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Transportation
Ann Noble was transported on the Northampton, departing 30th Nov 1814 and arriving 18th Jun 1815 with 112 passengers.
Northampton (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 189 (96). Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. |
| 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
It is likely that the child who died on the ship, was not the child of his Ann Noble, but was the child of a free woman, Ann Noble, also on the ship, who travelled with her son George and the child, William, who died and was buried at Gravesend. Ann was travelling to join her husband John Noble, a convict who arrived per Indefatigable.
1828 Census Index. Robert Noble, age 54, F.S. Mqs. Wellington, 1815, protestant, Liverpool district. Ann Noble, age 35, F.S. Northampton, 1815, 14 years, protestant. --------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Her husband Robert Noble arrived per Marquis of Wellington, in 1815, not Indefatigable, as suggested above.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Ann Noble, age on arrival, 32, per Northampton 1815, Tried at Devon Assizes, England, 1814, 14 years, DOB, 1783, Native place, Armagh, Needleworker.
Ann Noble is on the 1828 census age 35 with husband Robert. no children
Ann Noble’s path to Australia can be traced from records and reports. * During August 1813, she was charged with uttering forged notes and put into Exeter Jail. Her son William, referred to above, would have been very young, around one year old. * At Exeter she faced trial at the Lent Exeter Assizes commencing Monday 21 March 1814 * She remained in Exeter Gaol for fifteen months in total until she was taken (usually this was overland) to be put on the convict ship for NSW. * By 20 November she’d been taken from Exeter to Deptford, out of London, where the Northampton was embarking female prisoners.(newspaper reports through November of other women being removed from county gaols and sent to Deptford. * 16 December 1814 – the ship had obviously moved off from Deptford and was at Gravesend down the Thames by mid December when Ann Noble’s little boy died and was buried in the Gravesend churchyard (per information above). Public Ledger, London 31 August 1813 p.3 "Offences "A woman called Ann Noble, wife of R Noble, private in the Monaghan Militia, has been detected in endeavouring to circulate forged Bank of England notes in the neighbourhood of Plymouth. being discovered, she made her escape to the barracks whither she was traced by the constables, who look her into custody, and also seized on the person of her husband, two notes of a similar description. They are badly executed, and among other defects, the word pound is used instead of pound." Exeter Flying Post, Thurs 17 March 1814, p.4 "The judges of assize will arrive in this city on Saturday next, they go to the Cathedral on Sunday and the business of the courts will commence at the Castle on Monday morning, before Sir John Bailey, and Sir Henry Dampier, knights, when the following prisoners are to be tried: "Ann Noble and Robert Noble, for uttering counterfeit Bank of England notes; " In NSW her husband is recorded as "John Noble" who arrived in NSW per Indefatigable in April 1815, shortly before Ann. When Ann was put on board the 'Northampton' at Deptford during November 1814, she would have learned from the women from Newgate that the Bank of England gave some financial assistance to women like her convicted of note forgery. So she wrote a letter to the Bank of England requesting assistance. From Deidre Palk, ed, "Prisoners Letter to the Bank of England": "192. [F25/3/50] Ann Noble, Northampton transport ship, Deptford, 20 November 1814 The humble petition of Ann Noble This is to inform you that I have been confined in Exeter Goal for 15 Months on account of uttering a forged note upon the Bank of England and your petitioner being in great distress and no friends to releive [sic] her humbly solicits your benevolence in her behalf and your petitioner will in Duty bound to pray Ann Nobel" "Annotated: £5 to be given to her, Ann Noble's own signature and identification of notes given." The book editor notes that the signature was Ann's in her own hand which probably indicates that the writing is different to the letter which therefore would be written by someone else on her behalf.
Have just found in Church Records what I believe to be her 2 year old son William. Buried Gravesend St Georges Church on the 16th of Dec 1814,from the Ship "Northampton" I note the Ship left Portsmouth,she must have left Gravesend for Portsmouth on her way out to Australia. Hope this helps someone. John Sowter