Elizabeth “Betty” Allot - McKellar, Convict "Aeolus" 1809

Arrived in Sydney 26/01/1809 on the "Aeolus". Sentenced at Perth Scotland to 7 years. De Facto to Joshua Allot. Married Dougal McKellar in March 1815.

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Source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 417 (208)
Text:
Betty Murray, one of 278 convicts transported on the ship Admiral Gambier and Eolus [Aeolus], July 1808.
Alias(es): Baillie
Barclay, Elizabeth
Sentence details: Convicted at Perth Court of Justiciary for a term of 7 years on 08 May 1806.
Vessel: Admiral Gambier and Eolus [Aeolus].
Date of Departure: July 1808.
Place of Arrival: New South Wales.
Arrival in Australia: 26th January, 1809
Source: Bateson, Charles. The convict ships 1787-1868. 2nd ed. Glasgow : Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd., 1985 ie 1969
Text:
The ship 'Aeolus' arrived in the colony 26 Jan 1809

Source: British Newspaper Archive [database online]
Citation details: British Press - Saturday 17 May 1806 p. 4

Text:
CIRCUIT INTELLIGENCE.
PERTH, MAY 9, 1806
Betty Murray, alias Barclay, accused of repeated acts of house-breaking and theft, in the county of Forfar, admitted her guilt, and the Advocate Deputy restricted the libel to an arbitrary punishment.
Yesterday morning, the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty against the said Betty Murray, in consequence of her judicial admission of the facts charged against her...
Betty Murray, alias Barclay, was ordered to be transported beyond the seas for seven years.
From the 1828 Census:
November 1828 (Elizabeth was aged 45 years)
Residence: Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia

Source: Ancestry.com. 1828 New South Wales, Australia Census (TNA Copy) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Text:
McKellar, Dougal, 60, came free, Tellicherry, 1806, labourer of Windsor
McKellar, Elizabeth, 45, free by servitude, arrived 1818 - had been sentenced to 7 years
McKellar, Joseph 18 born in the colony
McKellar, Dougal 16 born in the colony
McKellar, John 12 born in the colony
McKellar, Peter 11 born in the colony
McKellar, Mary 11 born in the colony
McKellar, Jane 8 born in the colony - our GGGM
McKellar, Duncomb 3 born in the colony

Elizabeth McKellar and her children were granted one rood and two and a half perches of land in Macquarie Street, Windsor, NSW. This land is now occupied by the Council Chambers

GEDCOM Note

Elizabeth was buried on 22 September 1870 in St. Matthew's Church of England cemetery in Windsor, New South Wales. Her age at death was listed as 88. Her cause of death and its duration was listed as exhaustion from old age, several months. The children of her marriage were listed at the time of her death as 4 sons and 2 daughters living, 1 son and 1 daughter deceased. The informant was her daughter Mary Ann Bowlin.

Source - Transcription of NSW death certificate, registration number 6349, issued by Joy Murrin, transcription agent, on 11 September 2001.

Notes from Elizabeth's descendant Peter Arthur Byron:

Elizabeth Murray was born in Scotland and in 1806 was convicted in the Perth Assizes on four charges of theft - silver watches (2 charges), a dress, petticoat & shawl and about 65 shillings in currency. Known as Betty Murray alias Betty Baillie alias Elizabeth Barclay, she was sentenced to 7 years transportation to Australia, and after serving 2 years in a Scottish Penal Institution arrived at Sydney on the 'Aeolus' on 26.1.1809. Between 1803-1810 only 43 Scots were transported to Botany Bay (31 men, 12 women). Elizabeth was one of the 12 women, and in 1809, the year of her coming to Australia there were about 10,000 white inhabitants in the Colony. Elizabeth McKellar had gained her freedom in 1813 and went to great lengths to conceal her convict past from her children. She practiced as a midwife for many years. Her ticket of leave number was 365.

There was a female prisoner from Scotland listed in the indents of the Admiral Gambier - Betty Murray (alias Baillie, alias Barclay) was from Perthshire and sentenced to 7 years transportation on 6th May 1806, however she may have been transported on the Aeolus. - https://www.jenwilletts.com/convict_ship_admiral_gambier_1808.htm