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Voyage
Transportation
Ann Rochfort was transported on the Britannia Iii, departing 31st Dec 1797 and arriving 18th Jul 1798 with 102 passengers.
Third voyage to Australia. Arrived in Sydney Cove on 18 July 1798 1814 voyage departed from Bengal with 10 male convicts. All tried in India.
Britannia Iii (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 239 (120) |
| 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
From the Old Bailey: ANN ROCHFORT was indicted for feloniously stealing on the 12th of December , fourteen yards of silk ribband, value 14s. the property of Thomas Smith , privately in his shop . THOMAS SMITH sworn. - I am a haberdasher and hosier , in Oxford-street : On the 12th of December, the prisoner came in to see some ribbands, she had a drawer put before her, I showed her them, she did not buy any, she looked them over, I never saw her before to my knowledge; I saw her take one piece, I missed two; I followed her a few yards from the door, and stopped her, one of my young women searched her, Nancy Wintersdale , I was present; she found two pieces of ribband upon her, they are my property, there is my own shop mark upon them, she denied having taken them, she acknowledged it afterwards, they cost me 7s. NANCY WINTERSDALE sworn. - I searched the prisoner, and found two lengths of ribband in her pocket; I never saw her before to my knowledge. Prisoner's defence. The constable took away two shawls from me, that is all I have to say. GUILTY, (Aged 16.) Of stealing, but not privately, in the shop . Transported for seven years . Ann was married to or lived with Thomas Priest (Neptune, Scarborough, Surprize 1789) in Sydney. They had a son Thomas Jnr - in 1802 Thomas’s name first appeared on the Norfolk Island Victualling List receiving rations for seven days from 25 December to 31 December 1802, along with Catherine Rochford and their son, Thomas.2. Thomas was an overseer of blacksmiths. Three more sons were born to them while living on the island. On their arrival in Van Diemen’s Land Thomas was granted 42 acres of land in the Argyle-Hobart Parish. Six more children were born between 1810-1822 but unfortunately two girls, Ann aged two years and Charlotte nine years, died in infancy. They were buried in St. David’s Cemetery, Hobart Town. No record of a marriage for Thomas and Catherine was found but when their daughter Sarah was baptised in 1815, the certificate stated ‘married Norfolk Island’ but Catherine was still using the name Rochford in 1821.
Buried at St Davids, Hobart, Tasmania Wife of convict Thomas Priest 1755-1851