Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Elizabeth Morris 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 | Smee, CJ; Third Fleet Families of Australia, 1991 |
Claims
"Elizabeth is my 6x Great Grandmother"
"Elizabeth is my 4th GG on mother's side."
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Convict Notes
Born at Hawksbury, Gloucestershire, England to John Morris & Sarah Morris (Collins). She was 10 years old when tried & acquitted of a felony at Bristol. At age 12 she was convicted, along with two men John Clements & John Rossiter Transported with 149 other women on Mary Ann - the first ship in the Third Fleet.
Elizabeth was very young when transported. She was in a relationship with John Dalton (Convict; Albermarle, 1791) C1792. She was aged about 17 and he about 16 at the time! They had one child, Hannah Dalton born 1793. Elizabeth then married William Kentwell (Convict; Admiral Barrington 1791) 4 January 1796, ceremony at Parramatta. They had 5 children. However, William died in the 1809 floods. Elizabeth then was in a relationship with Murty Shields (Convict; Anne 1801) and they had a son born 1813. Elizabeth then re-married, this time to Thomas Thompkins (Convict; Fortune 1813). The marriage was 21 August 1820 at Parramatta, NSW. The couple had 2 children, prior to the legal marriage.