Date of Conviction: 20/03/1820

Age at Conviction: 27

Crime Convicted of: Uttering and Putting Off Forged Notes

Court Convicted at: Lancaster Assizes (held at Lancaster Castle)

Sentence Length: 14 Years

Ship Transported on: Morley

Where Arrived: Hobart, Van Diemen’s Land

Departure Date: 17/05/1820

Arrival Date: 29/08/1820

Biography: Elizabeth uttered and put off 20 forged bank notes for the payment of £1 each to John Linacre and Joseph Vernon at Liverpool along with Margaret Rogers and Elizabeth Tod.

On arrival at Hobart she was described as having a very good character and was recommended for housework or as a cook. She was employed by a Mrs Lord but by November she was locked up for 14 days solitary confinement on bread and water for being drunk and neglecting her duties. The following year, now the wife of Peter Ellis (ship- Surrey) whom she had married at Hobart on Christmas Day, she was sent on the Chorley to the female factory at Parramatta via Sydney gaol for two years for receiving stolen property. In 1822 she was recommended for early redistribution from the factory after showing excellent conduct and for most of the time had been designated as an overseer of domestic duties in the factory. In 1825 she was servant to Judge John Wylde at Sydney. Elizabeth received a ticket of leave in 1827 at which time she was described as 5ft 3, fair complexion, brown hair and hazel eyes and living at Cabramatta. 1828, she was still working as a nurse for Mrs Wylde on their Cecil Hills farm. In 1837 a certificate of freedom was issued for Elizabeth.