Elizabeth Needham - Snailham - Driver - Marr, [Convict "Lady Penrhyn" 1788]

Elizabeth Needham (1762-1825), a servant, was found guilty on 19 July 1786 at the Old Bailey, London, of stealing two pairs of silk stockings. Sentenced to 7 years transportation, she arrived in Sydney in 1788 aboard the Lady Penrhyn as part of the First Fleet.

Thomas Bramwell was ordered to receive 200 lashes (reduced to 100) for beating Needham on 11 February 1788 after she refused to go into the bush with him. Surgeon Arthur Bowes Smyth wrote in his journal 'This day Thos. Bramwell a Marine (lately Servt. to Lieut. G: Johnstone in our Ship) got amongst the women & beat one of them (Elizth. Needham, a most infamous hussy) wt. whom he had had connections while on board us, & this day he reed. 100 Lashes & is to have 100 more'.

On 17 February 1788 Needham married fellow convict William Snailham. They had two children. By 1796 Snailham had died and a grant of land was issued to Elizabeth in her own right. Two years later she was operating a public house in Sydney and was living with John Driver with whom she had a daughter. They returned to England in 1798. In 1800 they obtained permission to return to Sydney as free settlers. They arrived at Port Jackson aboard the Minorca in 1801.

The Drivers ran a warehouse, store and and had a publican's licence between 1803-09. Elizabeth was recorded with three male and two female children in 1806. John Driver died in 1810. Elizabeth married Henry Marr, a successful emancipist, in that same year. She died in England following her third trip to her homeland to see friends and to buy goods, and was buried in St. Thomas’s Cathedral, Portsmouth.

• information from Mollie Gillen, The Founders of Australia: A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet (1989), pp 262-63 - source Michelle Johnson

Elizabeth GORE was born 1762

Elizabeth married Henry NEEDHAM on 11/2/1782 at Hanover Square, London and they had the following children

• child

Elizabeth was convicted of stealing and sentenced to 7 years transportation. She arrived in Sydney Cove on 26/1/1788 on "Lady Penrhyn"

 Her husband and child did not accompany her.

Elizabeth had a relationship with Thomas BRAMWELL on the "Lady Penrhyn" and there are reports that he is the biological father to her son born 1788.

Elizabeth married William SNAILHAM on 17/2/1788 at Sydney and they had the following children

• William Dennis Thomas 1788
• Ann 1791
• Charlotte 1794

After her husbands death in 1796, Elizabeth married John DRIVER c1796 and they had the following children

• Mary 1797

Elizabeth and John returned to England in 1799 and then returned to "Minorca" in December 1801 as free setttlers

After they returned to Australia, Elizabeth and John had the following children

• Richard 1803
• Charles 1805

After her husbands death in 1810, Elizabeth married Henry Edward MARR on 30/10/1810

In 1824, Elizabeth returned to England on "Midas"

Elizabeth died 3/1/1825 at Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK

Do NOT confuse with

• Elizabeth GORE, convict, arrived on "Platina" on 22/10/1837

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LINKS

• http://australianroyalty.net.au/individual.php?pid=I67088&ged=purne...
• https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/needham/elizabeth/71931
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/soc.genealogy.medieval/pl2U...
• http://history-aust.com/1700/1780/1788/1788-february.html
• http://australianroyalty.net.au/individual.php?pid=I67091&ged=purne...

Stated Elizabeth Driver rivaled Mary Reibey, prominent female emancipist? of her day and was clearly a women of considerable enterprise and ability.

Elizabeth Needham (1762-1825), a servant, was found guilty on 19 July 1786 at the Old Bailey, London, of stealing two pairs of silk stockings. Sentenced to 7 years transportation, she arrived in Sydney in 1788 aboard the Lady Penrhyn as part of the First Fleet.

Thomas Bramwell was ordered to receive 200 lashes (reduced to 100) for beating Needham on 11 February 1788 after she refused to go into the bush with him. Surgeon Arthur Bowes Smyth wrote in his journal 'This day Thos. Bramwell a Marine (lately Servt. to Lieut. G: Johnstone in our Ship) got amongst the women & beat one of them (Elizth. Needham, a most infamous hussy) wt. whom he had had connections while on board us, & this day he reed. 100 Lashes & is to have 100 more'.

On 17 February 1788 Needham married fellow convict William Snailham. They had two children. By 1796 Snailham had died and a grant of land was issued to Elizabeth in her own right. Two years later she was operating a public house in Sydney and was living with John Driver with whom she had a daughter. They returned to England in 1798. In 1800 they obtained permission to return to Sydney as free settlers. They arrived at Port Jackson aboard the Minorca in 1801.

The Drivers ran a warehouse, store and and had a publican's licence between 1803-09. Elizabeth was recorded with three male and two female children in 1806. John Driver died in 1810. Elizabeth married Henry Marr, a successful emancipist, in that same year. She died in England following her third trip to her homeland to see friends and to buy goods, and was buried in St. Thomas’s Cathedral, Portsmouth.

• information from Mollie Gillen, The Founders of Australia: A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet (1989), pp 262-63