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Transportation
Jane Grady was transported on the Sovereign, departing 15th Apr 1829 and arriving 3rd Aug 1829 with 121 passengers.
Sovereign (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 44 |
| 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 Jane (Grady) are: GRADY Jane (Grady) was born in Dublin about 1812; she became a needle girl. She was convicted for stealing cloth of Michael (Fennell), on 2 12 1828, at Middlesex Gaol Delivery on 15 1 1829, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 3 8 1829 after a voyage of 4months on SOVERIEGN. She was assigned to John (Piper) senior? farmer. She married firstly John (Piper junior? his first marriage). Some information taken from this Website] John (Piper) was born in 16 8 1806 at Norfolk Island. [He is probably the son of John (Piper) & Margaret (Ed/dington) previously mentioned]. He was probably taken to England in August 1811 by his parents & brought back by them arriving on 7 2 1814 after a voyage of 5months on GENERAL HEWITT. On 24 9 1823 he was appointed Assistant Naval Officer at Sydney. He was declared insolvent in 1843. He married secondly Mary (Ahern) on 4 9 1847 at Kelso. He died on 28 8 1860 age54+ father of 11children at Bathurst where he was buried. John (Piper)s family is given in entry for James (Shiers SCARBOROUGH 1788) on this Website. .. >>>Jane (Grady) married secondly Francis Benjamin (Farling) in 1832 & produced a child. She produced perhaps 2children in her lifetime. {Some information taken from this Website] Francis Benjamin (Farling) arrived free on SOVEREIGN. Jane (Grady) & Francis Benjamin (Farling) produced 1child: 1.George (Farling) was born about 1839 & died in that year. Family connections for Catherine (Crowley) are: 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.
Jane Grady was tried for stealing cloth. She was aged 17, a needle girl, born in Dublin, transported for 7 years on the Sovereign. She was assigned to John Piper, farmer (snr?). She gave birth to Eliza in Parramatta. As a convict she may have been sent back to the female factory there to give birth. She then married, with government consent (dated 15/2/1832), Francis Benjamin Farling in 1832. Rev. John Dunmore Lang married them. As she was still a convict, listed as a bonded servant, she needed official permission to marry. Francis is listed as 'came free' on the Sovereign, but isn't listed as a paying passenger, so may be crew. Child of JANE GRADY and FRANCIS FARLING: GEORGE FARLING, b. Abt. 1839; d. 1839. V1839135 23A/1839: death After that there isn't any concrete record of either, so maybe they returned to England.
Had a relationship with: John Piper Born 16 Aug 1806 Norfolk Island, son of Capt. John Piper Died August 28, 1860 (aged 54 years) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. Daughter with John Piper: Elizabeth (aka Eliza) Grady (aka Piper) Born 28 Oct 1830 and baptised 6 Feb 1831 Eliza daughter of John Piper of Bathurst a farmer and Jane Grady, factory (women's factory, Parramatta) Thomas Hassall officiating minister (He was minister at Parramatta, so Eliza born at Parramatta)
JANE GRADY, Theft > simple larceny, 15th January 1829. Reference Number: t18290115-90 Offence: Theft > simple larceny Verdict: Guilty Punishment: Transportation 356. JANE GRADY was indicted for stealing, on the 2d of December , 2 1/2 yards of kerseymere, value 12s. , the goods of Michael Fennell . MICHAEL FENNELL. I lost two yards and a half of kerseymere which was cut out for a pair of trousers; I lost it form my bed-room, No. 25, Henrietta-street, Manchester-square , on the 2d of December, at six o'clock in the morning; I am a tailor : the prisoner and her father lived in the same house - the officer has the article; I cannot swear to it, but believe it to be mine - it is the same colour, same quality, and the same sort of cloth; I do not see any difference between that and mine: I had seen it safe the last day of November. THOMAS GOOK . I took the prisoner by her father's request, on the 11th of December; I told her what it was for - she resisted very strongly; she then said she had pawned the kerseymere at Mr. Wood's, in High-street, St. Giles's, and had left the duplicate with her mother. GEORGE TURNER . On the 2d of December, this cloth was pawned with me by the prisoner. Prisoner's Defence. I was three months out of work, and parted with all my clothes to support me; I went to my brother to ask him to lend me a coat to get something out of pawn - he lent it to me; I went to get the coat and I could not; I knew there was a bag of my brother's in the prosecutor's room, and I went and took this piece of kerseymere, thinking it was his, or I should not have taken it. JURY to MICHAEL FENNELL . Q. Had you any idea there was a coat of her brother's in that room? A.There was no bag there; there was a bag which her mother lent me to put my things in. GUILTY. Aged 16. Transported for Seven Years.