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Details for the convict Amy Staples (1803)

Convict Name:Amy Staples
Trial Place:Middlesex Gaol Delivery
Trial Date:2 December 1801
Sentence:Life
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Arrival Details
Ship:Glatton
Arrival Year:1803
 
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Biographies

Amy Staples was born circa 1781 at Swanden, Kent, ENG.

On 26 Nov 1801, she was convicted of stealing Silver Plate in the house of Mrs Penfold to whom she was a servant. She was described as “20, 5’4” Fair complexion, brown hair grey eyes”, and sentenced to death.

The judgement was respited on Dec 3rd due to her being pregnant. By 25 Feb 1802 she was sentenced to be transported for Life and on 5 Sep 1802 she was delivered to the convict ship “Glatton” along with her child born in Newgate prison.

Amy and her child arrived in Sydney in 1803, she marries Thomas Lees in 1804 and has 2 children listed in the 1806 muster. In the 1823 muster she is listed as Emma Lees and described as the mother-in-law to G Morris.

In the 1828 census she is listed as a servant in the household of William and Sarah Eliza Morris.

Submitted by Researcher (Barbara Toohey) on 7 October 2017

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Sources

  • The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/1, p.325

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