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Transportation
Elizabeth Squance was transported on the Baretto Junior, departing 5th Apr 1850 and arriving 25th Jul 1850 with 190 passengers.
Baretto Junior (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/16, Page Number 220 |
| 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
CON15-1-6 Image 216 TRIAL; 15 January 1849 Status; Single - 1 child on board Mary aged 2 years old Father of her child; Daniel Sullivan 1852 - Birth of child ”WILLIAM" Born on the 1 February 1852 and Baptised on the 12 February 1852 in the Female House of Correction. 1852 - Birth of child ” Born on the and Baptised on the in the Female House of Correction.
Bideford Quarter Sessions: "John HOARE appeared on his recognizance and preferred a Bill of Indictment against Thomazine BLIGHT and Elizabeth SQUANCE for feloniously stealing three pairs of boots, the property of the said John HOARE, and against Samuel Wonnacott BLIGHT for feloniously receiving the same, knowing the same to have been stolen, which Bill having been found by the Grand Jury a 'true Bill', the said Thomazine BLIGHT and Elizabeth SQUANCE pleaded 'Guilty', and the said Samuel Wonnacott BLIGHT pleaded 'Not Guilty', whereupon a Petit Jury was sworn, and the said Samuel Wonnacott BLIGHT was found 'Guilty' and the jury also found that he had been previously convicted of felony at the General Sessions for the County of Devon held on the 25th day of February 1847, and the said Elizabeth SQUANCE confessed the charge in the said indictment contained that she had been previously convicted of felony at the Assizes for the County of Devon held on the seventeenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty. The said Thomazine BLIGHT, Elizabeth SQUANCE and Samuel Wonnacott BLIGHT were severally sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the Gaol of this borough for three calendar months. The recognizances of the Prosecutor and witnesses were delivered into Court, filed and discharged and an order made for payment of Prosecutor's costs." A second charge was levied regarding a shawl and 5 yards of Orleans, stolen from James WYATT, and they were all sentenced to 7 years transportation. Bideford Quarter sessions: "Dennis Sullivan applied to the Court for an order of allowance of his expense in conveying William Carter, Samuel Wonnacott Blight and Elizabeth SQUANCE, convicts under sentence of transportation, passed at this Epiphany Quarter Sessions on this Borough, in the year 1849, from the gaol of this Borough to Millbank Prison in the month of January last, in pursuance of the order of the Sec. of State, and the sum of Twenty pounds, fifteen shillings and sixpence was allowed for the same, and an order made on the Treasurer of the Borough for payment whereof accordingly". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Courier, Hobart, Tasmania Saturday 11 Oct 1851: William Allum, prisoner, Samuel Burton, prisoner, and Elisabeth Squance, prisoner, severally charged with breaking and entering into, in the night-time of 18th day of September last, the dwelling-house of Alfred Henry Maning, end stealing therefrom three dresses of the value of 5f.,one mantilla of the value of If, four pairs of socks of ihe value of two shillings, two saws of the value of six shillings, and two chisels of tho value of two shillings,the property of the said Alfred Henry Maning. William Allum, to be transported for life ; and Samuel Burton and Elisabeth Squance, to be severally trans- ported for fifteen years.