Harriett Taylor
Birth
Death Marriage Spouse Father Mother Sibling/s Children |
about 1787
1832 4 March 1811 Thomas Davis Ann Davis Thomas Davis John Davis William Henry Davis Joseph Davis James Davis Samuel Davis Mark Davis |
Location
Location Location |
Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Harriett Taylor (or Tyler) was born about 1787.
She was tried and convicted of larceny on the 23rd of March 1809 at the Suffolk Assizes and sentenced to transportation.
She was tried and convicted of larceny on the 23rd of March 1809 at the Suffolk Assizes and sentenced to transportation.
1 year after her trial, on the 23rd of March 1810, she departed London aboard the convict ship Canada. The Canada sailed via Rio de Janeiro and appeared off the Heads at Sydney on 7th September however could not get into the harbour until late on the evening of the 8th of September 1810, a voyage of 169 days.
Extract of a Dispatch from Governor Macquarie, to Viscount Castlereagh; dated Sydney, New South Wales, 27th October 1810;
The Canada transport brought hither one hundred and twenty-one female convicts, all of whom arrived in good health, and had been well treated by the Commander and Surgeon of that ship during the voyage, one only having died on the passage, who, according to the Surgeon's Report, was in ill health when she was embarked. The greater part of these convicts, soon after their arrival, were assigned over as indented servants, for the space of three years, to the different settlers, who were on the occasion required to execute bonds for the retaining them for that period in their respective services, and for their humane and proper treatment of them. Out of the entire number of one hundred and twenty-one, there are now only thirty-two remaining undisposed of; and they are usefully employed in the Government Cloth Manufactory, some time since established at Parramatta.
Extract of a Dispatch from Governor Macquarie, to Viscount Castlereagh; dated Sydney, New South Wales, 27th October 1810;
The Canada transport brought hither one hundred and twenty-one female convicts, all of whom arrived in good health, and had been well treated by the Commander and Surgeon of that ship during the voyage, one only having died on the passage, who, according to the Surgeon's Report, was in ill health when she was embarked. The greater part of these convicts, soon after their arrival, were assigned over as indented servants, for the space of three years, to the different settlers, who were on the occasion required to execute bonds for the retaining them for that period in their respective services, and for their humane and proper treatment of them. Out of the entire number of one hundred and twenty-one, there are now only thirty-two remaining undisposed of; and they are usefully employed in the Government Cloth Manufactory, some time since established at Parramatta.
6 months after arriving in Australia she married fellow convict Thomas Davis on the 4th of March 1811 at St. John's Church of England in Parramatta. Thomas had arrived in Australia 9 years earlier. They had 8 children together.
Harriett died in 1832 in Parramatta aged 45 years. She is buried in St. John's Cemetery, Parramatta.
Harriett died in 1832 in Parramatta aged 45 years. She is buried in St. John's Cemetery, Parramatta.
References
http://australianroyalty.net.au/individual.php?pid=I46827&ged=purnellmccord.ged
http://www.jenwilletts.com/convict_ship_canada_1810.htm
http://www.blaxland.com/ozships/
http://www.jenwilletts.com/convict_ship_canada_1810.htm
http://www.blaxland.com/ozships/