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Transportation
Elizabeth Williams was transported on the Wanstead, departing 31st Jul 1813 and arriving 9th Jan 1814 with 120 passengers.
Wanstead (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 111 (51) |
| 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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Family connections for Elizabeth (Williams) are: WILLIAMS Elizabeth (William/s) was born about 1769. She married John (Burns) in Scotland & produced 4children. She was tried w/her husband & 1other for reselling brandy etc, stolen by 2others on 2 2 1811, at Stirling (probably Stirling Stirlingshire) High Court of Judiciary Scotland on 9 9 1811, sentenced to 14years & arrived in NSW as a convict with her children on 9 1 1814 after a voyage of 4.5months on WANSTEAD; she was sent to Parramatta-probably with her children. She was issued her Certificate of Freedom no.083/4302 on 22 9 1825. [Some details taken from this Website] John (Byrne/Burns) was born about 1777 & became a gunsmith. He was a changekeeper at Falkirk when tried w/his wife & 1other for reselling brandy etc, stolen by 2others on 2 2 1811, at Stirling (probably Stirling Stirlingshire) High Court of Judiciary Scotland on 9 9 1811, sentenced to 14years & arrived in NSW on 9 10 1813 after a voyage of 5months on EARL SPENCER; he was 5'5.5" pale complexion brown hair hazel eyes.>>> [Some details taken from this Website] Reference: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony.
This looks like her trial at Stirling? High Court of Justiciary  At STIRLING, Sept. 9. The Circuit Court of Justiciary was opened here, on Saturday last, by the right honourable Lord Hermmand. ... The Court then proceeded to the trial of Anderson, and Janes Menzies, alias Robertson, prisoners in Stirling jail, accused of breaking ?? the shop of James Russel, merchant in Grahamstown near Falkirk, on the night of Saturday the 2Sd of February last, and stealing therefrom a cask of, brandy, two chests of tea, a drawer containing copper coins, and a loaf of sugar, John Burns, changekeeper at Falkirk, Elizabeth Williams, his wife, and Alexander Logan, changekeeper in Denny, were included in the  same indictment, for resetting the said goods, knowing the same to have  been stolen. The trial lasted till Sunday morning, and this day the jury returned a verdict, by a plurality of voices,  finding the libel proven against Anderson and Menzies, but. recommending them to mercy and finding Burns and his wife guilty; and, by a plurality of voices, not proven against Logan. Anderson and Menzies were sentenced to be executed here on the I? th of October next; Burns and his wife to 14 years transportation; ... Aberdeen Press and Journal, 18 Sept 1811. (A "changekeeper" was a Scottish term for an innkeeper.)
Colonial Secretary Index. WILLIAMS, Elizabeth. Per "Wanstead", 1814 1814 Jan 13 On list of women prisoners from the "Wanstead" sent to Parramatta (Reel 6004; 4/3493 p.12) NSW Convict Index. Elizabeth Williams, per Wanstead, 1814, Certificate of Freedom, 22 Sep 1825. No 083/4302.