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Emma Crisp was transported on the America, departing 30th Dec 1830 and arriving 9th May 1831 with 198 passengers.
1829 Voyage - Source; The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. 20 Aug 1829. Page 2. Shipping Intelligence. On Tuesday last arrived, from London, the ship America, Captain Donald, with 168 male prisoners. Surgeon Superintendent, Alexander Stewart, Esq. R. N. The guard consists of a detachment of the 63d Regiment, under the command of Adjutant Montgomery. Passengers, Mrs. Montgomery and two children. 168 Mustered, 8 Died on voyage; Total 176 Embarked. 1831 Voyage - Source; The Hobart Town Courier. SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1831 Arrived on Monday the 9th. instant the convict ship America, Robert Donald, Esq. Commander, from London 6th. January, with, 186 females. Passengers, Mr. Capon, Chief Constable of the Island, Mr. and Mrs. Davies, Surgeon and Superintendent, Dr. Thomson, R. N.; brings also some Commissariat stores. The Surgeons Journal for 1830-1831 voyage: https://www.femaleconvicts.org.au/docs/ships/SurgeonsJournal_America1831.pdf
America (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 550 |
| 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
Place of origin: Inkberrow, Worcestershire No; 172. Status; Trade; House servant, wash & iron Aged; 23 years old
Tasmanian Conduct Record. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON40-1-1$init=CON40-1-1p320 172. Emma Crisp. Per America. Tried at Warwick 13 July 1830, 7 years. Transported for stealing butcher’s meat. Gaol report, Bad, convicted before of Felony. Married, Stated this offence, Sstealing butcher’s meat. Once for stealing from my lodgings, 6 mos House of Correction. Married, husband Wm. Crisp, a brass founder at Birmingham. Aug 11 1831. Absconded from her service on Monday and remaining until apprehended on Tuesday night by Constable Spencer – placed in the C. Class. Feb 16 1832. Absenting herself without permission on Monday last. Admd. & discharged. Feb 27 1832.Insubordination & threatening to abscond – Cell 14 days plced in Crime Class 6 mos & when assigned to be assigned to the interior. Oct 29 1832. Out after hours, Repd. Dec 1832. Found in a public house after hours. Repd. Feb 12 1833. (Absent?) from her service a month without leave. C. Class 3 months. -------------------------------------------------- Hobart Town Courier, 7 July 1837, The period for which the undermentioned persons were transported, expiring at the date placed after their respective names, certificates of their freedom may be obtained then, or at any subsequent period, upon application at the Muster Master's Office, Hobart town, or at that of a Police Magistrate in the interior : Emma Crisp 13th July 1837, America;
The following female convicts were removed from Warwick gaol on Wednesday, to be put on board the America, at Woolwich, viz — For life, Matilda Smith, Mary Ann Baker; fourteen years, Lydia Foxley; seven years, Emma Crisp. Ann Tabitha Hall, Susannah Sandall, Frances Fretwell, Matilda Smith, Mary Kennedy, Mary Ann Boden, and Elizabeth Johnson alias Pritchard. Aris’s Birmingham Gazette, 13 Dec 1830.
Tasmanian Marriage Permissions : https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON52-1-1p020j2k 328 Dermid Alexr. Mc. Sir G. Webster, and Emma Crisp, per America. Approved 13 May 1836.