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| Thomas Staines was convicted
at Northampton, England for life and arrived in 1836 on the Moffatt
(2) from Portsmouth, aged 25. Soon after arriving in Australia,
he changed his name to Staines. William Dawes was convicted at the
Old Bailey in 1819 for 7 years for stealing a silver spoon. He arrived
in 1820 on the Dromedary. The transcript of his trial is here.
He was given his Certificate of Freedom on 14 Sep 1826. George Lewis was convicted in Surrey
in Jan 1799 and sentenced to 7 years transportation. He arrived
in 1802 from Spithead, England on the Coromandel. John Randall was a butcher from
London. He was convicted at the Old Bailey in 1796 at the age of
21 and sentenced to life. His trial transcript is here.
He arrived in Sydney on the Ganges in 1797. In the details contained
in his conditional pardon in 1814, he is described as being 5'7
1/2" tall, of fair / pale complexion, with sandy hair and hazel
weak eyes. (Hannah or) Susannah Raven(s)croft was sentenced to 7 years at the Old Bailey in 1802 at the age of 17 for stealing some clothes. She arrived in NSW on the Experiment in June 1804 and was assigned to Lieutenant Thomas Hobby in 1806. She was given permission by the Colonial Secretary on Aug 7, 1810 to marry John Randall. A copy of their marriage banns document is here, and a copy of Governor Lachlan Macquarie's signed permission for them to marry is here. William Hampton was convicted of stealing firewood and was transported to NSW on the ship, Lloyds, in 1837 aged 46. He was 5 ft 3 3/4 inches tall, with dark sallow complexion, a little pock pitted, brown hair, dark grey eyes and front of head bald. Perhaps unusually for a convict, he could read. Bridget Spencer was convicted in Dublin in 1839 for stealing cloths and was sentenced to 7 years transportation. She arrived in Sydney from Dublin on the Minerva II (2) on Boxing Day, 1839. She was 5 ft 3/4 inches tall, had a fair ruddy complexion, brown hair and light grey eyes. She also had a large mole on the back of her right wrist and had no front teeth. Mary McQuade was convicted in Dublin in 1832 and arrived as a convict on the Caroline in 1833. |
The father of Susannah Ravenscroft's child was possibly Lieutenant Thomas Hobby , a member of the NSW Corps, to whom Susannah was assigned as a servant prior to her marriage to John Randall. In the official Muster of convicts in 1806 she is recorded as Hannah Ravenscroft , Experiment ( the ship she arrived on ), concubine , 1 female natural child . The muster was conducted by the Rev. Samuel Marsden who strongly disapproved of cohabitation outside of marriage.
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