Date of Conviction: 31/08/1816

Age at Conviction: 50

Crime Convicted of: Uttering Forged Notes

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

Sentence Length: 14 Years

Ship Transported on: Friendship (2)

Where Arrived: Port Jackson, New South Wales

Departure Date: 03/07/1817

Arrival Date: 14/01/1818

Biography: Sarah uttered a forged £1 bank note and was caught having five others in her possession at Manchester. She left Lancaster Castle for Deptford on the 27 May. She was described as “an inoffensive old woman” on board ship.

Almost immediately after arrival, Sarah was sent to the Derwent River, Van Diemen’s Land onboard the Duke of Wellington. She also used the name Mary, rather than Sarah and in 1820 and 21 appears as a housekeeper, earning a ticket of leave at Hobart. Alcohol begins to play a part and in 1824 she was reprimanded for being drunk and disorderly and the same offence the next year resulted in a sentence in the stocks. In July 1825, whilst drunk, Sarah was killed after suffering severe burns, and died, aged 60. She was buried at Hobart on the 26th July.