Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Susan Kent was transported on the Buffalo, departing 4th May 1833 and arriving 5th Oct 1833 with 183 passengers.
1833 - Voyage. Transported; 179 Female Convicts and 25 Children 1839 - Voyage. On 28th September 1839, the Ship Buffalo left Quebec, Canada, taking 144 prisoners to Van Diemen’s Land and New South Wales, following the Patriot War in Canada in 1837-38. Some of the prisoners were French Canadians patriots and others were American patriots, captured after the Battle of the Windmill. The Ship went first to Van Diemens Land, arriving at Hobart on 11th February 1840, where most of the American prisoners were landed, and then went on to Sydney, arriving on 26th February 1840, where the 58 French speaking prisoners were landed. They were separated mainly because there was hostility between the Americans from Lower Canada and the Canadians from Upper Canada. The prisoners were in the main, literate, idealistic and honest men.
BuffaloReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 86 |
| 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
please ignore the comment that Susan died in OCT this was from ancestry, but is incorrect, she died on the 5th May 1833 after being treated by the ships surgeon since the 3rd May 1833
Susan Kent, was convicted Nov 1832, Hertford Winter Special Assizes, receiving, 14 yrs transportation. Susan died on the ship Buffalo on 5 Oct 1833 before the ship had actually departed England. It is believed that it was decided it would be too difficult to remove her two children from the Buffalo, and that they should remain aboard - the Governor’s wife would dispose of them on arrival.
UK, Royal Navy Medical Journals, Age; 40 Date; 3 May Discharged; DIED; 5th May 1833. Notes; 3 May - Complains of pain of the chest particularly of the left side, accompanied with a short dry cough .... ----------------------
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Ship: Buffalo No; 18 Name; Susan Kent. Noted against name; DIED at sea.