Elizabeth Mitchell - Jelly, Convict "Lord Wellington" 1820

The parents of Elizabeth Mitchell - Jelly, Convict "Lord Wellington" 1820 are unknown

Researcher Graeme Moad has indicated that convict Elizabeth Mitchell also on the Lord Wellington is Michael's mother. Details not yet verified but his sources are listed below.

Name Elizabeth MITCHELL Birth ca 1781 Immigration 20 Jan 1820, ‘Lord Wellington’ Age: 39 Immi Memo Transported Convict Death 1830, NSW Age: 49 MITCHELL, Elizabeth (Per "Lord Wellington", 1820) see also JELLY, Elizabeth

MITCHELL, Elizabeth. Per "Lord Wellington" 1820 1820 Jan 27 On list of convicts disembarked from the "Lord Wellington" & forwarded to Parramatta for distribution; with four children (Reel 6007; 4/3501 p.212) 1820 Jun 21, Jul 3 Re permission to marry James Jelley at Windsor (Reel 6007; 4/3502 p.106)

JELLY, Elizabeth. Per "Lord Wellington", 1820, as Elizabeth Mitchell (which see also); wife of James Jelly, per "Morley", 1818 1823 Sep 13 On the Government Stores (Reel 6057; 4/1768 pp.179-179a) 1823 Sep 17 Wished to have her husband assigned to her (Reel 6057; 4/1768 p.180) 1823 Sep 17 Document from Macquarie giving ticket of leave privileges (Reel 6057; 4/1768 pp.180-180a) 1823 Sep 18 Re Government rations (Reel 6057; 4/1768 p.178) 1823 Sep 22 Re her husband living in Parramatta without proper authority (Reel 6057; 4/1768 p.182) 1823 Oct 15 On list of persons receiving an assigned convict; listed as Mitchell alias Shelly (Fiche 3291; 4/4570D p.115)

From National Archives - Convict List of Lord Wellington arrived 20 Jan 1820 Mitchell Elizabeth Trial Place - Cumberland Date 07 08 1818 ENGLAND

From Researcher Margaret Heywood (Wilbow)

My GGGGrandmother Elizabeth MITCHELL (nee THOMAS) arrived in the Colony on the Lord Wellington, in 1820. She was born in Liverpool, Eng., in 1781. Married Thomas M.MITCHELL. They had 4 children, Elizabeth b.1802, Robert 1811, Mary November 6, 1815 and Thomas born 1817. Elizabeth Snr. was convicted of Uttering and sentenced, in the Cumberland Assizes to 7 years Transportation. Her eldest daughter Elizabeth married James WILBOW Jnr.. and after his untimely death , she married Alexander MORRISON in 1841. Elizabeth (Snr.) married James Jelly after arriving in the Colony. Elizabeth petitioned Gov. Macquarie, soon after arriving for a Pardon, which was granted.Elizabeth died in 1830 at Pitt Town.

From: Researcher Jonathon Auld

Elizabeth Thomas1,2 F, #3643

   * Married Name: Her married name was Mitchell.

   * Marriage*: Elizabeth Thomas married Thomas Mitchell.

   * Convict*: Elizabeth Thomas arrived at Sydney, NSW, AUS, on 20 January 1820 onboard the "Lord Wellington". Her children [withMother Arr Free] accompanied her as free settlers.3,4

   * Married Name: As of 21 August 1820,her married name was Jelly.2

   * Marriage*: She married James Jelly on 21 August 1820 at Windsor, NSW, AUS.2

Family 1: Thomas Mitchell

   * Elizabeth Mitchell+1 b. c 1802, d. 11 Dec 1882

   * Robert Mitchell1 b. c 1811, d. 7 Sep 1892

   * Mary Mitchell1 b. 6 Nov 1815, d. 13 Aug 1894

   * Thomas Mitchell+1,4 b. c 1817, d. 1 Oct 1886

Family 2: James Jelly Citations:

  1. [S318] Alison Wilson.

  2. [S99] Michelle Nichols, Hawkesbury Pioneer Register ~ Volume 2 ~.

  3. [S99] Michelle Nichols, Hawkesbury Pioneer Register ~ Volume 2 ~, #546, page 206.

  4. [S316] Michelle Nichols, Hawkesbury Pioneer Register, page 129.

Note: Michael is not mentioned here but that does not prove or disprove his parentage - link implied in the notes from Graeme Moad need to be confirmed.

From Dene James

7th Feb 1829 Lord Wellington Elizabeth Mitchell, for drunkenness, Ticket of leave cancelled. Published this date Sydney Gazette and NSW Advertiser.

No evidence in any records that have been found that Michael was related to this Elizabeth. He left the ship in Sydney and went on a sealing expedition the the South Shetland Islands with Richard Simmons as Master on the Lynx. In 1822 after his return from this expedition he joined John Grono's ship on a sealing expedition to New Zealand. Between sealing voyages he worked for William Grono at Windsor before marrying Jane Grono /MacKenzie in 1827.