Tag Archives: Sarah’s grave

The Factory above the Gaol – women convicts in 1818

Posted on March 31, 2012 by rebelhand

When my great-great-great grandmother Sarah Marshall stumbled off the convict transport Friendship on January 14, 1818, she emerged from a traumatic journey of confinement and scurvy which became notorious for ‘indecent and licentious intercourse’ to find herself in an … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Convicts, Transportation | Tagged Australia, Convict, Female Factory, John Simpson, Macquarie, Sarah Marshall, Sarah Simpson, Sarah's grave, Transportation, women convicts | 6 Comments

Tombstone Tuesday: Sarah’s haunted grave

Posted on November 14, 2011 by rebelhand

At last I’m posting a photograph of the grave of my great-great-great grandmother, Sarah Simpson, who arrived in New South Wales as a convict on the Friendship in 1818. Sarah Marshall, as she was then, was lucky to be sentenced … Continue reading →

Posted in Convicts, Nicholas Delaney | Tagged Australia, Convict, convict ship, Friendship, genealogy, Sarah Marshall, Sarah Simpson, Sarah's grave | 2 Comments

Was Sarah murdered? Is she a famous ghost?

Posted on October 14, 2011 by rebelhand

For a change from thinking about Nicholas, I typed Sarah Marshall into Google. She’s my g-g-g grandmother, a convict who arrived in New South Wales on the Friendship in 1818. She married John Simpson (Ocean II, arr 1818) and later … Continue reading →