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Susan Roberts was transported on the Glatton, departing 31st Aug 1802 and arriving 11th Mar 1803 with 405 passengers.
Glatton (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 323 (161) |
| 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
Susan is mentioned in the 1805-06 Muster: [A3827 page 92]. However, she is wrongly identified as Susan Roberts, William Pitt, Living with Michael Burn. Then the second entry [C1056 page 173] has her as Susan Roberts, Glatton, a concubine with 2 male children. Susan lived with Michael Byrne (Convict, Minerva, 1800) and the couple had twin sons (William and Michael, born in 1807. Susan is again identified in the 1811 Muster [4982 page 108] Susannah Roberts, Glatton, tried Apr 1801, Middlesex. She does not appear in the 1814 Muster or the 1828 Census. She seems to have been married to Michael Byrne in April 1815 at Parramatta. Michael also id=s not listed in the 1828 Census. Her two sons, are however listed in the Census; William aged 21 [B3657 page 76] with his wife Ann, and two children (Susannah and Michael). His twin Michael is listed in the same family group [B3661 page 76], clearly unmarried. Young William's wife, Ann Byrne was the daughter of the Exiled Irish Rebel Hugh Vesty Byrne (Exile, Tellicherry, 1806) and his wife Sarah Dwyer (Exile, Tellicherry, 1806).
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 06 July 2020), April 1801, trial of SUSAN ROBERTS (t18010415-127). SUSAN ROBERTS, Theft > grand larceny, 15th April 1801. 421. SUSAN ROBERTS was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 3d of April , a deal box, value 2s. a silk handkerchief, value 3s. a muslin handkerchief, value 1s. a cap, value 1s. a child's hat, value 6d. a flannel petticoat, value 6d. an apron, value 6d. and a bed-gown, value 6d. the property of Mary Hamilton , widow . MARY HAMILTON sworn. - I am a widow; I live in Buckeridge-street, St. Giles's : On the 3d of April I lost a deal box, containing the articles mentioned in the indictment; the prisoner lodged with me five weeks; on Good-Friday I got up at five o'clock in the morning, and found the door open, and the prisoner gone; the watchman stopped the prisoner with the box; I saw her and the box at the watch-house. ARTHUR O'LEARY sworn. - I am a watchman: I stopped the prisoner with a box, about five minutes past three o'clock in the morning, in Church-street, St. Giles's, she was standing at a door; I asked her what she had got behind her; she said it was a box belonging to her brother; she told me she had brought it from Buckeridge-street, and she did not know rightly what house it was; I took her to the watch-house; she went very quietly to the watch-house, and carried the box upon her head; I have had the box ever since. (Produces the box, which was deposed to by the prosecutrix). Prisoner's defence. She pawned my gown, and I afterwards saw it upon her daughter's back; and I afterwards called to see her, and she gave me the box. GUILTY , aged 18. Transported for seven years . First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Common Serjeant.