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Transportation
Margaret Miller was transported on the Nile, Canada And Minorca, departing 31st May 1801 and arriving 14th Dec 1801 with 305 passengers.
Nile, Canada And Minorca (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 296 |
| 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
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Age; 18
George Higgins: 1824: Newcastle (Hunter River) Population Book, 1824 - Ancestry Details: Born c. 1789. Employed as constable at the 1st branch of the Hunter River Resided with his wife Margaret Higgins. July 1827: Port Stephens - Burials - Age: 41. Occupation: constable Source: Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle . Burials p.3 20/8/1827: Patterson’s Plains - Deceased. Position of constable and scouger taken by William Smith.
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 08 March 2021), December 1800, trial of MARGARET MILLER (t18001203-27). MARGARET MILLER, Violent Theft > highway robbery, 3rd December 1800. 27. MARGARET MILLER was indicted for making an assault in the King's highway, on the 15th of November , upon Edward Gifford , putting him in fear, and taking from his person a silver watch, value 30s. the property of the said Edward. EDWARD GIFFORD sworn. - I am servant to Mr. Gibson, linen-draper, in St. Martin's-lane. Q. How old are you? - A. Fifteen; I was sentof an errand to Red-lion-street, Holborn, on Saturday, the 15th of November, between ten and eleven in the evening: upon my return home, I had to call in Plumbtree-street; I came home through Dyot-street , where I was met by two girls; they stopped me, shoved me up against the wall, and the prisoner snatched the watch out of my pocket, and gave it to the other; I immediately got hold of her, and told her I insisted upon having the watch. Q. Did the other hold you at all? - A. Yes; she said; she had not got the watch, nor did not know any thing about it; I told her she had it, and if she would not give it me, I would charge the watch with her; I then called the watchman, and he came and took her; I have never found my watch again. Q. Did you speak to these girls first, or did they speak to you first? - A. No, they spoke to me; they wanted me to go a little way with them, for they wanted to speak to me, and, upon my refusing to go, they shoved me up against the wall immediately. ARTHUR O'LEARY sworn. - I am a watchman: Just after I had cried the hour of ten o'clock, I heard the cry of watchman; I took charge of the prisoner, and took her to the watch-house, that is all I know of it. Prisoner's defence. I have nothing to say; there was another woman with him before I came up. For the Prisoner. ANTHONY WALKER sworn. - I am a tailor, I have known the prisoner from a child, her father died about six months ago; he knew she was a girl that had not acted circumspect, and he made over his property to a younger daughter, and this girl was left unprovided for; I took her into my house, and she might have defrauded me if she had chose so to do; I always found her honest. GUILTY Death, aged 18. First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Justice Rooke. -------------------------------------------------- Parramatta Marriage Records. George Higgins, convict, per Anne, age 26, and Margaret Miller, convict, per Nile, age 32, were married by Banns at St Johns Parramatta, 7 May 1816, Both of St John’s. -------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary Index. MILLER, Margaret or HIGGINS. Per "Nile", 1801 1823 Mar 22 - Re enquiry into particulars (Reel 6010; 4/3508 p.20) 1823 Jun 20 - Forwarded to Sydney Gaol; to join her husband George Higgins at Port Macquarie (Reel 6057; 4/1768 p.166) 1823 Jun 23 - Petition to leave Sydney Gaol to purchase necessaries before proceeding to Port Macquarie to join her husband (Fiche 3235; 4/1870 p.35) Details of George Higgins: HIGGINS, George. Per "Anne", 1810 1818 Nov - Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3186; 4/1855 p.134) 1820 Dec 29 - On list of prisoners transported to Newcastle per "Lady Nelson" (Reel 6007; 4/3503 p.1) 1825 Apr 22 - On return of persons on Police Establishment for the Counties of Northumberland and Durham who are entitled to salaries (Reel 6068; 4/1812 p.51) 1825 May 18 - On return of constables for the Counties of Northumberland & Durham (Fiche 3302; 4/7419.1 p.16)