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Lydia Munro was transported on the Prince Of Wales, departing 31st Mar 1787 and arriving 22nd Jan 1788 with 60 passengers.
This ship carried only one male convict and 49 female convicts. She was of 350 tons and skippered by Master John Mason. Built at the Thames in 1786. She operated in England until 1797 when her registration was transferred to Fort Royal, Martinique, after which, little is known.
Prince Of WalesReferences
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"Lydia is my 6th great grandmother"
"Lydia is my 5th generation grandmother"
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Convict Notes
Family connections for Lydia (Munro) are: MUNRO Lydia/Lidia/Letitia (Mu/onro/e/w) was born on 27 10 1767 or 1770. She was tried w/1other for stealing linen of James (Rolison) at Kingston upon Thames Surrey on 2/5 4 1787, sentenced to death by hanging reprieved to 7/14years & arrived in NSW on 21 1 1788 as a convict after a voyage of 9months on First Fleet ship PRINCE OF WALES. She was nearly raped by William (Boggis) with assistance of John (Owen) on 12 9 1788, being saved by Donald (Gordon). She had a relationship with Andrew (Good/win/Godin/Gooding) whom she married on 2 3 1790 at St Phillips CofE Port Jackson Sydney. On 4 3 1790 she was sent to Norfolk Island with her family on HMS SIRIUS, arriving on 17 3 1790 (the date of its sinking on reef near Kingston Pier Slaughter Bay)-they produced 11children. Having served her sentence she & son John are recorded as returning to Port Jackson on 6 11 1794 on DAEDALUS; she was joined by her husband & daughter in March 1795. A source gives her return date to Norfolk Island on 31 10 1795 on SUPPLY. She was Free by Servitude by 1798. She is recorded as off stores in February 1805. On 26 12 1807 the family with 7remaining children travelled to Derwent Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) as part of the first evacuation on HMS PORPOISE, arriving on 17 1 1808; to Clarence Plains/Roaches Bay. She & 3of her children are recorded as off stores in Hobart Town on 2 10 1818. She died on 26 6 1856 age86 & was buried at St Davids CofE Hobart. [Some details taken from this Website] CCONVICTdone Andrew (Good/win/Godin/Gooding) was born on 16 9 1764 at Islington England & became a farmer. He was tried for stealing lead w/1other, on 22 6 1784, of Thomas (Wells) at Old Bailey on 7 7 1784, sentenced to 7years, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & hulk CENSOR & arrived in NSW as a convict on 22 1 1788 after a journey of 12months on First Fleet ship SCARBOROUGH. On 4 3 1790 he & his wife & 1child were sent to Norfolk Island on HMS SIRIUS, arriving on 17 3 1790 (the date of its sinking on reef near Kingston Pier Slaughter Bay). On 1 7 1791 he was living on 1acre & in December 1791 on 12acres at Creswell Bay. In 1794 he is recorded as previously a farmer. He is recorded in 1796 as holder of plot no.64 of 60acres in middle of the island southeast of Queensborough. His sentence having expired he & his daughters Mary & Sarah returned to Port Jackson on 5 3 1795 on FANCY to join his wife, returning on the same ship on 4 7 1795. On 16 10 1796 the family (wife & children?) returned to Norfolk Island on HMS SIRIUS where he is recorded as leasing 60acres plot no64 in 1796. He was Free by Servitude by 1798. In February 1805 he is recorded as exconvict/settler on stores & in March 1805 he is recorded as a settler/land owner farming 23acres. He was farming 23acres on Norfolk Island by 26 12 1807 when the family with 7remaining children travelled to Derwent Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) as part of the first evacuation (for which volunteers apparantly had been called with appropriate compensation offerred & for which he may have tried to decline as some successful farmers were asked to stay) on HMS PORPOISE, arriving on 17 1 1808; he was later granted land at Clarence Plains/Roaches Bay. In April 1809 he was farming 46acres at Clarence Plains with William (Hawkins). He is recorded in Hobart Town as off stores on 2 10 1818. He died on 4 8 1835 age70or79 at Clarence Plains & was buried at St Davids CofE Hobart Tasmania. [Some details taken from this Website: where 3entries are found CHECK ALL] References: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony. Irene Schaffer & Thelma McKay 'Exiled Three Times Over! Profiles of Norfolk Islanders Exiled in Van Diemens Land 1807-1813' James Hugh Donohoe 'Norfolk Island 1788-1813-The People and Their Families' Reg Wright 'Forgotten Generation of Norfolk Island & Van Diemens Land'
The following persons were all capitally convicted at Kingston assizes, viz,. Elizabeth Lemmon, Lydia Monro, Frances Hughes, and Ann Forbes, for shoplifting; Charles Farrell, Richard Preston, John Ralph, Joseph Smith, William Wade, and Alexander Falconer, for highway robberies; Thomas Smith, for coining silver; Thomas Powell, William Rymer, Henry Stamford, William Steer, and Anthony Richardson, for house-breaking John Johnson, for a felony George Wood, for sheep-stealing and John Amey, for horse-stealing.—Lemmon, Farrell, Preston. Smith, Powell, Rymer, Ralph, Smith and Johnson, are left for execution, and the 10 others reprieved. Kentish Gazette, 20 Apr 1787
National Archives. HO 47/6/71 1787 Certificate/memorial of Henry Gould and Alexander Thomson on several convicts attainted and for whom 'some favourable Circumstances' appeared after their trial and now recommended for mercy on the conditions set against their names: Surrey Assizes at Kingston, 2 April 1787 4. Ann Forbes and Lydia Monro, for stealing goods, value 20/-, from the shop of James Rolison. Recommendations: Forbes: 7 years transportation: Monro: 14 years transportation.
Lydia "Letitia" Munro is also documented as being born 27/10/1767 (Sourced from Wikitree)
Originally sentence to death, then commuted to 14 years transportation. On the 12 September 1788 - Narrowly escaped being raped by William BOGGIS. She was rescued by Daniel GORDON who beat BOGGIS off with a stick. Married Andrew Goodwin on the 2 March 1790 at Port Jackson. 4 March 1790 - Sent to Norfolk Island on the 'Sirius', along with her husband and child 1 July 1791 - Andrew was supporting his family on a 1 acre lot at Norfolk Island December 1791 - They were settled on 12 acres at Creswell Bay, Norfolk Island 6 November 1794 - Left Norfolk Island on the 'Daedalus', bound for Port Jackson 16 October 1795 - Returned to Norfolk Island on the 'Supply' March 1805 - Andrew held 23 acres, nine of these by lease. August 1807 - He held 23 acres, purchased from a second owner. 26 December 1807 - Left Norfolk Island on the 'Porpoise', bound for Van Diemens Land, with his wife and seven surviving children. April 1809 - He was farming, with a partner, 46 acres at Clarence Plains, VDL