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Eleanor Johnston was transported on the Mary Anne, departing 25th Dec 1821 and arriving 20th May 1822 with 109 passengers.
Built in France 1772 of 298 Tons first sailed as a British convict ship from Portsmouth 16/02/1791.
Mary Anne (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 132 |
| 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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Old Bailey Online ELEANOR JOHNSON. Theft; pocketpicking. 18th July 1821 Text type Trial account Defendants ELEANOR JOHNSON Offences Theft > Pocketpicking Session Date 18th July 1821 Reference Number t18210718-138 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 1042. ELEANOR JOHNSON was indicted for stealing, on the 6th of June , one watch, value 1 l., and one seal, value 5 s., the goods of Joseph Seall , from his person . JOSEPH SEALL . The prisoner lived at my father's house, at Chelsea. I carried a box to town for her - my father told me to carry it as far as St. James's-park, and gave me some money to bring some things from Newport-street. She said as I was going there I could carry it to King-street, Drury-lane. She took me into a public-house, and gave me a glass of gin and some porter - then she took me into another public-house, in Long-acre, and gave me another glass of gin. I had never drank any before, and this was before breakfast. She took me to King-street, Drury-lane , up-stairs to her apartment. I put her box down in the room; I found myself very ill and giddy - she said I had better lay down on the bed. I was very sick indeed, and she told the landlady I was her brother, or I should not stop. I laid down on the bed and fell a-sleep. I had 5 s. in my breeches pocket, and my watch in my fob; and when I awoke, which was between two and three o'clock in the afternoon, I missed my watch from my fob; the 5 s. was safe. I got off the bed, and an old woman in the room said she did not know what became of the watch. I waited till five o'clock expecting her - she did not come. I went home and told my father - he went to look for the watch, and found it in pawn, I am fifteen years old. Cross-examined by MR. PLATT. Q. You never tasted gin before - A. Never. I was very tipsy; a friend of hers joined us in the street, but my watch was safe when she left us. CHARLES HANSON . I am a pawnbroker, and live in Drury-lane. I have a watch and gold seal, pawned by the prisoner on the 6th of June, in the name of Pike. (Property produced and sworn to.) GUILTY . Aged 32. Transported for Seven Years . First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Recorder
Ellenor Johnstone came to New South Wales in the convict ship "Catherine" and from there on to Tasmania per the convict ship "Kangaroo". She married William Keep (convict per "Calcutta") in Hobart on 26 Dec, 1814. Before 1813 she worked in the country as a servant until sentenced in Dublin City in July of 1813. She departed Falmouth 8 December 1813, arriving on 4 May, 1814. Received Certificate of Freedom in 1820, free by servitude in July 1820. Her master was her husband William Keep. In 1827 she was in trouble for being out after hours and disorderly conduct, being found in a disorderly house between 10 and 11 pm. Case dismissed.