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Transportation
Deborah Saunders 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 199 (100) |
| 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
ADM 101/44/10/1 A diary for 22 August 1822 to 1 March 1823 by Robert Espie of the treatment and regulation of 97 female convicts, and 23 children, together with 21 free women (passengers, and 49 of their children), embarked on board the Lord Sidmouth at Woolwich in September 1822 for passage to Van Dieman's Land and New South Wales. Folio 10: 27 September 1822 at sea. Punished Mary Heather and Deborah Saunders by putting them 24 hours in solitary confinement in the coal hole. The former for indolence accompanied with insolence, and the latter for insolence to the Chief Officer. Folio 11: 28 September 1822 at sea. I released the two prisoners who had been confined in the coal hole.
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 22 March 2020), October 1821, trial of DEBORAH SAUNDERS (t18211024-87). DEBORAH SAUNDERS, Theft > grand larceny, 24th October 1821. 1360. DEBORAH SAUNDERS was indicted for stealing, on the 7th of October , one tea-kettle, value 3 s.; one copper pot, value 2 s.; six spoons, value 1 s. one lock, value 2 d., and one brush, value 2 d. , the goods of Hannah Moore , widow . HANNAH MOORE . I am a widow, and live in Albemarle-street Clerkenwell . On the 7th of October, at church-time, I was up stairs, Chapman called me down. I found the prisoner in the passage with these things, which she had stolen from the kitchen. WILLIAM CHAPMAN . I was looking from my second floor window, and saw the prisoner enter Mrs. Moore's house, and when I got down she came out with a bundle in her apron. I said "Those are not your's;" she said they were not. I took her back, and called Mrs. Moore, who claimed them. She begged for mercy. (Property produced and sworn to.) Prisoner's Defence. A woman said she would give me 10 d. to get the things from the passage, as her husband had quarrelled with her. I had had no victuals for three days. GUILTY . Aged 43. Transported for Seven Years . Second Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Common Sergeant. https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/print.jsp?div=t18211024-87