Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Susannah Smith was transported on the Brothers, departing 20th Nov 1823 and arriving 5th Apr 1824 with 91 passengers.
Brothers (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 111 (57) |
| 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
"Descended from Susannah Smith - Mary Ann Asquith - Emily Slocombe"
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Convict Notes
Sessions & Assize Intelligence. The following are the sentences the prisoners : Seven Years : Maria Long, aged 17, Chas Ellis and Susanna Smith, 21, for stealing a watch from Wm. ... Bath Chronicle, 24 July 1823. Seven Years Trconportation —Mary Long, aged 17, Chas. Ellis, ?. and Smith. 21, for stealing a watch from Wm. Hartnell; Bristol Mirror, 19 July 1823.
In Susannah’s obituary it was noted she had 22 children all up and 17 were still living when she died.
This also applies to convicts Susannah Smith, also transported on the Brothers and Charles Ellis transported on Chapman From Maria Long, Peter Ribbons on 11th March, 2014 wrote: Maria Long,17, stood trial at Bridgwater Midsummer Sessions, July 1823. She appeared with her co-accused Charles Ellis,16, and Susanna Smith,21,charged with stealing a silver watch valued at fifty shillings from William Hartnell. According to the Quarter Sessions Roll of witness statements:- William Hartnell of Ashbrittle had gone to Bath 9 April 1823 and had met the prisoners 10 April in Westgate Street. They asked him to buy them some beer, which he did at Falstaff’s public house. They parted at 2 to 3 0’clock and William engaged to meet Susanna Smith at 6 o’clock. She came along with Maria Long and they drank in 3 public houses until 11pm. They left in the company of two boys (one later identified as Charles Ellis). They said they would take him to their lodgings but instead took him to Kingsmead Field where they surrounded him. One of them took his purse out of his pocket and threw it forward. Maria and the two boys ran to pick it up but he was able to retrieve it. Susanna Smith had taken his watch from his pocket and escaped. She tried to sell the watch to Lyon Joseph, a pawn broker, for 20 shillings but he already knew of the theft and detained her. She claimed that it was her father’s watch. Maria claimed that she was at home at the time of the theft. Benedictus Lyon, son of Lyon Joseph, said that he had seen Maria Long conversing with Susanna Smith and that she waited in the passage of his father’s office while the watch was offered for sale. The defendants were found guilty of grand larceny and sentenced to seven years transportation.
Her father was Robert Smith he was a solider a fought for king and country in the Napoleonic wars. He was born in 1766 Her mother was Mercy Erskin 1772 1848
Susannah was 21 years old when she stole a watch. 8/9/1825: Married Christian Asquith, they had 13 children. 1845: Moved to Melbourne. Christian died in 1857, and then at the age of 84, Susannah moved to New Zealand. 18/7/1902: Susannah died in Clyde, Otago, NZ.
Susannah spent some time in the Hobart Town Female Factory in 1827 where the inmates were known to escape regularly. In April 1829 she had a son, John Smith. Susan's 'quality or profession' is noted as Convict on John's baptismal record. John eventually moved to Victoria and worked as a miner (during the gold rush). There is no further record of Susannah at this stage.
Had many children with convict Christian Asquith. They moved to Victoria and she eventually moved to New Zealand where she died around 1900.