| Name: | Elizabeth Coward |
| Aliases: | none |
| Gender: | f |
| Date of Birth: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Date of Death: | 1815 |
| Age: | - |
Life Span
Female median life span was 58 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
| Crime: | - |
| Convicted at: | Dorset Quarter Sessions |
| Sentence term: | 7 years |
| Ship: | Northampton |
| Departure date: | December, 1814 |
| Arrival date: | 18th June, 1815 |
| Place of arrival | New South Wales |
| Passenger manifest | Travelled with 109 other convicts |
| Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 189 (96) |
| 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. |
Maureen Withey on 23rd December, 2019 wrote:
Elizabeth Coward died on the ship, when it was at Rio de Janiero in March 1815.
The Surgeon, Dr Joseph Arnold, kept a log, (which is incomplete):
Rio de Janeiro Mar 8 1815. Departed this life Eliz. Coward, a convict from the County of Dr_____ this poor wretch was sent on board with an infamous character that she feigned epileptic fits, and fatuity [?], which was certified by four or five surgeons & Jailor’s certificates. Her fatuity [?] [patuity] hernea [?] appeared to be real, as well as her convulsions. She could not eat the salt provisions, she became dropsical & emaciated, and at length died of debility.
Maureen Withey on 23rd December, 2019 made the following changes:
date of death: 1815 (prev. 0000), gender: f
This record was discovered and printed on ConvictRecords.com.au
