Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Jane Williams was transported on the Nile, Canada And Minorca, departing 31st May 1801 and arriving 14th Dec 1801 with 305 passengers.
Nile, Canada And Minorca (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 289 (144) |
| 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 |
Claims
"Jane Williams was my gggrt Grandmother, descended from her daughter Bridget Reid/Reed."
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Convict Notes
Family connections for Jane (Williams) are: WILLIAMS Jane (Williams) was born about 1775 & became a housemaid. She was tried for stealing clothing of Mary (Griffith) at Bristol city (Gloucestershire?) Quarter Sessions, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 14 12 1801 after a voyage of 7months on Fleet ship NILE. She was assigned as housekeeper & nurse to John (Pendergast) & his son. She had a relationship with John (Pendergast his second relationship) & produced perhaps 6children. She is listed in 1828 with her family at Cornwallis. She died in 1838 age63 & was buried in family vault at Catholic cemetery Windsor. [Some details taken from this Website] John (Pendergast) was born in 1769 at Dublin Ireland & became a labourer. He was tried for robbery in the 1798 Irish Rebellion at Dublin, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 11 1 1800 after a voyage of 4.5months on MINERVA. He had a first relationship with Catherine (???). In 1802 he had 30acres & 115acres by 1806. He is recorded as (Pender) in some documents. Floods caused sale, unsuccesfully, of some property near Cornwallis in 1808 & from 1810-14. He is listed in 1828 Free by Servitude with his family farmer at Cornwallis. He died on 27 1 1833 age64 father of perhaps 7children at his home in Cornwallis & was buried in family vault at Catholic cemetery Windsor. [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.
Jane is listed in the 1828 census: page 395... [Ref W1713] Williams, Jane, 65, FS, Nile, 1802, 7 years, housekeeper to John Pendergast at Cornwallis. John is listed separately on page 299... [Ref P0535] Pendergast, John, 68, FS, Minerva, 1800, 7 years, Farmer at Cornwallis. with their son William.. [Ref P0536] Pendergast, William, 20, BC. The other son, Thomas is also mentioned on the same page, with his wife... [Ref P0337] Pendergast, Thomas, 23, BC, Settler at Ashgrove, Luskintyre. [Ref P0338] Pendergast, Elizabeth, 23, BC. The daughter Sarah Anne is with her husband John Lynch, (Convict, 1813, Archduke Charles") and their family.. page 241. [Ref L1317] Lynch, John, 38, FS, Archduke Charles, 1813, 7 years, farmer to Thos Pendergast at Ashgrove, Luskintyre. [Ref L1318] Lynch, Sarah, 22, BC. [Ref L1319] Lynch, Bridget, 7, BC. [Ref L1320] Lynch, Catherine, 5, BC. [Ref L1321] Lynch, Mary, 2, BC. [Ref L1322] Lynch, Margaret, 2m, BC.
Jane Williams was 26 years old when convicted of ‘Theft’. She had stolen a item of clothing from a Mrs. Griffith. Jane was assigned to John Pendergast (Minerva 1799) as a housekeeper and as a nurse to his infant son. John had married or had a relationship with a Catherine ???. They had 1 son John (1800-1867). Catherine appears to have died in childbirth. Jane and John then had 5 children. John died 27/1/1833 Jane died in 1838 and was buried on the 3/12/1838 in the Pendergast family vault in the old Catholic cemetery at Windsor with her husband John..