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Transportation
Jane Dawson was transported on the Lady Juliana, departing 31st May 1789 and arriving 3rd Jun 1790 with 247 passengers.
Launched 1777, 401 ton barque, built at Whitby, England. Departed Portsmouth, England on 29 July 1789, via Cape of Good Hope for Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia on 3 June 1790. 1790 voyage carried 226 female passengers (convicts)- 5 of whom died on the trip. 6 children also on board. Significant because it was the first ship to bring all female women to the Colony.
Lady JulianaReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 17 (10) |
| 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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Old Bailey Online JANE DAWSON. Theft; grand larceny (to 1827). 12th September 1787 Text type Trial account Defendants JANE DAWSON Offences Theft > Grand larceny Session Date 12th September 1787 Reference Number t17870912-83 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 753. JANE DAWSON was indicted for stealing, on the 7th day of September , a silver watch, value 5 l. the property of William Huggonson . WILLIAM HUGGONSON sworn. I work at the George livery-stables, Long-acre, as an hostler ; I went to leave a bundle at a gentleman's house in the Strand; I stopped a little while at the Sun; I met with an acquaintance, and I crossed the street; I met with this woman it was half after eleven; she asked me where I was going; I cannot say I was perfectly sober; I told her I was going home to bed; I took her into the yard and she took from me my watch; I dropped asleep in the stable, and waked about half after one, or near two; I got up, and found the woman and my watch was gone; I had my watch when I went with her; I never got it again; it was found the next day; when I missed it, I lighted a candle, and went to look for it in the stall, there I found two keys and a piece of paper, the paper was about two yards from the keys that I had dropped out of my pocket. JOHN QUICK sworn. I am a pawnbroker in St. Giles's; last Saturday, a little before nine in the morning, the prisoner brought me this watch; I am sure it was her; I have known her these six or seven years; she asked me if I wanted one; she said she had found it on the Thursday night, in great Russel-street, facing Drury-lane, Playhouse; I thought proper to stop it but not the woman; I sent information of it to Justice Walker, and the woman was taken; this is the watch. (Deposed to by the prosecutor.) Court to prosecutor. Are you sure that the prisoner is the woman that went with you into the stable? - She is very like the woman, but I will not swear positively to her. THOMAS MUMFORD sworn. I apprehended the prisoner; she said, she found the watch on the Thursday night. PRISONER's DEFENCE. I found the watch on the Friday night last in Russell-street; it lay among some rubbish; I put it into my pocket; the next day I took it down to Mr. Quick, who had known me many years; I meant to advertise it. GUILTY . Transported for seven years . Tried by the second Middlesex Jury before Mr. RECORDER.
Jane Dawson was 42 years old when indicted for stealing a silver watch, value £5, the property of George Huggondon, a hostler. 14/3/1789: Removed from Newgate Gaol and embarked on the Lady Juliana. April 1791: Jane gave evidence at the trial of a soldier's wife for the abuse of another woman and her husband. No date of death found.
It is highly possible that I have a book of common prayer that might of been given to this person. Inside cover says Jane Dawson 13th March 1794. She has also written on the inside to be forgiven for her sins. Hoping anyone can give me more information as I believe the date written might of been the date of her release from prison.