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Transportation
Jane Lee was transported on the Buffalo, departing 4th May 1833 and arriving 5th Oct 1833 with 183 passengers.
1833 - Voyage. Transported; 179 Female Convicts and 25 Children 1839 - Voyage. On 28th September 1839, the Ship Buffalo left Quebec, Canada, taking 144 prisoners to Van Diemen’s Land and New South Wales, following the Patriot War in Canada in 1837-38. Some of the prisoners were French Canadians patriots and others were American patriots, captured after the Battle of the Windmill. The Ship went first to Van Diemens Land, arriving at Hobart on 11th February 1840, where most of the American prisoners were landed, and then went on to Sydney, arriving on 26th February 1840, where the 58 French speaking prisoners were landed. They were separated mainly because there was hostility between the Americans from Lower Canada and the Canadians from Upper Canada. The prisoners were in the main, literate, idealistic and honest men.
BuffaloReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 89 (46) |
| 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
Information placed by "ünknown"regarding Jane Lee is incorrect. Jane Lee, my great great grandmother, after arriving in NSW,on HMS Buffalo, was assigned to ?Cowper. She met my great great grandfather, William Hamilton, a free settler, whom she married at Bong Bong,with the Rev. J. Vincent officiating,on 6/8/1834. at that place. She was a widow at the time of her 2nd marriage, having been married previously to Thomas Lee Lancaster. Her maiden name was Jane Stringer which she did not mention, nor did she mention Thomas Lee Lancaster, her first husband.. After living in NSW for some time, Hamiltons overlanded to Broadford, where they settled. Jane died on 19/10/1861 and is buried in Kilmore general cemetery, together with her 2nd husband, William Hamilton. Jane and William Hamilton had one son, William Campbell Hamilton, born at Chatsbury on 6/10/1834. Copies of all documents can be provided by Dorothy Wettenhall.
Jane Lee was transported for stealing from her Master, William Haynes, 1 sheet value 7s., and2 shifts value 8s. For her defence she said she was forced, by the death of her husband, to pawn many things of her own, and said she was innocent of taking the goods. The Old Bailey records her as 34 years old in 1833, but on the medical reports for the Buffalo:- Jane Lee, aged 26; sick or hurt, complains of headache, pains of the loins, thirst and other symptons of pyrexia (fever), also severe pain of the throat on attempting to swallow. The tonsils on both sides are much inflamed and swollen, put on sick list 2/8/1833, discharged 12/8/1833. Convict Death Register: 6/11/1833 (date of burial) Died District/Parish Sydney. Dr. Mitchell.