Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Judith (Junior) Wildgrass was transported on the Indispensible, departing 31st Jan 1809 and arriving 18th Aug 1809 with 63 passengers.
Indispensible (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 421 (210) |
| 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
Judith married a William Howe in 1811, but he must have died very soon after. By the 1822 Muster, she is recorded as living with John Watson (Convict, Providence, 1811). Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: Page 384… [Ref W0652] John Watson aged 40, a farmer of Lower Portland Head, arrived aboard the ship ‘Providence’ in 1810, sentence 7 years, free by servitude, Catholic religion, having 40 acres of which all were cleared and cultivated, owning 6 head of cattle. [Ref W0653] Judith Watson aged 39, living with John Watson, a farmer of Lower Portland Head, Catholic religion, arrived aboard ‘Indispensible’ in 1808, sentence 7 years, free by servitude.
Judith and her mother Judith and sister Ann, were convicted on a charge of larceny at the Norfolk Court of Sessions and were sentenced to seven years transportation to NSW. The ‘Norfolk Mercury’ of 8 Oct 1808 reported: ‘Country Sessions Judith Wildgrass an old offender and Ann Wildgrass her daughter; for stealing six geese the property of Mr. Kiles of Rackheath, to be transported for 7 years, Judith Wildgrass, another daughter of the above, charged with stealing sundry articles, the property of John ?? of Thorpeville, transported for 7 years’. They were transported aboard the ship ‘Indispensible’ which arrived in the colony on 18 Aug 1809. Judith was aged 47, daughter Ann was 25 and Judith 20.