Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Sarah Darke was transported on the Indispensible, departing 30th Sep 1795 and arriving 30th Apr 1796 with 134 passengers.
Indispensible (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 203 (102) |
| 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 |
Claims
"Sarah was my 6 x Great Grandmother. Her son Henry's descendants, all subsequently born in NZ."
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Convict Notes
Family connections for Sarah (Darke) are: DARKE Sarah (Darke/Dark/Dart) daughter of Henry (Darke) & Mary (Hannes) was born on 22 3 1778 & christened on 23 3 1778 at St Michaels Gloucester. She was tried w/1other for theft, on 11 2 1795, of 4pairs of stays of John (Hoskins) of St Mary de Crypt city of Gloucester at Gloucester city Assizes, sentenced to 7years, held at Gloucester city gaol from 11 3 1795 & arrived in NSW as a convict on 30 4 1796 after a voyage of 7months on INDISPENSIBLE. He was free by Servitude by 1806. She had a relationship with Andrew (Snowden) whom he married on 21 3 1812 at St Johns CofE Parramatta & produced 7children. She died on 14 7 1828 age50/1. [Some details taken from this Website] Andrew (Snowden) was born about 1771 & christened in December 1771. He was tried for larceny at Surrey Assizes, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 14 2 1792 after a voyage of 8.5months on PITT; much fever & attempts to escape from the ship resulted in deaths of convicts-of the 450convicts on board only 29 were alive at muster in May 1792 (or perhaps only this many could be mustered). He was free by Servitude by 1806. He died in 1833 age62 & was buried at St Johns CofE Parramatta with his wife. Some details taken from this Website] Reference: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony.
This information is taken in part from the research of Vicki Smith on the www.historyaustralia.org.au website: Sarah, the daughter of Henry Darke and Mary Hannes, was christened on 23 March 1778 at St Michael's Gloucester. Sarah Darke (Drake, Dart, Darts) was 18 years old when delivered to Gloucester City Goal on 11 March 1795 after being sentenced to 7 years transportation for theft. Sarah Darke, late of St Mary de Crypt in the City of Gloucester and County of the same, spinster, and Sarah Mann, late of the same, spinster, on 11th day of February 1795 stole ‘Four pairs of stays of the value of 6 pounds from the house of John Hoskins in St Mary de Crypt Parish. 2/3/1812: Married Andrew Snowden (Pitt 1792) at St John’s Parramatta, they had 7 children. Andrew died 1/11/1883 and is buried with Sarah but not listed on the headstone. Sarah died 13 July 1828 just prior to the 1828 Census. She was buried at St. John's Cemetery, Parramatta on 14 July 1828. She is buried under a sandstone headstone, Norman with cutaway shoulders, decorated with crossed palm frond and trumpet. There is a matching footstone. Her headstone reads "Sacred to the Memory of SARAH wife of ANDw. SNOWDEN SENr. Who Departed this Life 13th July 1828 Aged 51 Years We hope the Lord will recieve (sic) Her Soul". In the Burial Register she is designated as Free publican's wife.