Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Elizabeth Mitchell was transported on the Mary Anne, departing 16th Feb 1791 and arriving 9th Jul 1791 with 28 passengers.
Built in France 1772 of 298 Tons first sailed as a British convict ship from Portsmouth 16/02/1791.
Mary Anne (generic)References
| Primary Source | private correspondence with a descendant. Also familysearch.org ID 97ZC-3BL |
Claims
"Jan Downey (Watson)"
"Elizabeth Mitchell is my direct descendent (7 Generations) on my mother's father's side."
"Elizabeth Mitchel is my 7th great grandmother and her daughter Elizabeth Mitchel Field were both convicted for breaking into same house stealing five cheeses I cannot find anymore on her life here"
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Convict Notes
Elizabeth Sarah Mitchell from https://www.distantfield.com.au known as Betty Mitchell, was convicted on 6 March 1790 at the Assizes. Her crime was aiding and abetting in breaking into a dwelling in Studley, North Wiltshire, and the stealing of 5 cheeses and sundry other articles. Though recorded details differ on this question, her trial was most likely at Salisbury. She was sentenced to 7 years transportation. ELIZABETH was transported on the Mary Ann, arriving Sydney 9 July 1791. ELIZABETH (SARAH) MITCHELL's first child, a daughter named SARAH, was born 19 May 1792, the father being one JAMES WILSON (black) arrived on the Royal Admiral 1792. It seems likely that about that time ELIZABETH (SARAH) was assigned to EDWARD FIELD. The first four children of ELIZABETH and EDWARD were born out of wedlock, a not uncommon occurrence in the very early days of the Colony of New South Wales. In early 1805, they married at St John's Church at Parramatta. ELIZABETH (SARAH) is sometimes recorded as Elizabeth (or Betty) Dixon, and it is sometimes claimed that this was her maiden name. Those who undertook the basic research for this site know of no evidence that ELIZABETH's maiden name was Dixon, and indeed the evidence is otherwise. The name Dixon as it applies to ELIZABETH MITCHELL comes to us from Thomas Davies Mutch, the compiler of the "Mutch Index". Where Mutch got it from is not known. A likely source of the name is either an alias or an early association of ELIZABETH's. Though troubled by serious flooding, the farm at Castlereagh was obviously a success. In The Gazette of 5 February 1809 it was advertised for sale. The advertisement describes it as "a capital farm at the Nepean ... in praise of which too much cannot be said (including) upwards of an acre ... laid out in an orchard containing some of the best trees any where to be procured, of the orange, lemon, peach and other kinds (as well as) a public pound". Both EDWARD and ELIZABETH are buried in the old Castlereagh cemetery, which is located near the junction of Church Street and East Wilchard Road, Castlereagh. ELIZABETH used the name SARAH from time to time, but no evidence has been found that it was ever formally one of her names.
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155594264/elizabeth-field Elizabeth Mitchell Field. Born Wiltshire 1770. Died 24 June 1837, Burial Ground Castlereagh Burial Ground, Nsw. Husband, Edward Field Sr., born England 1768. Death, 21 Jan 1826, Castlereagh. M. 1805.
NSW 1828 Census Index. Elizabeth Field, age 57, F.S. per Mary Anne, 1791, protestant, Landholder, Evan district. Has 32 acres of land, 20 of which are cleared and cultivated. Has 3 horses and 9 cattle. William Field, age 22, B.C. Also listed in the Index are possible son Edward : Edward Field, age 31, B.C. protestant, Farmer, Evan district. Has 150 acres of land, 110 of which are cleared and 66 cultivated. Has 19 horses, 130 cattle and 260 sheep. Maria Field, age 32, C.F. Minorca, 1801. Elizabeth Field, age 10, B.C. Eliza Field, age 9, B.C. Lydia Field, age 7, B.C. Francis Field, age 5, B.C. James Field, age 3, B.C. Lucy Anne Field, age 2, B.C. Edward junior, age 6 months, B.C. and possibly another son, George: George Field, age 25, B.C., protestant, Farmer, Evan district, has 40 acres of land, 30 of which are cleared and 20 cultivated. Has 1 horse, 4 cattle and 40 sheep. Elizabeth Field, age 22, B.C.
The marriage details are incorrect. She married Edward Field and had 8 children
She married fellow convict John Baker in 1826 at PARAMATTA and had 4 children.