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Transportation
Hester Haviland was transported on the Speke, departing 29th Feb 1808 and arriving 16th Nov 1808 with 100 passengers.
Speke (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 399 (199); Hampshire Chronicle 27 July 1807, p.1 |
| 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
Hester was recorded in 1811 muster as being a convict at Sydney. In 1814 Muster - at Sydney, off stores, single. In 1822 she was recorded as "Esther Evlin", the wife of J Turnbull (then aged about 70). This was John Turnbull who had arrived in 1802 on "Coromandel' as the head of a family group who'd come as free settlers. They took up land at Portland Head. His wife was Ann, but she had died in 1819. Hesther was not legally married to John, probably living with him as his housekeeper, as was recorded in the 1825 Muster. There were 11 Turnbull children ranging in age at their mother Ann's death from infants to about 30 yrs. She is not recorded in the 1828 Census. John Turnbull died in 1834 aged 81.
Hester Haviland was convicted at Gloucester Assizes on 15th July 1805 for stealing clothing. She received the death sentence but this was commuted to Life transportation. Hampshire Chronicle 27 July 1807, p.1: "At Gloucester Assizes, JOHN HARRIS for stopping Mr B Butt, of Westbury-upon-Trim, upon the highway near Bristol and robbing him of his watch &c Hester Haviland for stealing wearing apparel from the dwelling house of W. Smith in Painswick, received sentence of death. Hester Haviland is reprieved, but John Harris, whose crime was attended with acts of cruelty and an attempt to murder Mr Butt, is left for execution." She arrived in NSW on 15 November 1808, three years and four months after her trial. Her name is sometimes recorded phonetically as "Haverland" or as "Evlin" or "Evling". Many subsequent musters referred to her as only having a 7 years sentence - not true. In the 1825 Muster she said she came free to NSW. _____________________________