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Hannah Winfield was transported on the Janus, departing 23rd Oct 1819 and arriving 3rd May 1820 with 109 passengers.
Rig Type: S. Built: New York 1810 Size (tons): 308 The Janus was also a whaling ship. 1819/20 voyage: Female convicted women embarked in England and then in Cork, Ireland. One Rebecca Connolly embarked at Cork but due to ill health was returned to Depot. Sailed on 19 Dec 1819. Arrived at Port Jackson, NSW 3 May 1820. On 20th May, 68 of the women was boarded on the Princess Charlotte bound for Van Diemen's Land, to Port Dalrymple and Hobart. A formal enquiry was held as to the treatment of the women by the Captain and his crew. Note: Not all of the women from Ireland have been included yet on this Register. Currently being updated. Two of the Women convicts, Mary Long, and Lydia Elsden claimed to be in a pregnant condition on arrival. Mary Long claimed the Captain, thomas Mowat, was the father of her child, and Lydia Elsden claimed the Chief Officer, John Hedges, was the father of her child, to which they both swore before the Magistrate.
Janus (generic)References
| Primary Source | Sainty, Malcolm and Johnson, Keith; Census of New South Wales, November 1828. Ancestry.com; Public Member Trees. |
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Convict Notes
1828 Census of NSW; [Ref- H1705], at Airds. Higgins, Ann, 30 FS, Janus 7 years. Also present Higgins, John [Ref - H1704] and three children Anna (4), Rebecca (2), Lydia (1), all born in the colony. John is registered as a labourer and has 1 horse and 10 horned cattle.
Just three years after arriving in the colony, Hannah married John Higgins on 6 November 1823 at Campbelltown, New South Wales. John was the son of Robert Higgins a corporal (later sergeant) of the NSW Corps who arrived in Queen in 1791, and his wife, Lydia Farrell (Convict, Pitt, 1792). The couple had 5 children between 1824 and 1833.
Please Note! Some confusion over the surname. There is NO Hannah or Anna Winfield currently listed in the passenger list for the Janus. However several Irish convicts were seemingly added to the ship indents at a late stage. It would appear that Hannah must have been one of these.