Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Sarah Moss was transported on the Fortune And Alexander, departing 31st Dec 1805 and arriving 12th Jul 1806 with 309 passengers.
Fortune And Alexander (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 372 |
| 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
Sarah was a single woman of Manchester. She had stolen a pocketbook from a Thomas Huthersall. She already served a number of six month sentences in the Manchester House Of Correction. She left Lancaster Castle in mid December 1805 with the other women and boarded the ship at Long Reach, Gravesend. Sarah received an absolute pardon in March 1810 and the same month married soldier Charles Fryar/Fryer of the 102nd Regiment (arrived on ship- Salamander with brother(?) Richard Fryer). They had had a son (also Richard) together just a few months before in December 1809. There are strong indications that the family left New South Wales with the regiment onboard either Dromedary or Hindostan in May of that year- the rapid pardon and marriage before departure is common to some of the other women who left with soldiers and land Charles owned at Minto seems to have been passed to a possible older brother- Richard, who was a fellow marine of the 102nd onboard Salamander who did stay in the colony (Charles had also sold him land on Norfolk Island in 1803). There is an 1814 pension record at the Chelsea Royal Hospital for Charles Fryer of the 102nd, aged 43, having lost an eye to infection. Charles was originally from Wotton Under Edge in Gloucestershire and it is possible they moved back to this area, though many other Fryers in this area has made it impossible for me to pinpoint.
Last week, the following female convicts were re- moved from Lancaster Castle, and put on board the ship- Alexander, lying at Long Reach, near Gravesend, bound to New South Wales; viz. Sarah Moss, Elizabeth Brooks, Ann Webb, Elizabeth Buffey, Elizabeth Peterson, and Martha Ogden. Lancaster Gazette, 21 Dec 1805.