, 16 Aug 1845.
In petition on behalf of Elizabeth Quarmby the offence is stealing £20 from a drinker, George Boothroyd whilst in company of a group of girls.
Yorkshire Winter Gaol Delivery. A calendar of prisoners for trial at the ensuing Winter Gaol Delivery for this county, which commence this day (Saturday), … Lydia Clay, (35), Ruth Richardson (28), Mary Ann Wentworth (23), and Elizabeth Quarmby (22), stealing from George Boothroyd ten sovereigns and two £5 notes at Huddersfield. Leeds Intelligencer, 6 Dec 1845.