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Lydia Foxley 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
There was a baptism of Lydia Foxley on 20 Nov 1803, parents James Foxley and Anne, at Stony Stratford, very close to Wicken. There is a death recoed of Mary Lydia Foxley, spouse of Samuel Buller, in Victoria Australia on 21 Jun 1871, although her father is given as Alexander Foxley
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.
Lydia Foxley was listed as 30 years old on arrival. Place of Birth: Wicking, Northamptonshire. Transported for 'Stealing a watch from the person'. Gaol Report: Bad common prostitute. Lydia was single, 5'1¼" tall, brown hair, dark grey eyes. 1832-33 Musters: Assigned to Mr. Bateman. 311/12/1835 Muster: TOL 30/7/1832: Married Samuel Blullen (Phoenix 1822) at Hobart. Children: 28/5/1834: Ann Elizabeth 24/6/1840: Dinah 1/7/1843: Matilda 27/12/1845: James Samuel 19/10/1838: CP 1844: Free Certificate. 21/6/1871: Lydia Foxley died at Tack Street, Collingwood, Victoria, of 'Senile Decay'. From death certificate: Father Alexander Foxley, father’s occupation and mother’s Christian and maiden surname unknown, death registered by J Buller son Park Street Collingwood, buried 22 June 1871 Melbourne Cemetery, from Northamptonshire, England, 35 years in Tasmania, 10 years in Victoria, married Hobart aged 26 to James Henry Buller, children Elizabeth 38 James dead, Matilda 28, James Samuel 25.
Appropriation Record. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON27-1-1$init=CON27-1-1p4 90. Lydia Foxley, 30, Ho. Servant, Sickly.