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Voyage
Transportation
Eleanor Watson was transported on the Lady Juliana, departing 31st May 1789 and arriving 3rd Jun 1790 with 247 passengers.
Launched 1777, 401 ton barque, built at Whitby, England. Departed Portsmouth, England on 29 July 1789, via Cape of Good Hope for Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia on 3 June 1790. 1790 voyage carried 226 female passengers (convicts)- 5 of whom died on the trip. 6 children also on board. Significant because it was the first ship to bring all female women to the Colony.
Lady JulianaReferences
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Convict Notes
Eleanor Watson arrived on Norfolk Island aboard the Surprize in August 1790. In June 1794 Eleanor Watson was recorded as a convict, unmarried, off stores with no children supported by Henry Hathaway, settler. Henry Hathaway arrived as a convict on the 'Alexander' 1788 and arrived Norfolk Island aboard HMS Sirius, 14/3/1790. 1805 Eleanor Watson: Women from expired sentence, off stores, Matron of the Orphans School. Henry and Eleanor left Norfolk Island aboard the Lady Nelson bound for VDL on 14/2/1808. 1811 Henry Hathaway: Abode: Hobart. 1811 Eleanor Watson: Abode: Hobart. On many websites Henry and Eleanor are listed as having died in September 1820 - however, on https://librariestas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/all/search/results?qu=henry&qu=hathaway# (Libraries Tasmania) their death entries list them as having died in September 1828. Eleanor was buried at St Davids, Hobart on 12/9/1828 and Henry was buried on 3/9/1828. Eleanor was listed as Helen Hathaway.