Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Charlotte Pearce was transported on the Broxbournebury, departing 31st Dec 1813 and arriving 28th Jul 1814 with 127 passengers.
Broxbournebury (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 148 |
| 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
Ann "Nancy" Core (nee Brown) accompanied her spouse, James Oxford Core (1767-1807)(convict) as a free settler onboard the "Boddingtons" in 1793. They had two sons; James (1794-1873)m. Maria Bolton (1805-1878) in 1812, and George (1798-1834) m. Charlotte Pearce (alias Hopkins) (convict) in 1817. Ann "Nancy" Core later married a Michael Connolly on Sep 28 1812 at St John's CofE, Parramatta NSW (no issue).
Tried - 2 June 1813 Middlesex Charlotte was aged 20 when she appeared on a stealing charge in 1813. John Haywood alleged that he met Charlotte in the street and walked with her into an alley, where they talked. After a few minutes she ran off and he noticed his gold watch and purse were missing. The purse contained £17 and 8 shillings and later a publican from the Feathers hotel remembered Charlotte cashing a £10 note. Charlotte, a servant, was found guilty and sentenced to 7 years transportation to NSW. On her arrival in Sydney on the Broxbornebury, Charlotte was sent to the Female Factory at Parramatta. In 1817 she applied for permission from the Governor to marry a free man, George Core (or Corr/Carr/Care) (1795-?). This was granted and they wed at St Johns Church Parramatta in May of that year. George was the son of Ann Core, who had travelled to the Colony as a convict in 1793 in the Boddingtons from Ireland and her son George had been born in Sydney. He worked at Prospect as a labourer and later as a Constable. In 1824 George petitioned the Governor for a land grant. There is no record of the couple living together or children born to them. In 1825 Charlotte received a replacement COF and she is described as being 4’11” tall, with fair complexion, brown hair and hazel eyes. She was residing in Sydney while her spouse was at Parramatta. It is not known what happened to Charlotte Core (nee Pearce or Hopkins) after that date. George Core was living alone and his occupation at Prospect was a labourer for John Tarlington in 1828. His later fate is not known. Notes from the book “Journey to a New Life…” the story of the ships Emu & Broxbornebury by Elizabeth Hook (3rd ed. 2014). I am the author & can be contacted on tbeth3370@gmail.com for further info