Elizabeth Wills

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Summary

Born
Unknown
Conviction
Stealing clothes
Departure
Jul 1800
Arrival
Jun 1801
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: Elizabeth Wills
Gender: Female
Born: Unknown
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown

Crime

Convicted at: Old Bailey
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 31st Jul 1800
Arrival: 12th Jun 1801
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

Elizabeth Wills was transported on the Earl Cornwallis, departing 31st Jul 1800 and arriving 12th Jun 1801 with 298 passengers.

Earl CornwallisEarl Cornwallis (generic)

References

Primary Source26 April 1800, Committed for trial for stealing a child's dress. 9 July 1800, Transcript of trial. Tried by the 1st Middlesex Jury, before Mr Common Serjeant. 5 August 1800, Discharged from Newgate Prison & "delivered onboard the Earl Cornwallis bound to New South Wales lying below Gravesend". 1810, married William Allmon (Almon/Allman/Almond) in Sydney. William was also a convict aboard the same voyage on the Earl Cornwallis. The marriage is recorded in Volume V A.

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Convict Notes

iain Frazier avatar
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on 20th June 2026

Family connections for Elizabeth (Wills) are: WILLS Elizabeth (Wills) was born about 1786. She, at age about14, commenced a relationship with William (Allman), whom she later married, & produced a child. She was tried for stealing clothes at Old Bailey, sentenced to 7years, held at probably London/Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW as a convict with her family on 12 6 1801 after a voyage of 10.5months on EARL CORNWALLIS-I'm sure some collusion here to ensure the family stays together. He, as (Allmon), She was an emancipist when she married William (Allmon)sic) emancipist on 25 1 1810 at St Phillips CofE Parramatta & produced 5more children with him in Australia. She was Free by Servitude by 1812. She was recorded in 1817 with her family in Sydney. She died about 1836 age about50. [Some details taken from this Website] William (Allman) was born about 1770 in Barnet Middlesex & became a turner & filer. He was tried for house breaking, on 26 12 1799, & stealing stays of Stephen (Wilson) at Old Bailey on 15 1 1800 (quick justice), sentenced to death reprieved to Life, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW as a convict with his family on 12 6 1801 after a voyage of 10.5months on EARL CORNWALLISalso. He was Free by Servitude by 1812. He was recorded in 1814 as a turner with a Ticket of Leave. He turned the pillars of a public building in Sydney. He was recorded in 1817 as a turner with his family in Sydney. He was issued his Absolute Pardon on 31 1 1818. He was recorded at York St Sydney in 1822. He was a twiner when he died on 3 12 1829 age about59 at George St Sydney & was buried at St James CofE Sydney. [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.

Linda Caldwell avatar
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on 15th January 2025

Born about 1786, as trial document states she was 14 year old at the time of sentencing. Died about 1836, the registration number is V1836194 20