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Details for the convict Hannah Gee (1790)

Convict Name:Hannah Gee
Trial Place:London Gaol Delivery
Trial Date:27 February 1788
Sentence:7 years
Notes:alias Teesdale, Teasdale
 
Arrival Details
Ship:Lady Juliana
Arrival Year:1790
 
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Ann TEASDALE, (alias Hannah GEE) was born 5th May 1774 at London, England to Thomas TEASDALE (1755 - 1823) and Ann Hannah GEE (1756 - 1827).
One possible explanation for her alternate use of surnames would be that she may have been born out of wedlock, which may account for a late baptism; her age given at burial in July 1821 (aged 47) suggests a 1774 birth year and the embarkation age of 19 years may well be incorrect; the location of her crime in north London, close to Holborn, is consistent with her coming from this locality.
On 27th February 1788, Ann (aged 14 yrs.) was convicted by Judge Mr. ROSE in the Old Bailey, London of the charge of grand larceny for feloniously stealing clothing from her employer, Elizabeth GREEN of London Wall on 9th February 1788: a cotton gown and coat, a pair of stays, a printed calico gown, a cloth cloak, a pair of stuff shoes, a linen apron and a handkerchief, the property of John Green, all to the value of one pound, eight shillings. Her mistress told the court that, being ill, she had slept late and came downstairs to find GEE in the passage wearing her cloak and pinning her bonnet on, with the clothes tied up in her apron. Suspecting that she was just about to leave her service and steal the clothes, the employer had GEE arrested. In court GEE maintained that she had put the clothes in her lap because she was about to clean the room in which they were kept. She claimed that her mistress knew perfectly well that she was not putting her bonnet on to go out, but because she had had bad eyes for several days; “My mistress said she would send for a constable, and would hang me, if she could. I had no more intention of taking the things, than I have of going to Jamaica this minute.” Her colourful illusion did not convince the jury and she was sentenced to transportation for seven years and sent back to Newgate Gaol to await an order for transportation which came on 14th March 1789. She was to be transported on the convict Transport “LADY JULIANA”.

After a delay of several months the “LADY JULIANA” left Plymouth on 29th July 1789 with 226 female convicts and 6 children. Her master was George AITKEN. The ship’s surgeon was Richard ALLEY who was apparently competent by the standards of the day, but made little attempt to maintain discipline. Also on board was Lieutenant Thomas EDGAR who had sailed as master of “DISCOVERY” during James COOK final voyage. After leaving England, many of the marines and sailors took ‘wives’ from amongst the convict women. She called at Tenerife (Canary Islands) where 4 women escaped, St Jago (Cape Verde), spent forty-five days at Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and nineteen days at the Cape of Good Hope, one of the slowest journeys made by a convict ship. The vessel gained the reputation for being a floating brothel. During the voyage only 5 convicts died. Rations were properly issued, the vessel kept clean and fumigated, the women were given free access to the deck, and supplies of fresh food were obtained at the ports of call. This treatment was in sharp contrast to that meted out on the infamous Second Fleet.

During the voyage to Australia, Ann became pregnant with her first child, the father of which was a sailor on board named James BLAKE (Born abt. 1774, England; Died abt. 1840, England aged 66 yrs.). Arriving in Port Jackson, New South Wales on 3rd June 1790, 309 days out from England, the “LADY JULIANA” was the first vessel to arrive at Port Jackson since the arrival of the first fleet. James BLAKE sailed with the Lady Juliana when it departed Sydney. The Lady Juliana sailed for China after departing New South Wales. From there she sailed for St. Helena arriving there 4th August 1791. James and Ann’s child James BLAKE was either born on the Lady Juliana or in Sydney after arrival on 3rd June 1790 and was baptised on 28th November 1790 in Sydney. James BLAKE Jnr was buried: 29th January 1792, Sydney, NSW, aged 14 months.

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Sources

  • Ryan, R. J. (1982). The Second Fleet Convicts, A comprehensive listing of convicts who sailed in HMS Guardian, Lady Juliana, Neptune, Scarborough and Surprise. Australian Documents Library, Sydney : , p.28

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