Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Esther Jones was transported on the Admiral Gambier And Aeolus, departing 30th Jun 1808 and arriving 20th Dec 1808 with 280 passengers.
Admiral Gambier And Aeolus (generic)References
| Primary Source | A calendar of all the Crown prisoners contained in HM Gaol in the Castle of Lancaster. Aug 1807 and Registers of Certificates of Freedom, 4 Feb 1810 - 26 Aug 1814 New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930 |
| 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
Originally from Cheshire, Esther stole a handkerchief from the shop of Ann Hampson at Manchester, she had several past appearances in court for theft. She is on muster rolls in Sydney for some years but in 1814 sucessfully petitioned the governor for permission to rejoin her husband and child at the Derwent in Van Diemans Land as her sentence had been completed. Her ticket of leave (8/640) was granted in Feb 1814 and she was described as 5ft, brown eyes, black hair and a dark complexion and 'good looking'. She was 27 at this point and a fustian cotton worker and lists the Dewent in Van Diemans Land as her home. However she later returns to Sydney (if indeed she did go to VDL) as she appears on lists for both 1817, 18, 20. She has a final brush with the law and is briefly imprisoned in 1835 and pays bail. leaving after two days in Sydney jail.