Summary
Personal Information
Transportation
Selina Jones was transported on the Grenada, departing 1st Sep 1826 and arriving 23rd Jan 1827 with 88 passengers.
Grenada (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 67 (35) |
| 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
"Selina Jones was my 4th great-grandmother."
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Convict Notes
Sessions Intelligence. At Bristol, the following prisoners were sentenced Transportation.— … Seven years: Selina Jones, aged 17, and Margaret Evans, aged 16, for stealing a stuff pelisse from Eliza Vewles : (Jones, on leaving the bar, cried out: There's plenty of law, but d —d little justice.].. Bath Chronicle, 13 April 1826.
23/04/1833 - Certificate of Freedom granted. (Sydney Gazette & NSW Advertiser 25/04/1833).
23/04/1833 - Certificate of Freedom granted. (Sydney Gazette & NSW 25/04/1833).
Selina married John Spinks (son of Ann Spinks convict, arrived on the Morley 1820) 5 November 1827 in Parramatta. They moved to the Hunter Valley in 1828. They had 8 children;John died 1842 and Selina remarried in 1843 in East Maitland. She and Bartholomew Carey (convict, arrived 1835 on Lady MCNaughten) had three children. He died in 1875 in Singleton. Selina lived until 1901 and died in Singleton aged 93.