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Ann Morgan was transported on the Lady Juliana, departing 31st May 1789 and arriving 3rd Jun 1790 with 247 passengers.
Launched 1777, 401 ton barque, built at Whitby, England. Departed Portsmouth, England on 29 July 1789, via Cape of Good Hope for Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia on 3 June 1790. 1790 voyage carried 226 female passengers (convicts)- 5 of whom died on the trip. 6 children also on board. Significant because it was the first ship to bring all female women to the Colony.
Lady JulianaReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 16 |
| 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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Old Bailey Online ANN MORGAN. Theft; grand larceny (to 1827). 25th June 1788. Text type Trial account Defendants ANN MORGAN Offences Theft > Grand larceny Session Date 25th June 1788 Reference Number t17880625-70 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 472. ANN MORGAN was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 25th of June , a half-guinea, and 2 s. in monies numbered , the property of William Beeson . WILLIAM BEESON sworn. I am a porter at an inn, I had been with a parcel to Bethnal Green, as I was coming back again past the end of Beech-lane , the prisoner stopped me, and asked me where I was going, I told her where all honest people ought to be; she said come along with me Ned, I had not been with her a minute, before I missed a half-guinea of the new coin, and 2 s. out of my breeches-pocket. When had you seen the money? - When I was at Bethnal Green, and I had never had my hand in my pocket for any thing from that time till I met with her, I charged her with it, and she said she would poke my bloody eve out, for accusing her with a false accusation, that though she was a woman, she had fought a better man than I; the watchman came by, and I gave charge of her; there was 2 s. found in her pocket, and a half-guinea of the new coin inclosed in her left-hand between two fingers. JOHN NIWMAN sworn. I was the constable of the night, I observed that the prisoner when she was brought to the watch-house, she kept two of her fingers closed, I opened them and took out a half-guinea of the new coin, and 2 s. out of her pocket. PRISONER's DEFENCE. It was my own money, I did not take any from the man. GUILTY . Transported for seven years . Tried by the second London Jury before Mr. RECORDER