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Voyage
Transportation
Margaret Pollitt was transported on the Lord Melville, departing 31st Jul 1816 and arriving 24th Feb 1817 with 104 passengers.
Ship Name: Lord Melville II Rig Type: S. Built: Quebec Build Year: 1825 Size (tons): 425
Lord Melville (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 274 |
| 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
Margaret was a single woman and a weaver from Manchester. She had stolen £25 of bank notes belonging to a Charles Lee. She had previously been imprisoned for the theft of clothing. Along with Sarah Halliwell and Susan Brown- the three women planned an escape attempt through the roof of the dungeon tower at Lancaster Castle- it was quickly thwarted when Sarah confessed the plan to the Governor and Susan was discovered with many escape tools hidden on her person. They left the castle for Sheerness on the 8th July. In 1818, Margaret was in Parramatta and in 1820, in the female factory but by January 1822, she was given permission to marry Augustus Caesar (his names occasionally reversed ), a free Black settler, born at the Cape of Good Hope (Cape Town) on ship- Lynx and they married in August at St Philips. The 1825 muster lists the couple living at King Street, incorrectly listing her husband as Julius Caesar. She was now free by servitude. The 1828 census lists the couple as shopkeepers, still on King Street at its junction with York Street. An advert from the period shows they retailed women's clothing and haberdashery items as well as homewares and preserved goods. By the 1830s they had their own assigned convicts. However, by 1834, the marriage had gone sour as Margaret's husband issued a warning in the newspapers that he would not be held accountable for her and she should not be given any credit and it appears they separated- Augustus later having children with another woman. She was given half the estate but sold it in 1835 for £700. In 1840, Margaret went to the court to successfully claim that the sale of their business and land on York Street was half hers.
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents - Bound Indentures Name; Margaret Pollitt Trade; Weaver Age; 21 [Born about 1796] Remarks; 1173 - Ticket of Leave