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Transportation
Elizabeth Whitmore was transported on the Speke, departing 29th Feb 1808 and arriving 16th Nov 1808 with 100 passengers.
Speke (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 401 (200) |
| 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
She is an ancestor of mine, ggg aunt. She came from Brackley in Northamptonshire. The date I have entered as her birth date is in fact her baptism date in Brackley. Ian Milligan
Unable to locate Elizabeth on the 1828 Census. However, she does appear in some of the Musters. Baxter, Carol; General Muster of New South Wales, 1811: [Ref 6222] Whitmore, Eliza, Speke, tried May 1806, Old Bailey, 7 years (PRO n3250). Baxter, Carol; General Muster of New South Wales, 1814: [Ref 1805] Whitmore, Eliza, Speke, Off Stores, 1 child off stores, with James Horse. In 1828, the child Charlotte can be located but not the parents. Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: [Ref P0980] Plumb, Charlotte, 16, BC, Lives at George Brown, Pitt Town. Charlotte was a servant here and she married Thomas Douglas the following year.
In the colony, Elizabeth married Thomas Plumb (Convict, Coromandel, 1804) on April 29 1810, at Windsor. Elizabeth and Thomas had one child, Charlotte, born 1814.
13 May 1807 - Theft from a specified place" ELIZABETH WHITMORE was indicted for feloniously stealing on the 25th of April , five shirts, value 3 l. 10 s. five handkerchiefs, value 20 s. and a waistcoat, value 3 s. the property of Horatio Lewis , in the dwelling house of Benjamin Carter. HORATIO LEWIS . I lodge in Arundel-street in the Strand. Q. What parish is it in. - A. St. Clements, Danes, I believe, I am not sure. The prisoner was servant in the house, she had lived there about two months; I missed several things before I took out the warrant; and on Sunday the 26th I looked over the inventory of my linen; I found there were eight shirts and cravats, waistcoats, and a great number of things missing. I went immediately to Bow-street for a warrant; on Monday they granted a search warrant, and the officer took up the prisoner as she was cleaning the windows on the first floor; I told the prisoner that several things had been taken from me, that I suspected her; the officer then searched her, and found two duplicates upon her; one was in her pocket, and one against her breast. She confessed the robbery, and said she had done it in order to purchase drink. I could not replace the things for twenty or thirty pounds. Q. You did not understand her to confess that she took any one article at one time worth forty shillings. - A. Oh, no. I then went with the officer, Anthony, to look at the articles pledged, and there I saw one of my shirts, it is marked in full length with permanent ink. JOHN LEDGER . Q. How came you by that property. - A. The sheet I did not take in; the handkerchief I took in of the prisoner at the bar; she pledged it for three shillings in the name of Field. The shirt was taken in by a person in the shop. (The property produced and identified) GUILTY, aged 22. Of stealing to the value of thirty-nine shillings. Transported for Seven Years Second Middlesex jury, before Mr. Justice Grose.