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Voyage
Transportation
Ellen Partridge was transported on the Brothers, departing 20th Nov 1823 and arriving 5th Apr 1824 with 91 passengers.
Brothers (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 109 (56) |
| 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
Ellen, her mother Mary and older sister, also Mary, were all charged with burgling Richard Donovan's house at Liverpool, stealing 10 sovereigns, large amounts of clothing and shoes, bedding and other articles along with Jane Miller and Ellen Meadows. Mary senior and Mary junior were both found guilty and sentenced to death, commuted to life transportation but Ellen was acquitted and left to return to Liverpool where her older brother John remained. Just four months later, Ellen was convicted at Liverpool Borough Quarter Sessions of theft of clothing with a group of other young people including her brother John and was sent to Lancaster Castle, reuniting with her mother and sister in jail. There a description of her was taken, she was born at Liverpool, had a pale complexion, dark grey eyes, dark hair, a cut on forehead, two moles on neck and was a single woman. A further jail report describes her as 'indifferent' whilst awaiting transportation. Ellen and her sister were to be transported first, their mother at 52 was probably unlikely to have been transported due to her age but personally asked to be sent (presumably to be with her daughters) and followed the next year. John, her brother, was sent to the hulk 'Captivity' and after five years, was eventually granted a free pardon in 1828. Elizabeth Fry recorded that the Lancaster women (including Ellen and Mary) arrived at the ships chained together with iron hoops around their arms and legs which required all to move at once if they needed to get up or down). Whilst at sea, Ellen's sister Mary, believing themselves separated forever from their mother was recorded slowly giving up through depression and existing health conditions and died at sea. Ellen, was described as 'a girl of different' habits by the ship's surgeon, she was not expected to pine away from grief unlike her sister who had been very close to their mother. In Tasmania, Ellen was assigned to Thomas Wells and his wife at Allanvale. In December 1825, Ellen had gained word that her mother Mary had arrived in New South Wales and was at Newcastle and received permission to go and join her there. The Wells however, decided they could not spare her but finally relented in January 1827 and in August 1827, Ellen finally sailed on the 'Governor Ready' to join her mother at the Hunter's River who was assigned to Commander William Ogilvie. Ellen also went into service with the Ogilvies. The following year the 1828 census shows Ellen at the Ogilivies and her mother now in service in Camden. Ellen held a ticket of leave. Ellen Married William Simpson (ship- Speke) at Merton estate, Denman (belonging to the Ogilvies) in October 1829. The following year in 1830 she was free by servitude and they had a son, Thomas. In 1831 Ellen was rewarded with £1 15 shillings by the Ladies' Committee of the Female Factory for having completed three years service with Mrs Ogilvie and she received her certificate of freedom. Over the next fifteen years, the couple had a further seven children as they moved to Wollombi then Jerrys Plains, also in the Hunter Valley, where they ran a shop and later a pub. Mary senior lived and worked with them and passed away in 1851, aged 76. Three years later in August 1854, Ellen and William were in court, accused of robbing a customer of his money and possessions. The case fell through when the prosecutor was revealed to have been drinking heavily for the week in their inn. Ellen passed away at home at the Plough Inn aged 47 just a few months after in December that year 'after a long and painful illness of two months duration'. She was possibly buried in Jerrys Plains Old Anglican Cemetery.
Tasmanian Record. Ellen Partridge, convict, (arrived in colony per Brothers), Departed from VDL per Governor Ready, 23 Aug 1827, bound to Port Jackson. ----------------------------------------------------
Colonial Secretary Index. PARTRIDGE, Ellen. Daughter of Mary Partridge, per "Grenada", 1825. 1825 May 14 Re application to join her mother (Reel 6014; 4/3514 p.299) 1825 Oct 7 Prisoner in Van Diemen's Land. Petition by William Ogilvie to have Ellen Partridge returned to Sydney and assigned to him (Reel 6064; 4/1788 p.11) 1825 Dec 14 Re permission to be transmitted to Sydney (Reel 6016; 4/3516 p.163) 1825 Dec 16 Re passage to Sydney (Reel 6019; 4/3522 p.191)
Lancaster Assizes. John Craven, 23, John Walker, 18, Jane Miller, 17, Ellen Meadows, 20, Mary Partridge, sen.,52, Mary Partridge, jun., 17, and Ellen Partridge, 14, for a burglary in the house of Richard Donovan, at Liverpool, and stealing ten sovereigns, and various other property. Lancaster Gazette, 29 April 1823.
Tasmanian Convict Conduct Record. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON40-1-7$init=CON40-1-7p175 No 25, Ellen Partridge, Brothers, 1824. Tried Liverpool 21 July 1823, 7 years. Transported for Felony. Gaol report, very indifferent, Ships report, Good. Confession torn out, supposed by A. J. Batchelor, Clerk in Police Office. No further information on record.
The women were almost invariably more or less ironed, sometimes cruelly so. There is in existence a list of the names of women, received in irons, on board the Brothers, which sailed in 1823; it was taken down at the time, by direction of Mrs. Fry, in order that a represention might be made upon the subject to the Government. By this list, it appears that twelve arrived on board handcuffed. Eleven women from Lancaster were sent to the ship 'iron-hooped round their legs and arms, and chained to each other. The complaints of these women were very mournful, they were not allowed to get up or down from the coach without the whole being dragged together; some of them had children to carry, they received no help, or alleviation to their suffering. The women from Lancaster included Mary Ann the wife of James Anderson, Mary McCawley, Ann Mullen, Mary Partridge the younger and Ellen Partridge. https://www.jenwilletts.com/convict_ship_brothers_1824.htm -------------------------------------------------- Sister of Mary Partridge, who died on the voyage.