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Transportation
Elizabeth Dell 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 26 |
| 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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Family connections for Elizabeth (Dell) are: DELL John (Dell) married Elizabeth (??? her first marriage). Elizabeth (???/Dell) was born about 1742. She was tried for shoplifting with her son, John (Metcalf) & 1other at Reading Berkshire Great Session on 27 4 1789, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 3 6 1790 after a voyage of 12montHs on LADY JULIANA-a ship with 228females who easily entertained the whole crew & also sailors at Teneriffe stopover.>>> [Some details taken from this Website; where there are 2entries] John (Dell) & Elizabeth (???) produced perhaps 2children: 1.Matthew (Dell) was born about 1766 & baptised on 31 3 1766 at Saint Giles Reading Berkshire. He was tried for shoplifting with his mother, John (Metcalf) & 1other at Reading Berkshire Great Session on 27 4 1789, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 26 6 1790 after a voyage of 7months on Fleet ship NEPTUNE; a voyage noted for extreme brutality of prisoners with a high death rate. HE MAY HAVE DIED ON THE SHIP [Some details taken from this Website] .. 2.??? (Dell) married ??? (Metcalfe) & produced a child: ..1.John (Metcalf/e) was born about 1760. He was tried w/Elizabeth & Matthew (Dell) & 1other at Reading Berkshire Great Sessions on 24 4 1788, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 26 6 1790 after a voyage of 6months on Fleet ship NEPTUNE; a voyage noted for extreme brutality of prisoners with a high death rate. He married Mary (Brown) on 26 12 1794 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. He was Free by Servitude when he died on 26 6 1810 age about50 & was buried at St Johns CofE Parramatta. ..[Some details taken from this Website] .. >>>Elizabeth (Dell) married secondly Michael/Nicholas (McNamara) on 23 10 1791 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. Michael/Nicholas (McNamara) was born about 1758. He was tried for stealing a gun at probably Old Bailey, sentenced to 7years, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW as a convict on 26 6 1790 after a voyage of 7months on Fleet ship NEPTUNE; a voyage noted for extreme brutality of prisoners with a high death rate. [Some details taken from this Website] a Mary (Dell convict LADY JULIANA 1790) is recorded as dying on 2 5 1800 age33 & buried at St Phillips CofE Sydney. Mary (Dell) does not have an entry on this Website-could she be Elizabeth?. Noted an Elizabeth (McNamarra) was born in 1810 to ??? (McNamarra). This Elizabeth (McNamara) married Charles (McTaggart) emancipist on 14 2 1828 at St Marys RC Sydney, lived at North Richmond & produced 8children. Charles (McTaggart/Taggart/Taggard/Taggert/Teggart/Mcintaggart), son of Charles (Taggart), was born about 1790 perhaps in Antrim co. Ireland & became a carman/coachman. He was tried for robbery at Galway Co. Ireland in 1817, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 16 12 1818 after a voyage of 4months on EARL SE VINCENT; he was 5'5" fair complexion brown hair brown eyes-apparantly Catholic; he was assigned to the Hawkesbury District. He had land at Howes Valley. He died on 1 10 1872 age about82 & was buried on a property at Howes Valley-also shown as died in 1874. [Some details taken from this Website; where 2entries are found] 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.
Australia, Convict Index Name Elizabeth Dell Age 48 Birth Year Abt 1742 Arrival Year 1790 Arrival State New South Wales Trial Place Reading Status m Ship Lady Juliana SON; Matthew Dell transported per Ship; Neptune - 1790
http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/confem4.html Convicted with her son Matthew Dell