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Transportation
Jane Hewitt (Nee Starkey) 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 363 (181) |
| 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
"Jane Hewitt was my Great Great Great grandmother on my maternal side she was sentenced for stealing 6 silk Hankerchiefs. She did this so as to join her Husband Alexander Hewitt who had been sentenced in 1801 for stealing salt"
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Convict Notes
In New South Wales. Reported in The Sydney Gazette, 21 Jan 1810. On Tuesday a Bench of Magistrates assembled ; before whom Alexander Hewit, John Day, and others were charged on suspicion with having stolen a copper the property of the Crown, from the yard of the General Hospital.—Hewit and Day were both committed, and the rest discharged. The Sydney Gazette, 17 March 1810, reported the following case: On Monday last a Court of Criminal Jurisdiction assembled, and continued its sittings till Friday.  … Alexander Hewitt, John Day, and Mr. William Cummings were indicted for stealing a copper from the Hospital, and all acquitted; ...
At Chester Sessions, Robert Banks and Jane Hewitt, convicted of stealing thirteen silk handkerchief, out of the shop of Mr. John Jones, were sentenced to be transported for fourteen years; .... Lancaster Gazette, 7 May 1803.
Jane and her husband Alexander had a son together prior to being convicted and transported to Australia. It is not known what happened to the child
1825 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. Year - 1825 Name; Jane Hewitt Age; No Details Class; F. S. Ship; William Pitt - 1806 - 7 years Remarks\Assigned; Living with Jno. Cribb - Richmond
Tried and convicted at the Chester Quarter Sessions on 15th April 1803, sentenced to transportation for 14 years, it is possible that she may have deliberately broken the law in order to join her husband in Australia, following his transportation in March of that year. Left England in August 1805 to collect Irish convicts. Left Cork on 31st August 1805. Ship:- the 'William Pitt' sailed with 1 male and 120 female convicts on board of which 4 females died during the voyage. Arrived on 11th April 1806. Jane married Alexander Hewitt on 1st July 1797 at Manchester, they had 1 child in NSW, Jane born in 1807. Citation details: 1797-1798 Alexander Hewitt of this parish a brazier and Jane Starkey of Manchester a spinster were married in this church by banns published 12th and 20th day of November 1796, this first day of July 1797 by me Jas. Brookes. Alexander and Jane both made their X marks in the register in the presence of Henry Aspinall On January 16th 1810, Alexander Hewitt, Jane Hewitt his wife, John Brown, John Day and Nicholas McCarthy were charged with stealing a copper, the property of the Crown. The court awarded that Alexander Hewitt and John Day should be committed to gaol to take their trial before a court of criminal jurisdiction. John Brown, Nicholas McCarthy and Jane Hewitt were discharged. After her separation from her husband, Alexander Hewitt, Jane and her daughter Jane were living with John Cribb by 1814, whose son James was to later marry Jane's daughter. John was born in Bristol on May 10th 1773, was convicted at Berkshire in 1831 and sentenced to transportation for life. In 1810 he received his absolute Pardon and by 1814 had taken up with Jane Hewitt (nee Starkey). John died on 8th September 1833. After John's death, Jane married John French at Richmond New South Wales on 31st October 1836. John French was also a convict transported per 'Elizabeth', and the couple moved to North Richmond. Jane died on 21st November 1842 and was buried on 23rd November 1842 in the Cribb family vault as Jane French even though she never married John Cribb.