Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Sarah Phillips was transported on the Lord Sidmouth, departing 7th Sep 1822 and arriving 27th Feb 1823 with 98 passengers.
A Barque built in Jersey (Briton) 1815. Tonnage 194. Built by Matthew le Boeuf. Three (3) voyages to Australia transporting convicted persons. (The 1821 does not yet have complete details on this web site.)
Lord Sidmouth (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 197 (99) |
| 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 |
Claims
"Sarah is my 4th Great-Grandmother"
"Sarah Phillips is my 3rd Great Grandmother"
"Sarah is my five times great grandmother:)"
"Sarah Phillips was my second Great Grandmother her daughter Rose was my Great Grandmother"
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Convict Notes
SARAH PHILLIPS married JAMES RATCLIFFE in Hobart, Tasmania, on 1 March 1824 when she was 21 years old. In August 1825 James applied for a grant of land and in his petition stated that he was free by servitude and had been in the employ of Hugh Germain, a farmer of Muddy Plains, since his arrival in the Colony in 1817. He had a wife and one child, and cultivated three acres of unlocated land on the South side of Ralphs Bay, on which he had erected a weatherboard and shingle house. He also possessed a hundred sheep. The Land Board recommended that he be granted an additional fifty acres, and this was approved by Lieutenant-Governor Arthur. (OSO 1/361/8279). In April 1831 he applied for more land, but the application was not recomended by the Land Board. By 1826 he had three children, the eldest of whom was six years old. (CSO 1/467/10342). In May 1832, Ratcliffe received the reward of £25 for capturing the bushranger, John Chadwick, single handed. (CS01/592/13460) The State Library of Tasmania, Hobart. James Ratcliff died at York Plains and was buried on the 9th of March, 1837, Sarah kept the eldest son James to help on the farm and the two youngest children John and Joseph to stay with her. Robert Felix, William Marshall and Phoebe Elizabeth were taken to the Queens Orphan School by Sarah in 1837. Phoebe Elizabeth and her brother Robert Felix were collected by their mother when she remarried to Thomas Blake in 1840. William Marshall had absconded and returned home that year. Free by Servitude 30 April 1828 Certificate of Freedom issued 19 March 1831 SARAH PHILLIPS married THOMAS MICHAEL BLAKE on 22 November 1840 when she was 38 years old. SARAH PHILLIPS married RICHARD ENGLISH in 1844 when she was 42 years old. SARAH PHILLIPS died on 1 November 1864 in Rosedale, Victoria, when she was 62 years old.
Married James Ratcliffe(convict) on 1/03/1823. Had 5 Children.