Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Jane Craggs was transported on the Kains, departing 5th Jul 1830 and arriving 11th Mar 1831 with 121 passengers.
353 tons. 1831 voyage from Britain to Australia: Capt William Lushington GOODWIN. Surgeon: Thrasycles CLARKE. Several children of the female convicts accompanied them. One of the seamen, Charles Picknell, kept a diary of the voyage and excerpts have been published.
Kains (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 439 (222) |
| 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
Appears on: A CALENDAR of the PRISONERS Confined in His Majesty’s three Gaols of Durham, Newcastle, and Northumberland, to take their Trials, February and March, 1830, before the Honourables SIR JAMES ALLAN PARK, and SIR JAMES PARKE, Knights. NEWCASTLE GAOL RICH. BEACHER, aged 21, and JANE CRAGGS, singlewoman, aged 23, charged with feloniously stealing, on the 28th Jan last, 1 table cloth, 2 yards of linen cloth, 1 pair of jean drawers, 1 cotton night cap, 1 sharping steel, 3 knives, 3 forks, 1 pair of scissars, and 1 book, property of Robert Macharg; and 1 muslin cap, and 1 cotton apron, property of Agnes Macharg. The said Richard Beacher and Jane Craggs, also stand charged, on the same day, 2 silver tea spoons, value 5s., 1 pair of plated sugar tongs, value 6d., 2 lambs’ wool stockings, value 6d., 1 pair of woman’s shoes, value 1s., and 1 shoe horn, value 1d., property of Edw. Robson Mark. [Source: Original of the Calendar sold at auction in Melbourne 2022.]
Pardoned 1840