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Eliza Clifford was transported on the Janus, departing 23rd Oct 1819 and arriving 3rd May 1820 with 109 passengers.
Rig Type: S. Built: New York 1810 Size (tons): 308 The Janus was also a whaling ship. 1819/20 voyage: Female convicted women embarked in England and then in Cork, Ireland. One Rebecca Connolly embarked at Cork but due to ill health was returned to Depot. Sailed on 19 Dec 1819. Arrived at Port Jackson, NSW 3 May 1820. On 20th May, 68 of the women was boarded on the Princess Charlotte bound for Van Diemen's Land, to Port Dalrymple and Hobart. A formal enquiry was held as to the treatment of the women by the Captain and his crew. Note: Not all of the women from Ireland have been included yet on this Register. Currently being updated. Two of the Women convicts, Mary Long, and Lydia Elsden claimed to be in a pregnant condition on arrival. Mary Long claimed the Captain, thomas Mowat, was the father of her child, and Lydia Elsden claimed the Chief Officer, John Hedges, was the father of her child, to which they both swore before the Magistrate.
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| Primary Source | Tasmanian convict Records. Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. |
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Following their arrival in NSW per Janus, sixty-eight of the women were embarked on the 'Princess Charlotte' on 16th May, bound for Van Diemen's Land. They were obliged at first to put back into port for a week because of unfavourable winds however soon resumed this second voyage. Twenty-five women were sent to Port Dalrymple and forty-three to Hobart. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON13-1-2$init=CON13-1-2p51 List of Prisoners per Princess Charlotte to Port Dalrymple. Eliza Clifford, 21, Hawker, Louth, Apr 1819, 7 years. -------------------------------------------------- Irish Convict Database. Eliza Clifford, age 21, per Janus 1820, tried Louth 1819, 7 years. DOB 1799, Hawker. -------------------------------------------------- Tasmanian Conduct Record. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON40-1-1$init=CON40-1-1p241 14. Eliza Clifford. Janus 1820 & Prins. Charlotte, 1820. Louth, April 1819, 7 years. Transported for picking pockets. March 17 1828. Ux Alcock /F.S./ Drunk assault Mr & Mrs Marr - to find sureties for her good behaviour & fined 5/- for Drunkenness. Oct 6 1825. Stealing a Dollar note from the house of J. Roc – Ordd. To find sureties for her appearance before the Sup Court to answer the charge. Feb 27 1829. F.S. D. & Disy, & assaultg. & beating Constable Jas. Bragg in the execn. Of his duty on the 24th inst, also being an idle & disy. Person and procuring her living by the prostitution of her body. - to be confd. In the Factory, George Town for 6 months. Nov 29 1832. F.S. Assaulting Elizth. Neale & breaking the windows of her house, fined £1 & to pay the amot. of damage done. -------------------------------------------------- GOVERNMENT PUBLIC NOTICE. Secretary's Office, Hobart Town. April 20, 1826. THE undermentioned Persons have obtained Certificates of Freedom and Tickets of Leave during the last Week: Ann Maxwell. James Eliza Clifford. Ditto Ellen Kenneday ..... Ditto. Hobart Town Gazette, 22 Apr 1826. Note: The ship's name is mistakenly printed as James, not Janus.