Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Sarah Coleman was transported on the Britannia Iii, departing 31st Dec 1797 and arriving 18th Jul 1798 with 102 passengers.
Third voyage to Australia. Arrived in Sydney Cove on 18 July 1798 1814 voyage departed from Bengal with 10 male convicts. All tried in India.
Britannia Iii (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 237 (119) |
| 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
Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: Page 329…. [Ref S0031] Salmon, Thomas, 59, TL, Archduke Charles, 1813, 14 years, Settler, Castle Hill. [Ref S0032] Salmon, Sarah, 51, FS, Britannia, 1798, 7 years.
Sarah was tried on 27 Jul 1795 and sentenced to death for stealing a cloth cloak and other goods. Royal mercy was extended on condition she was transported for seven years. She was described as a spinner, four foot eleven and three quarter inches tall, black hair, hazel eyes and a sallow complexion.
Sarah married George Wilkinson (convict) 16/4/1799 at Parramatta, NSW. Sarah then married Thomas Salmon (convict- ship Archduke) 20/04/1818 at Castlereagh, NSW. Sarah obtained land grants and became very prominent in the Parramatta region. Sarah died at the Coach & Horses Hotel, Church St, Parramatta, which was then owned by her son, Thomas Wilkinson.