Date of Conviction: 05/03/1814

Age at Conviction: 16

Crime Convicted of: Burglary

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

Sentence Length: Life

Ship Transported on: Northampton

Where Arrived: Port Jackson, New South Wales

Departure Date: 01/01/1815

Arrival Date: 18/06/1815

Biography: Jane’s case had been held over from the September 1813 assizes whilst they decided whether she was of sane mind or not. After she was considered sane to stand trial in March 1814, the death sentence she received was reprieved. Jane (whose surname is also recorded as Humphries) had broken into the house of John Pearson at Liverpool and stole a quantity of his shoes and boots.

In New South Wales, Jane appears to have been sent to the hospital upon arrival though has applied for permission to marry convict Richard Jones (ship- Marquis of Wellington) by November 1816. In 1818, Jane has a ticket of leave and in 1822 and 1825 was assigned to her husband, living on Market St in Sydney.

By 1828, Jane’s sentence appears to have been reduced to a 7 year one and she is now shows as free by servitude (definitely a clerical error), living as a servant in the house of Mr Fish at Hunter’s Hill.

In 1831, Jane listed under married and maiden name was in trouble with the law- in her jail description, she is described as a native of Liverpool, 4ft 10 with auburn hair, blue eyes a stout build and a sallow complexion- she was sent to the female factory for 3 months and had her ticket of leave cancelled for ‘improper conduct’, which the newspapers elaborated on saying she was ‘living in a state of adultery’.

She was in trouble again in 1833

In 1837, Jane was still living at Hunter’s Hill though was assigned to a Richard Archbold though further details on her at this time are lacking.