Date of Conviction: 20/01/1817

Age at Conviction: 38

Crime Convicted of: Theft

Court Convicted at: Lancaster Quarter Sessions (held at the Old Moot Hall, Wigan)

Sentence Length: 7 Years

Ship Transported on: Friendship (2)

Where Arrived: Port Jackson, New South Wales

Departure Date: 03/07/1817

Arrival Date: 14/01/1818

Biography: Jane was the wife of John Jones. She had stolen from Thomas Oakes and Samuel Foden. The government removal orders came to Lancaster Castle on the 19th May and Jane left Lancaster Castle on the 27th along with ten other women and another smaller group followed a day after. Jane had been described as “quiet and industrious” whilst onboard ship. However, soon after arrival in May 1818, Jane received a colonial sentence and was sent to Newcastle penal colony for one year on the Lady Nelson.

In New South Wales, Jane remarried convict shoemaker James Crossland (ship- Fortune) at St Johns, Parramatta in January 1821 and they can be seen living at Parramatta on the 1825 and 1828 muster/census. Jane received her certificate of freedom in January 1824 and on which she is described as a native of Denbighshire, Wales, a pale complexion, 5 ft 2, brown hair and hazel eyes.

Jane passed away a widow (her husband had died in 1833) with her death recorded as a ‘visitation of god’ on the 30 June 1841 and was buried three days later at St Johns, Parramatta.