Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Ellen Redchester was transported on the Charlotte, departing 13th May 1787 and arriving 22nd Jan 1788 with 111 passengers.
Being 335 tons, 105 ft long and 28 ft at the beam, The Charlotte held 88 male and 20 female convicts. Built in 1784 and Skippered by Master Thomas Gilbert, her return to England saw her doing the London - Jamacia run until she was sold to a Quebec merchant in 1818 and was then lost off the coast of Newfoundland that very same year.
CharlotteReferences
| Primary Source | Find A Grave. Gillen, Mollie; The Founders of Australia, A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet. James Smee in 'Births & Baptisms Marriages & Defacto Relationships Deaths & Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' 'Index to Miscellaneous Family History Magazines to 2003' Eleanor family mentioned in 'Family Tree (Blue Mountains)' 5/94 |
Claims
"6th great grandmother"
"William and Ellen Redchester=parents in law to Elizabeth McGrath my 4xGGrandmother"
"Ellen Redchester and William Morgan are my husband's 5x great grandparents via dau Sarah Morgan."
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Convict Notes
Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: [RefM2963] Morgan, Eleanor, 64, FS, Charlotte, 1788, 7 years, Protestant. Holding 20 acres, all cleared and cultivated. # Her Son Richard, aged 22 was living with her at this time.
Ellen was sentenced at Manchester Sessions in January 1787 for the theft of several pieces of material. She was tried with William Fraser (Convict, Charlotte?, 1788) and they were found guilty and sentenced to transportation for a term of 7 years. She was stated to be "Ellen Fraser, alias Ellen Redchester, of Manchester, singlewoman. So probably was not formally married to William. Ellen was originally transported on the "Prince of Wales" but it would seem that she was one of several woman who were shifted to alternate vessels whilst in the Cape of Good Hope. Ellen completed her voyage in Charlotte. Ellan and William had at least 1 child left behind when they were transported and had a further two sons in the colony before his untimely death; Jun 13 1791. Sometime after that date Ellen formed a liason with one William Morgan a private in the NSW corps, he had come to the colony in the second fleet, aboard "Neptune". Ellen and William Morgan had 5 children. William himself died in 1828.