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Sarah Jackson was transported on the Britannia Iii, departing 31st Dec 1797 and arriving 18th Jul 1798 with 102 passengers.
Third voyage to Australia. Arrived in Sydney Cove on 18 July 1798 1814 voyage departed from Bengal with 10 male convicts. All tried in India.
Britannia Iii (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 239 (120) |
| 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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1825 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. Year - 1825 Name; Sarah Jackson Age; No details Class; F. S. Ship; Britannia - 1798 - 7 years Remarks\Assigned; Wife of Wm. Joyce, Parramatta
Old Bailey: SARAH JACKSON, Theft > theft from a specified place, 30th November 1796. Offence: Theft > theft from a specified place Verdict: Guilty Punishment: Transportation SARAH JACKSON was indicted for feloniously stealing on the 2d of November , two cotton bed-curtains, value 20s. one linen bed-head cloth, value 4s. a linen vallance, value 2s. two woolen blankets, value 2s. two pillows, value 12d. a linen and wollen bed-quilt, value 4s. a looking-glass in a walnut-tree frame, value 2s. a copper teakettle, value 1s. 6d. two brass candlesticks, value 1s. a flat iron, value 6d. and a copper saucepan, value 12d. the property of Robert Stukey , the same being in a lodging room let by contract by him to the said Sarah Jackson . ROBERT STUKEY sworn. - I keep a lodging-house, No. 10, Worship-street ; I let a lodging to the daughter of the prisoner,Mary Jackson , for the use of both the daughter and mother; the daughter came first, the mother came in the evening; they were to give 3s. 6d. a week; they came in a month ago last Thursday; I had a suspicion the things were gone, but could not get into the room till last Thursday night; when I went in, the prisoner asked me what I wanted; I told her I had a suspicion she had taken the curtains away; she said, what of that, I mean to get them home on Saturday night; I immediately told her, if she did not deliver up the duplicates, or tell me where the property was, I would send for an officer; she gave me, in the course of a quarter of an hour, five duplicates (producing them;) when she had given me them, I told her that was not the whole, and sent for an officer; he said, she had got some more, and she said, it was a lie; he searched, and found a pocket-book in her bosom, with about fifty duplicates in it, seven of which were of my things, besides those she had given me; all the things, but the copper saucepan, are in Court now. CHRISTIANA STUKEY sworn. - I was present at the letting of the lodging; it was let to Mary Jackson, the daughter of the prisoner, for the use of herself and her mother; they were to pay 3s. 6d. a week; we had a suspicion they had taken away some of the things, but did not go into the room till Thursday last; the first things we missed were the curtains from the bed, then we missed two pillows, and the rest of the things mentioned in the indictment; they were in the room when the lodging was let.(The things were produced in Court by the several pawnbrokers, and deposed to by the prosecutor.) Prisoner's defence. I meant to fetch the things out again, I did not leave the place. The prisoner called four witnesses, who gave her a good character. GUILTY . (Aged 43.) Transported for seven years. Sarah Jackson was 43 years old, a widow, 4’6” tall, fair complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes. Native place was Bath