Sarah Simmonds

Sarah Simmonds, one of 140 convicts transported on the Henry Wellesley, 17 July 1837

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Sarah Simmonds
Aliases:	none
Gender:	f

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1815
Occupation:	Nursery maid
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Female median life span was 53 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	Man robbery
Convicted at:	Wilts. Quarter Session
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Henry Wellesley
Departure date:	17th July, 1837
Arrival date:	22nd December, 1837
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 139 other convicts

References

Primary source:	State Archives NSW, Indents (NRS 12189, Item X640, Microfiche 730). Ancestry. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/11, Page Number 98
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 Project.

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Community Contributions

Iris Dunne on 13th August, 2019 wrote:

** 2 Sarah Simmonds on this ship **
Indents: Prisoner No.37/368, aged 22, Trade Kitchen & Nurserymaid, Offence Man robbery, Trial 28 June 1836, can read & write, Protestant, Single

Convict Changes History

Dog on 13th August, 2019 made the following changes:

gender: f

Iris Dunne on 13th August, 2019 made the following changes:

source: State Archives NSW, Indents (NRS 12189, Item X640, Microfiche 730). Ancestry. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/11, Page Number 98 (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and