Date of Conviction: 29/03/1804

Age at Conviction: 18

Crime Convicted of: Forgery

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

Sentence Length: 7 Years

Ship Transported on: William Pitt

Where Arrived: Port Jackson, New South Wales

Departure Date: 10/08/1805

Arrival Date: 11/04/1806

Biography: Ellen forged an endorsement to a bill of exchange value over £13 and uttered it to William Crompton at Liverpool in an attempt to defraud him, along with a James Forsyth. A receipt exists that shows her as part of a group transported to Spithead from Lancaster Castle.

In New South Wales, Ellen, also named as Eleanor and McIntosh/Macintosh, had a daughter the year of arrival with a Thomas Broughton- this appears to be one of whom Ellen had been assigned to (Smith & Broughton). She then met John Connell (ship- Minerva) and they had a son in 1809. No wedding appears to have taken place between them but they became a common law couple. Ellen was given her certificate of freedom on the 7/9/1811. Ellen and John were still at Windsor, along with their son James in 1822 and this year convict James Freeman from (ship-Lord Eldon) and Philip Lamprey (General Hewitt) were assigned to her. Ellen’s daughter Jane who had married just months before died at Windsor. Ellen herself was the victim of a theft this year, having a dress stolen. In 1825 the couple were still at Windsor. The couple were prosperous and at various times owned multiple properties with gardens and stables etc and supplied the government. In 1828, all three are still together with their small farm at Windsor.

I cannot find any confirmed records of Ellen beyond this time, though both an Ellen Connell and a John (Mc)Connell died in 1841, of roughly the right age and were buried in St Matthews, Windsor- Ellen in the Church of England section, John in the Catholic.