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Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Elizabeth Welton was transported on the Morley, departing 17th May 1820 and arriving 30th Sep 1820 with 124 passengers.
The "Morley" was built on the Thames, England in 1811. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Morley in 1817, 1818, 1820, 1828 and 1829 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1820 and 1823. 1829 Voyage. 200 Male English Convicts. Commander; Harrison. Richard Lewis; Surgeon Superintendent arrived 2 Dec 1829. All convicts survived the voyage.
Morley (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 329 (166) |
| 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
There is an Elizabeth Wagdon on 1828 census age 37 living at Cooke which may be this Elizabeth
Norfolk Assizes. James Browne, age 22, was capitally convicted of burglary in breaking open the dwelling-house of John Platten, of Edgefield, shopkeeper, in the night of the ? of November or early the following morning, and stealing thereout a great number of articles his property; and Elizabeth Smith, aged 26, and Elizabeth Welton, aged 35, were severally convicted of receiving the said goods knowing them to have been stolen. Norfolk Chronicle, 25 Mar 1820. Elizabeth Smith and Elizabeth Welton, convicted of receiving stolen goods, were sentenced to 14 years' transportation. Bury and Norwich Post, 5 Apr 1820. On Friday the following female convicts were removed from the Castle, to be put on board the Morley, now under orders for New South Wales, pursuant to their sentences:- Elizabeth Smith and Elizabeth Welton for 14 years, and Susan Johnson for 7 years; and Ann Howard to the Penitentiary, at Milbank, for 10 years. Bury and Norfolk Post, 3 May 1820. -------------------------------------------------- https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON13-1-2$init=CON13-1-2p56 and following pages. List of female convicts from Morely (3), Master, Brown, in 1820, who landed at Hobart, not Sydney. Elizabeth, wife of William Welton, Convicted at Norfolk Assizes, 18 Mar 1820, 14 years. Later addition in ink – 1834/58, may refer to date and number of her Certificate of Freedom.