Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Hannah Gibson was transported on the William Pitt, departing 30th Jun 1805 and arriving 11th Apr 1806 with 124 passengers.
604 ton ship. 1805 sailing from Portsmouth, England. 1 male (Henry Perfect) and 120 female prisoners. 4 deaths on voyage plus 3 children. 1 female passenger discharged before sailing. The ship arrived at Port Jackson, New South Wales on 11 April 1806.
William Pitt (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 366 |
| 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
In the colony, Hannah married James Andrews (Convict, Hillsborough, 1799). They married September 9th 1807 at Sydney. The couple had 6 children by 1825. James had been granted an Absolute Pardon on January 31st 1814 and they seemed to be doing very well. However, in 1822, when he was Overseer of the Windsor Road Gang, James was arrested and charged with fraud, (hiring out the men for private purposes). He was sentenced to transportation to Port Macquarie for 7 years. Transported on ‘Sally’ Mar 25th 1822. Hannah and 2 of the younger children also went with him. However, by the 1828 census we find him still at Port Macquarie [A0456 -pg-33] but Hannah is now back at Cumberland Street, Sydney [A0433 pg-33], with three of the children, William, Charlotte and Henry. Hannah died in 1804 at "The Ship & Mermaid Hotel" in Gloucester Street, Sydney - where her son William was licensee.
Hannah was from Northumberland. On April 12th 1804, at Morpeth, Northumberland, she was convicted of Larceny. She was known by an alias as Hannah Fenwick. # As an adjunct; modern DNA analysis has shown a linkage between Australian descendants of Hannah and members of the Fenwick family of Northumberland.