Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Lucy Hodges was transported on the Lord Sidmouth, departing 7th Sep 1822 and arriving 27th Feb 1823 with 98 passengers.
A Barque built in Jersey (Briton) 1815. Tonnage 194. Built by Matthew le Boeuf. Three (3) voyages to Australia transporting convicted persons. (The 1821 does not yet have complete details on this web site.)
Lord Sidmouth (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 198 |
| 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
"My name is John Cooper and Lucy HODGES was my 3xGreat grandmother."
"Lucy Hodges, was my 4G mother, daughter Emma married John Henwood"
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Convict Notes
Lucy Hodge, for having in the afternoon of the 1st July, broken open and entered the dwelling-house of John Leaver, in the parish of Chart next Sutton Valence, and feloniously stolen thereout quantity of wearing apparel and provisions,  nine £. the property of John Lever, the younger. ... Kentish Weekly Post, 17 Aug 1821. On the 22d ult. Lucy Hodges and Elizabeth Bridger were removed from our County Prison, and put on board the Lord Sidmouth convict ship at Woolwich, for transportation, pursuant to their sentence at the last assizes, the former for 14 and the latter for 7 years. Maidstone Journal, 3 Sep 1822.
1823 – Source; CON40-1-5 Index No; 53 Trial; 13 Aug 1821 Remarks; 1824 - 18 Aug. Bostock / Sent to factory - It appears that with her master's knowledge she was pregnant & he permitted her to go and lay in at Mrs Bellingers. 1830 - 24 Aug. Her Husband / Absent from muster and Divine service on Sunday last. Certificate
Lucy was born in Sutton Valence, Co. Kent. The family name is Hodges (not Hodge as recorded on the convict manifest). She was the eldest daughter in a large family. Her mother died in 1820 and times must have been hard trying to manage her younger siblings. She was caught stealing clothes and sentenced to death (commuted to 14 years). She was imprisoned in Maidstone Prison for a number of years and transferred onto the Lord Sidmouth at Deptford for transportation in 1823. She disembarked in Hobart (VDL) and worked as a servant for a merchant for some time, but eventually was moved to Launceston. She married Edward Woodhart (Guildford, 1820) in Launceston in 1827. They had a number of children. The family moved to Sydney NSW in the 1830s. Edward died on 28/2/1850. Lucy died in Newtown Sydney in 1881. Lucy and Edward's descendents today number in the thousands.