Sarah Ellison, Convict "Canada" 1810

Sarah was tried at Maidstone Quarter Sessions, Kent 12 January 1809, on June 7 1809 she was convicted of Fraud and sentenced to seven years penal servitude

"Convicted of unlawfully, knowingly and designedly by false pretences obtaining from William Worboys £4-16-0 of the monies of the said Willliam Worboys. Ordered to be transported for the term of seven years to such place or places, port or ports beyond the seas as His Majesty by and with the advice of his privy council shall declare and approve pursuant to the statute in such case made and provided"..... Extract from Minute Book (Lena Garrett Descendant.) Sarah was transported in March 1810 to New South Wales in the Canada. The ship arrived 10 September 1810. It was common practice for sailors to choose one of the female convicts to be their bed mates for the voyage. See the story of the Canada voyage…

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