Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Sarah Trapnell was transported on the Earl Cornwallis, departing 31st Jul 1800 and arriving 12th Jun 1801 with 298 passengers.
Earl Cornwallis (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 285 (142) |
| 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 Trapnell (née Viner) was my 4th great grandmother"
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Convict Notes
Family connections for Sarah (Trapnell) are: TRAPNELL Sarah (Trapnell nee Irvin), daughter of Job (Viner) & Susannah (Watham), was born in 1774 in Gloucester. She married firstly Thomas (Trapnell) on 5 11 1792 at Bristol (Gloucestershire or Somersetshire).>>> [Some details taken from this Website] Sarah (Irvin) & Thomas (Trapnell) produced 3children: 1.Harriet (Trapnell) was born in 1794. She was not brought to Australia. 2.John (Trapnell) was born in 1797. He was not brought to Australia. He became a professional showman & equestrian. 3.Leah (Trapnell) was born in 1800. She was not brought to Australia. She took om the name (Trotman) perhaps by adoption & married John (Hyatt) a sailor in 1823 at Bristol. This family moved to Australia at some time. .. >>>Sarah (Trapnell nee Irvin) was tried w/1other of theft of a handkerchief at Bristol Somerset Sessions of Peace on 6 10 1800, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 12 6 1801 after a voyage of 10months on EARL CORNWALLIS (Smees records show NILE); her husband may have died on the voyage; she was Protestant. She had a second relationship with James (Hanks his first relationship) & produced 8children. She was Free by Servitude by 1808. She is recorded in 1822 in Sydney with her family & in 1828 with her family at Castlereagh St. She died on 17 12 1828 age54 at Castlereagh St Sydney mother of 11children & was buried as (Hanks) at St James CofE Sydney. James (Hanks) was born about 1776 at Handborough Oxfordshire & became a labourer. He was arrested for burglary, in 1793, of irish cloth of Mr (Friend) Principal New Inn Hall & watch of Samuel (Denton) of All Saints & held at Oxford Castle. He escaped the Castle gaol & was apprehended at breakfast at Public House Woodstock: he was 5'5.5" well made fresh complexion brown hair hazel eyes. He was tried at Oxford Assizes in March 1794, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 18 5 1798 after a voyage of 8months on BARWELL; he was Protestant. He was Free by Servitude by 1806. He is recorded in 1822 as a labourer with his family in Sydney & in 1828 as a carter with his family at Castlereagh St. He married secondly Margaret (Irwin her second marriage). He seems to have separated by 1836. He died on 11 5 1842 age66 father of 8children. [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.
Sarah's husband, Thomas Trapnell did not accompany Sarah on the vessel Earl Cornwallis. The record, NSW, Australian, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856 merely denotes that Sarah is the wife of Thomas Trapnell.
Her husband Thomas Trapnell died at sea whilst transporting to Australia.
Transcribed text of sworn complaint that resulted in John Trapnell's mother being transported to Australia in 1800. City of Briftol and County of the same City) to wit. The Information of Lancelot Bock of Clare Street Haberdasher taken on Oath this Tenth Day of June in the Year of our Lord One thousand Eight Hundred before James Harvey Esq being One of His Majefty’s Juftices of the Peace of and for the City of Briftol and County of the same City. The Informant on his Oath faith that yesterday the Ninth day of June Instant the woman now in custody that am giving her Name Sarah Trapnell wife of Thomas Trapnell and the other Mary Ganthany wife of Richard Ganthony came into this Informants Shop in Clare Street about Seven o’Clock in the Evening and one of them enquired too spotted muslin, that one of his Shopwomen Showed those same Muslin, that they went out of the Shop and after they were gone the Shopwoman said to this Informant that she suspected the women had stolen something and asked this Informant if he knew the Quantity of Handkerchiefs that were in the Shop Chest that he immediately followed the women and overtook them near Saint Stephens Church and brought them back to his Shop, that on endeavoring to leave the said Sarah Trapnell, the lot thisTen Muslin Handkerchiefs Value Thirty Shillings fell from her entangled in her Cloak. That She hath now confessed that the other woman forwarded her to take the Handkerchiefs. Signed by Lancelot Bock and James Harvey (plus other illegible signatures and notes)
Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: [Ref H0437] Hanks, James, 52, free by servitude, Barwell, 1794, Protestant, carter, Castlereagh Street [Ref H0438] Hanks, Sarah, 48, free by servitude, E. Cornwallis, 1881, 7 years, Protestant' [Ref H0439] Hanks, Phebe, 18 born in the colony , dress maker. [Ref H0440] Hanks, Louisa, 12, born in the colony, dress maker. [Ref H0441] Hanks, William, 21, born in the colony, cabinet maker.
By 1822, the family has expanded - Trapnell, Sarah, free by servitude, Earl Cornwallis, 7 years, wife of J. Hanks, Sydney. Hanks, James, free by servitude, Barwell, 7 years, labourer Sydney. Hanks, Harriett, 18, born in the colony, child of J. Hanks. Hanks, Sarah, 20, born in the colony, child of J. Hanks. Hanks, Mary, 17, born in the colony, child of J. Hanks. Hanks, William, 15, born in the colony, child of J. Hanks. Hanks, Elizabeth, 13, born in the colony, child of J. Hanks Hanks, Phebe, 10, born in the colony, child of J. Hanks. Hanks, Phillis, 8, born in the colony, child of J. Hanks. Hanks, Louisa, 6, born in the colony, child of J. Hanks. (7 daughters and 1 son!)
In the colony of New South Wales, Sarah formed a long term relationship with James Hanks (Convict, Barwell, 1794). No formal marriage record has been located. In the 1806 Muster: [A4436] Sarah Trapnell, Earl Cornwallis, lives with Jas. Hanks. [C1265] Sarah Trapnell, Earl Cornwallis, 3 'natural' female children. (That would be Sarah 1802, Harriet 1804 and Mary Ann 1805). {The term natural applied to children born out of wedlock}
Daughter of Job Viner and Susannah Wathon, born Sarah Viner in August 1774 in Gloucester. Married Thomas Trapnell 5 Nov 1792 in Bristol. Three children born in Bristol. Harriet (1794), John (1797) and Leah (1800). Children left behind in Bristol when mother transported. John became a professional showman and equestrian. Leah took the surname Trotman (evidence suggests she was raised by a family with this surname).
She had 3 children with husband Thomas Trapnell before being transported, Harriet, John and Leah, who were left behind in England. I am the 3G granddaughter of the youngest, Leah, who used the surname Trotman, and married John Hyatt, a sailor, in 1823 in Bristol.