Sarah Bellamy: Difference between revisions

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| name = Sarah ButtBellamy

| birth_date = {{Birth year|1770}}

| birth_place = [[Worcestershire]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]]

| death_date = 24 February {{dda|1843|2|24|1770|df=yes}}

| occupation = Weaver and Maidmaid

| spouse = [[James Bloodsworth]], [[Seaman Joseph Downey|Joseph Downey]]

'''Sarah Bellamy''' (1770 – 24 February 1843) was a convict on Thethe [[First Fleet]] to [[Australia]]. She was sentenced for several years' [[Penal transportation|transportation]] and was one of the longest -living first fleeters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.convictrecords.com.au/convicts/bellamy/sarah/85194|title=Sarah Bellamy|publisher=Convict Records|accessdate=1 July 2016 |language=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://robyn-myfamilyhistory.blogspot.dk/2010/11/first-fleet-convict-sarah-bellamy.html|title=First Fleet Convict Sarah Bellamy |date=5 November 2010 |publisher=robyn-myfamilyhistory|accessdate=1 July 2016 |language=}}</ref>

==Crime and sentencing==

She was convicted on the 9 July 1785 for robbing twenty-foura silkpurse handkerchiefsfull andof onecash wallet whichand mayprommissary havenotes containedcontaining 630 shillings. Bellamy was sentenced to severalseven years transporttransportation. Two days before she left for [[Botany Bay]] she pleaded to be publicly whipped and not to be transported but her pleas were ignored and she left England at age 17 onin May 1787.

She travelled to Australia aboard Thethe ''[[Lady Penrhyn (1786 ship)|Lady Penrhyn]]''. Bellamy had to share the ship with one hundred and one other women; no male convicts were on the ship. Aboard the ship she had a short-lived relationship with one of the sailors [[Seaman, Joseph Downey|Joseph Downey]]; they had a baby aboard the ship but he died 9 days later. Their relationship did not continue when they reached their destination. It took 252 days to reach Botany Bay.

She first worked as a housemaid to Lieutenant Faddy and, later, a weaver. She later married [[James Bloodsworth]], and together they had fourseven children of which onefour died at infancy. Due to James being a bricklayer and architect they lived together in a beautiful house, had a high social status and were quite wealthy due to James's salary being 50 pounds. Bellamy's family gained a very good reputation throughout the new colony. She outlived her husband, who died inon 24 March 1804 from pneumonia after his death, leaving her with three young children thechildren—the oldest being 13 years old. She lived with her children but didn't marry again and later was granted a conditional pardon on the 23rd23 February 1811. In fact, James and Sarah never married, because it was known that James had left a living wife (Jane Marks; married 9 December 1782) and several children in England when he was transported.

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