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Elizabeth Terry was transported on the Royal Admiral, departing 30th May 1792 and arriving 7th Oct 1792 with 349 passengers.
The Royal Admiral was built at Lynn in 1828. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Royal Admiral in 1830, 1833, 1835 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1842. 1833 - Ship; Royal Admiral. Commenced fitting as a Convict Transport at Deptford on the 29 March. Surgeon Superintendent [Andrew Henderson] joined on the 3rd April. Guard embarked on the 13th. Sailed on the 17th and anchored in Kingston Barbour near Dublin on the 9th May. 220 convicts embarked on the 16 May 1833 and the ship sailed from Dublin Bay for Sydney on the 4th June and arrived there on the 20 October. Originally embarked with 221 convicts, 5 Died at sea, 1 was Relanded. 11 sick on shore, The convicts were described as 220 such wretchedly debilitated creatures ... Refer to the surgeons journal for full details
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 185 (93) Old Bailey Trials - online, 29 March 1792 Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Thursday 17 May 1792 page 2: |
| 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
Elizabeth Terry, Aged: 15 years tried at the Old Bailey on 29 Mar 1792. She was sentenced to 7 years and arrived per Royal Admiral on 07 Oct 1792, at Sydney . Reportedly on the indents she was “Married”. Old Bailey Trial William Rounding kept a public-house , the Dover-castle; Green-stairs, Rotherhithe and ELizabeth Terry was his servant. On the 7th of March, in the morning, about six, she was gone; I pursued her to Petty-France; she was found; I saw her in custody; and the things in the indictment, which were lost, were found upon her by Sarah Kirkman. The stolen things were - one silk gown, one silk bonnet, 2 pr stockings, one calico shawl, one calico gown, two muslin aprons, Sarah Kirkman (whose position was not identified) said “she came to me on Monday morning, at half past seven, to ask for Elizabeth Mitchell; she was out of breath, a bundle in her hand, and a bonnet loose, and no hat or cloak on”. This woman said she was present at the finding the goods as she “stopped the goods on the prisoner, and sent for a constable”. Elizabeth Terry told this woman the goods were her won, and Kirkman kept them ever since until the trial 22 days later. Elizabeth called two witnesses to her character. She was sentenced to be transported seven years. Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Thursday 17 May 1792 page 2: “Friday, 54 transports, of whom five were women, were removed from Newgate on board a Lighter, to be conveyed to the Royal Admiral, lying at Gravesend, and bound for Botany Bay." Four of these five women taken out of Newgate for the Royal Admiral were: Harriet Wray, Mary Graham, Elizabeth Powell and Elizabeth Terry. All were young women - Harriett 17, Elizabeth Terry only 15 and married, Elizabeth Powell 19 and married, and Mary Graham aged 27.