Jane Cook

Jane Cook, one of 89 convicts transported on the Earl of Liverpool, December 1830

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Jane Cook
Aliases:	none
Gender:	f

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1776
Occupation:	Plain cook, house servant
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Female median life span was 59 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to Life

Crime:	Stealing
Convicted at:	Somerset Quarter Session
Sentence term:	Life
Ship:	America
Departure date:	30th December, 1830
Arrival date:	9th May, 1831
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 181 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 540. Tasmanian 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 Project.

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Community Contributions

Nell Murphy on 25th May, 2016 wrote:

Jane Cook was convicted at Somerset on 18 Oct 1830 for stealing a pr of shoes. One previous conviction. Life sentence. Transported to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) on the ship ‘America’ - not the Earl of Liverpool to NSW, 1831.

Married woman - husband John Cook at North Cray, Somerset.
Native place - North Cray.
Aged 55yrs; 5’3”; plain cook and housemaid.

Assignment of work service to a Mr. Earl.

Ticket of Leave granted 20 Nov 1835.
Conditional Pardon no. 534 19 July 1843.
Recommended for a 1st Class Pardon 17 Feb 1846. Approved 7 Jan 1847.
Petition for an Absolute Pardon - refused 14 July 1849.
Free Pardon approved 15 Jan 1850.

Convict Changes History

Nell Murphy on 25th May, 2016 made the following changes:

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