Date of Conviction: 26/10/1814

Age at Conviction: 27

Crime Convicted of: Theft

Court Convicted at: Lancaster Quarter Sessions (held at the New Bailey, Salford)

Sentence Length: 7 Years

Ship Transported on: Mary Anne (2)

Where Arrived: Port Jackson, New South Wales

Departure Date: 01/07/1815

Arrival Date: 19/01/1816

Biography: Elizabeth (Betty) was a weaver and single woman from Salford, though originally from Liverpool. Betty and Jane Jennison and Jane’s relative Mary had stolen bank notes together in Salford.

Initially placed in the female factory, she met and married Thomas Lincoln (ship- Guildford) at Parramatta in September 1818. In 1820, Betty was sent to Newcastle on the Elizabeth Henrietta for a further year under a colonial sentence but had been returned by 1821 and was back in employment. By 1828, Betty was free by servitude and living with her husband in a lane off Princes St. They bought this land in 1834 and sold it in 1838 in which year Thomas received an absolute pardon. This rare pardon allowed Thomas and Betty to leave Australia and return home.

With their property sold, they travelled back to England in late 1839 or 1840 and by 1841 appear in the England census’ as home owners in Whitwell, Norfolk- a rural village where many of Thomas’ family still lived. They would remain here and in the next village of Reepham for the remainder of their long lives. Betty died 23 November 1864 and is buried in the now defunct old Reepham graveyard. Thomas died in 1877 and it was his death announcement in the newspaper clarifying that he was ‘formerly of Australia’ that has helped in this search.