Jane Williams

Jane Williams, one of 87 convicts transported on the Lord Wellington, May 1819

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Jane Williams
Aliases:	Mary Garton, Jane Garton, Mary Williams
Gender:	f

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1779
Occupation:	Dressmaker
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Female median life span was 59 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 14 years

Crime:	Uttering forged notes
Convicted at:	Middlesex Gaol Delivery
Sentence term:	14 years
Ship:	Lord Wellington
Departure date:	May, 1819
Arrival date:	20th January, 1820
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 124 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 163 (83)
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 Project.

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Penny-Lyn Beale on 16th October, 2020 wrote:

1818 - Trial; 9 Sep 1818 - Middlesex, England

Old Bailey - On line
1107. JANE WILLIAMS , MARY PENDLETON , WILLIAM WILKS , MARIA WILKS . WILLIAM CHALKER , CHARLES HANSCOMBE , JOHN ANDERSON , SARAH IRELAND , HANNAH GILBERT , TIMOTHY LANE , JAMES YEOELL , JAMES DALAS , JOHN DUNN , JOHN WATSON , BENJAMIN TATHAN WILLIS , THOMAS OWEN , HENRY WAY , JOSEPH TURNER , THOMAS SEENEY , WILLIAM QUIN , JAMES WOOLE , EDWARD NEW , and JOSEPH LONGWOOD , were severally and separately indicted for feloniously and unlawfully having in their custody and possession forged bank notes, they well knowing them to be forged .
To which indictments they severally pleaded
GUILTY . Transported for Fourteen Years .
Second Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Common Sergeant.

1820 - On list of convicts disembarked from the “Lord Wellington” & forwarded to Windsor for distribution

1820 - New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary’s Papers. Re permission to marry at Parramatta
George Garton. Convict per ship Mary and
Jane Williams. Convict per ship Lord Wellington

1823 - On list of prisoners assigned to George Parker. Kent St. No; 29.

1825 - General Muster; G. S. to her husband, Sydney

1830 - 27 Dec. Garton, Jane or Mary. Bond, Incorrigible drunkard. 3rd Class. 3 months

1830 - 21 Sept. Jane Garton. Goal Sydney. Entrance Book. Drunk & improper Conduct. 3rd Class One month

1830 - 23 Dec. Goal Sydney. Entrance Book. Jane or Mary Garton late Williams. Lord Wellington. incorrigible Drunk. 3rd Class. Factory 3 months

1832 - 16 Jan. Goal Sydney. Entrance Book. Jane or Mary Garton late Williams. Lord Wellington. Protestant. Servant. 3rd Class. Factory 3 months

1832 - 10 Sept. Certificate of Freedom. 32/839.
Native Place; Dublin.
Age 52. Est year of birth 1779/80
Calling; Mantua Maker
Offence; Uttering
Date of Trial: 9 Sept 1818 - Middlesex.
Sentence; 14 years
Height; 5 ft. 1 1/4 inches
Complexion; Fair Ruddy
Hair; Grey
Eyes; Hazel Grey
General Remarks; Lost several front teeth, nose large, top of middle finger of left hand crooked.
WIFE; of George Garton per ship Mary 1817 (from India) holding a Ticket of Leave.
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Convict Changes History

Penny-Lyn Beale on 16th October, 2020 made the following changes:

alias1: Mary Garton, alias2: Jane Garton, alias3: Mary Williams, date of birth: 1779 (prev. 0000), gender: f, occupation, crime