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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Lucy 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 106 |
| 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
Lucy Williams, aged 25 was tried at the Lancaster Assizes commencing 20 March 1813, for stealing bank notes, together with Sarah Heaney. Lucy Williams was found guilty, and sentenced to 7 years transportation. However, Sarah Heaney was among the twenty accused at the Assizes found not guilty. Lucy Williams sailed a few months later on “Wanstead”, departing in August 1813, arriving in NSW in January 1814. Lancaster Gazetter, Sat 20 March 1813 p.3 “Lancaster Assizes “The Calendar of Prisoners who are to take their trials at our assizes, which commence this day, before the Hon. Baron Thomason and the Hon Justice Le Blanc, we are sorry to say, contains no less than seventy-three offenders, many of whom are charged with capital offences. They are as follows: “ Lucy Williams and Sarah Heaney, charged with having stolen thirty nine bank notes, from John Spears of Liverpool..” Lancaster Gazetter, Sat 10 April 1813, p 3 “LANCASTER ASSIZES; Crown Side On Saturday morning the Hon Baron Thompson passed sentence on the remainder of the prisoners convicted at these Assizes. Viz, "The following had been sentenced on the day of their trial: ... Lucy Williams— seven years transportation" In NSW Lucy was recorded on the ship’s indent as being 25 years of age, and a housemaid. In the 1814 Muster nine months after she arrived she was listed as “Louisa Williams”, a servant assigned in to Mr Bayly at Parramatta.