Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Hannah Ludam was transported on the Providence, departing 6th Jun 1821 and arriving 7th Jan 1822 with 103 passengers.
The ship named 'Providence' was built in Calcutta, India in 1808. 649 tons. The 1811 voyage brought many convicts from Ireland to Australia. 73rd Regiment. Also several free settlers. 5-6 deaths on voyage. The ship was lastly scuttled at St. Martin's, Isle of Scilly in 1833.
Providence (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 40 |
| 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
"Hannah is my 3 x grandmother. Beasley family"
Photos
No photos have been added for Hannah Ludam.
Convict Notes
LUDAM Hannah (Ludam) was born about 1796. She produced a child. She was tried at Kingston upon Hull Quarter Sessions Yorkshire on 13 7 1820, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict with her son on 7 1 1822 after a voyage of 7months on PROVIDENCE; she was 4'11.5" freckled complexion dark hair hazel eyes. She married secondly Charles (Beaz/sley his second relationship) with permission on 8 12 1823 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. She is recorded in 1828 as Hannah (Bensley) Free by servitude with her family at Windsor.>>> [Some details taken from this Website] [1.John (Ludam) was born in 1820. He arrived in NSW with his mother on 7 1 1822 after a voyage of 7months on PROVIDENCE. He used the names (Leadun/Ludam/Beasley) during his life.] .. Charles (Beaz/sley) was born on 6 12 1776 & became a stocking weaver. He was tried w/1other for highway robbery, w/2others on 11 7 1793, & stealing money of James (Seyer) & robbery of a store at Old Bailey on 6 12 1793, sentenced to hanging reprieved to Life, held at London Gaol Delivery & hulk STANISLAW & arrived in NSW on 18 5 1798 after a voyage of 8months on BARWELL. He was Free by Servitude by 1806 & was issued his Ticket of Leave in 1806. He receieved his Conditional Pardon on 11 7 1811. He associated firstly with Mary (Thomas) whom he married later on 4 9 1815 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. He is recorded in 1828 as Charles (Bensley) with his family as an innkeeper at Windsor. He died on 30 11 1837 age60 father of 12children. [Some details taken from this Website] Charles (Beasley) & Hannah (Port-so named) produced perhaps 3children: 1.Mary (Beasley) was born on 26 3 1824 & baptised on 25 4 1824 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. She is recorded in 1828 as Mary (Bensley) with her parents at Windsor. She died on 1 7 1906 age82. 2.Kesiah (Beasley) was born on 11 5 1827 & baptised on 24 6 1827 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. She is recorded in 1828 as Kesia (Bensley) with her parents at Windsor. She died on 29 8 1897 age70. =same person? 3.Hannah (Beasley) was born on 11 5 1827 & baptised on 24 6 1827 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. She died on 29 8 1897 age70. -not shown in Smees records =same person? 4.George (Beasley) was born on 21 12 1829 & baptised on 14 2 1830 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. He died, perhaps, on 16 2 1906 age76. .. >>>Hannah (Ludam) married thirdly John (Forrester) on 23 8 1842. She produced 5children in her lifetime. John Herbert (Forrester) was born on 26 5 1797 & baptised on 12 7 1797 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. He married firstly Margaret (McCarthy/Norman her second (2of3) marriage) on 10 8 1818 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. He died on 21 8 1875 age78 father of no known children. Details of John Herbert (Forrester)s family are given BELOW. Reference: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony.
Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: [Ref B1014] Bensley, Hannah, 32 FS, Providence, 1821. With husband Charles [Ref B1013] and 5 children (3 step children and 2 of her own). Charles was an innkeeper at Windsor.
On August 23 1842, Hannah remarried, to John Forrester. John had been born in the colony and was the son of Robert Forrester (First Fleet Convict, Scarborough, 1788) and Elizabeth Ramsay (Second Fleet Convict, Lady Juliana, 1790). John and Hannah did not have children.
Hannah was tried at York, Kingston on Hull on 13 Jul 1820 and was sentenced to seven years transportation. At age 25 she was 4 feet 11 and a half inches tall, had freckles, dark hair and hazel eyes. She arrived in the colony on 7 Jan 1822 on the ship 'Providence'. Hannah's son John born 1820 came to the colony with her. He took the name of Beasley and Leadum or Ludam. Hannah sought permission to marry from the Colonial Secretary on, or it was granted on 6 Nov 1823. She married Charles Beasley (Convict, Barwell, 1798) on December 8 1823 at Windsor. She and Charles had 4 children. Charles died November 30 1837.