Sarah Whaley

Very soon after her arrival in the colony, Sarah commenced a liaison with Samuel Sandall (Convict, Barwell, 1798). There probably was not a marriage as such. The couple had two daughters; Sarah 1802 and Mary 1804. Samuel died in 1805, leaving Sarah with the two little girls.

Although Sarah and her two children were resident in the colony, I have been unable to locate them on the musters except for one soon after Sarah arrived in the colony: Baxter, Carol; Muster and Lists of New South Wales and Norfolk Island, 1800 - 1802: [Ref AC042] Whaley, Sarah, ticket 359, At Parramatta with S. Sandall. There is no mention of Sarah in 1828 although one daughter, Mary is now married

Sarah had married a Benjamin Whaley on 1st January 1787 at Southwark, London, England. He did not follow Sarah to NSW.

NSW convict Index. Sarah Whaley, per Speedy 1800, Ticket of Leave, No 11/232. Tried, Gwydon? Life.

The Assizes at Croydon for the county of Surry, ended Wednesday last, when Wm. Badger, late of Camberwell, Cooper, for forging a Bank-note ; J. Butler, for horsestealing; James Lovel, James Stevens, Benj. Cook, and Brown, for burglaries; Sarah Whaley, for horse stealing; Frank Smith, for stealing goods from ship on the River Thames, and Wm. King, for stealing a lamb, received judgment of death. Badger and Butler were left for execution, the others were reprieved. Salisbury and Winchester Journal, 29 July 1799.