Date of Conviction: 14/03/1826

Age at Conviction: 22

Crime Convicted of: Theft of a Cow

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

Sentence Length: 7 Years

Ship Transported on: Grenada (2)

Where Arrived: Sydney Cove, New South Wales

Departure Date: 01/09/1826

Arrival Date: 23/01/1827

Biography: Betty (Elizabeth) had originally received a death sentence which was reprieved for the theft of a cow at Preston belonging to farmer Thomas Dean in September 1825. Betty had claimed the cow belonged to her father and she had taken it to a local auctioneer who had sold it. In jail, she was described as having been born at Preston and had a fair complexion, very sandy hair, grey eyes, small nostrils and was weaver.

Whilst onboard ship, soon after setting off, Betty was recorded by the ship’s surgeon as suffering from a stomach upset but after four days was discharged from the sick bay.

In November 1829, Betty, who was in the service of William Cowper, married tailor William Monk (ship- Marquis of Huntley 1) at St Philips, Sydney. She held a ticket of leave and had been given a character of being ‘honest and sober’ by a judge. Her next ticket of leave, issued in April 1831, says she was a house servant, 5ft 3, fair-ruddy complexion, red hair and light grey eyes. However, Betty died In late December of that year, aged 27, ticket of leave never collected. She may have died soon after giving birth- an unbaptised baby boy, also William Monk, two months old, of York St, died just five days before her.