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Transportation
Hannah Ravenscroft was transported on the Coromandel And Experiment, departing 31st Oct 1803 and arriving 7th May 1804 with 338 passengers.
Coromandel And Experiment (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 354 |
| 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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"Susannah "Hannah" is my 5th great grandmother"
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Convict Notes
Family connections for Susannah/Hannah (Ravenscroft) are: RAVENSCROFT Susannah/Hannah (Ravenscroft) was born on 18 5 1788. She was tried for stealing, on 21 6 1803, shirt etc of Israel (Watts) probably at Old Bailey, sentenced to 7years, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW as a convict on 7 5 1804 after a voyage of 6months on EXPERIMENT. She was Free by Servitude by 1812. She was recorded in 1828 with her husband & a child. She had a relationship with John (Randall) whom she married on 13 8 1810 at St Matthews CofE Windsor & produced 5children. She died on 24 10 1851 age63 at Castlereagh. [Some details taken from this Website] CCONVICTdone John (Randall) was born about 1775 & became a butcher in London. He was tried for breaking entering stealing, on 15 1 1796, linen handkerchiefs of William (Murray) at Old Bailey on 6 4 1796, sentenced to death commuted to Life, held at London or Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW as a convict on 2 6 1797 after a voyage of 9months on GANGES. He was Free by Servitude by 1805. He was able to purchase 21acres at Richmond, on which he produced grain & carried stock, next to property of sheep pioneer William (Cox). He was employed & lived as butcher in charge at Clarendon abbatoirs; while here he built up his herd of cattle. After 1813 he was off stores. He was issued his Conditional Pardon in 1814; he was 5'7.5" fair/pale sandy hair hazel weak eyes. He was recorded in 1828 with 20acres & house with his wife & a child. He was given/bought 20 & 30acres at Evans Castlereagh & 50acres at Jordan Hill Richmond. He died on 13 10 1859 age84 at Jordan Hill Richmond, father of perhaps 7children, a successful farmer, grazier & butcher. [Some details taken from this Website] Reference: 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.
Hannah (Susannah) married John Randall (Convict, Ganges, 1797). They married at St Matthews, Windsor, 13 August 1810. They had 4 daughters and then a son. Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: [Ref 0115] Randall, Susan, 40, FS, Experiment, 1803 7 years. # Also Randall, John 57, CP, Ganges 1797 and Randall, John, 14, BC.
HANNAH RAVENSCROFT was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 21st of June, a shirt, value 1s. a night-gown, value 1s. 6d. and a cap, value 2s. the property of Israel Watts. Mrs. WATTS sworn. - My husband is a hairdresser , and lives in Church-street, Mile-end , the prisoner was servant in the house where we lodged; I missed the linen off a chest, and saw a part of the cap on her head, I knew it by the lace; she confessed it, and we found a calico gown behind her bed, and a shirt on her; I found some keys on her, which opened my drawers. (The property was produced and identified.) Prisoner's defence. The shirt and cap lay on my bed, and being short of linen, I took the shirt till such time as I had washed my own; the woman saw the cap on my head, it belonged to her; I gave it her, and they took me up for stealing them, which I had not; as for the keys, I know nothing of them. GUILTY, aged 17. Transported for seven years. Second Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Common Serjeant.