Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Elizabeth Harris was transported on the Providence, departing 6th Jun 1821 and arriving 7th Jan 1822 with 103 passengers.
The ship named 'Providence' was built in Calcutta, India in 1808. 649 tons. The 1811 voyage brought many convicts from Ireland to Australia. 73rd Regiment. Also several free settlers. 5-6 deaths on voyage. The ship was lastly scuttled at St. Martin's, Isle of Scilly in 1833.
Providence (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 39 (21) |
| 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 |
Claims
"Elizabeth Harris was 23 when she was convicted of uttering, using forged bank notes, at Hants Assizes in March 1821. She married another convict James Jarvis in Parramatta on 11 Mar 1822, two moths after arriving in NSW. She and Jarvis had a daughter, Mary Frances Jarvis, baptised at Windsor, NSW, on 4 Dec 1824. She moved with her parents to Van Diemen's Land the following month. She is a direct ancestor, living in Moorooduc, Vic, from about 1860 to 1899."
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Convict Notes
William Harris, charged with uttering, at Dean, near Overton, on the ? of November, forged note, purporting to be of the Andover Old Bank with intent to defraud Charles Smith, of Dean, to whom was offered, and Messrs. Wakeford, bankers, Andover; and also with having various other counterfeit notes of the said Bank, and of the Bank of England, in his possession. Death. Sarah Roberts, Elizabeth Harris. and Robert Wind, connected with the above Wm. Harris, and charged, numerous indictments, with uttering various notes at Andover, Weyhill,&c. purporting to the Andover Old Bank, with intent to defraud Messrs. Wakeford, and the persons to whom they were tendered – Death. Hampshire Chronicle, 12 March 1821.
Tasmanian Record. https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON13-1-3/CON13-1-3P88 Two Prisoners proceeding on the brig Deveron to Hobart Town in the service of Mr Murdoch. James Jarvis, per ship Speke (2), tried at Oxford, 12 July 1820, Fourteen years sentence. Elizabeth Harris, per Providence (2), Tried at Southampton, 5 March 1821, sentence, fourteen years. Signed F. Goulburn, Colonial Secretary’s Office, 21 March 1824.
Elizabeth Harris m James Jarvis 1822 may be her. Elizabeth Jarvis (Providence) on 1822 muster at Govt Factory Parramatta, does not appear to be on 1823 muster