Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Hester Stroud was transported on the Sugar Cane, departing 12th Apr 1792 and arriving 17th Sep 1793 with 102 passengers.
Sugar Cane, was a 403 burthen ton merchantman and convict ship that was dispatched in 1793 from Ireland to Australia. She was launched in 1786 upon the Thames River. Under the command of Thomas Musgrave, she sailed from Cork, Ireland, on 12 April 1793, with 110 male and 50 female convicts. During the voyage a mutiny by the convicts was put down and a convict executed. She arrived at Port Jackson, New South Wales on the 17 September 1793. The Sugar Cane left Port Jackson for Bengal in late 1793.
Sugar Cane (generic)References
| Primary Source | Mayberry, Peter; Irish Convicts to NSW 1788-1849. [online database] Baxter, Carol; Musters of New South Wales: 1802, 1806, 1811 and 1814. |
Claims
No one has claimed Hester Stroud yet.
Photos
No photos have been added for Hester Stroud.
Convict Notes
Esther can be located in the Muster records. 1802: [Ref AF334] Esther Stroud TL # 333. 1806: [Ref A4261] Esther Stroud, Sugar Cane, FBS, with Leadbeater at Parramatta. [Ref C1218] Sugar Cane, Stroud, Esther; 1 female child, natural. 1811: [Ref 5614] Stroud, Esther, Sugar Cane, tried March 1791, Dublin, 7 years, (PRO n4366) 1814: [Ref 3178] Ester Stroud, Sugar cane, Off Stores, 1 child Off Stores. Wife to Leadbeater.
In the colony, Hester married John Leadbeater (Convict, Albermarle, 1791), 1794 at Parramatta. Hester and John had a son John Leadbeater born 1794 and also possibly a daughter born before 1806.