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Rosetta (Rose) JOHNSON

Rosetta (Rose) JOHNSON

Female 1781 - 1845  (64 years)

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  • Name Rosetta (Rose) JOHNSON  [1, 2, 3] 
    Born 1781  Ballygowan, Ardee, Co Louth, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 19 Mar 1781  Ballygowan, Ardee, Co Louth, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Residence Lent 1814  Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Surrey, England
    Trial 24 Mar 1814 
    Tried at 1814 Lent Assizes, Surrey for larceny - sentenced to 7 years. 
    • ASSI 94/1705 (National Archives UK)
      Surrey, England
    Departure 1 Jan 1815 
    On board the "Northampton" - Voyage of 169 days - 110 females on board 
    • - 106 on arrival
      Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
    Arrival 19 Jun 1815  Sydney Cove, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    On board "Northampton" - she was a convict 
    • Sydney, New South Wales
    Alt. Death 14 Feb 1845  [3] 
    • Sydney, New South Wales
    _PPEXCLUDE cI 
    _UID 9BEE792ECA7741A9ABDA9134933D8DB0B22B 
    Died 14 Feb 1845  Blackwattle Swamp, Glebe, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 15 Feb 1845  Sandhills Cemetery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Event Description: Relocated to Botany Cemetery
    Person ID I2871  Connor McCann Family
    Last Modified 24 Nov 2021 

    Father William JONSON 
    Mother Caty (Elise) MCKIVER 
    Married 17 May 1780  Ardee, Co Louth, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F994  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John BEAL(E),   b. 1783, Maldon, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Sep 1850, Geelong, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 1 Jun 1818  Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • There are two marriages registered - V1818841 147B/1818 at CA Churchof England Sydney, St Phillip's to Rosetta Johnston AND V181821953A/1818 at CB Church of England Parramatta, St John's to RosettaJohnson
    Children 
     1. Catherine JOHNSON,   b. 1808, Dundalk, Louth, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1832, George Town, Tasmania, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 24 years)  [Stepchild]
    Last Modified 11 Jun 2021 
    Family ID F1042  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892

      Name: Rose Johnson
      Date of Trial: Lent 1814 - 24 March 1814
      Trial Year: 1814
      Location of Trial: Surrey, England
      Sentence: Transportation, 7 years
      Crime: Larceny
      Index to the Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1825



      JOHNSON, Rose. Per "Northampton", 1815

      1815 Jun 19 - On list of female convicts and their children on board the "Northampton", just arrived at Port Jackson; with her daughter Catherine. Listed as Rose Johnston (Reel 6045; 4/1732 p.157); made herself useful on the ship as an attendant on the sick (Reel 6045; 4/1732 pp.173-4)

      1815 Jun 23 - On list of convicts disembarked from the "Northampton" to be employed at the Factory at Parramatta; with one child (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.103)

      1818 May 4,5 - Re permission to marry John Beal at Parramatta; listed as Rosetta Johnston (Reel 6006; 4/3498 p.203)

      BEAL, Rose. Per "Northampton", 1815 as Rose Johnson (which see also); wife of John Beal of Parramatta

      1819 Apr 14 - Her daughter Catherine Johnson to be discharged from the Female Orphan Institution to her care (Reel 6040; 4/403 p.26)

      1821 Jan 3 - Re petition for Catherine Johnson to be returned to her (Reel 6040; 4/403 p.55)

      1822 May 30 - Petition for mitigation of sentence on behalf of her husband John (Fiche 3212; 4/1864 p.19)
    • (Research):https://www.law.mq.edu.au/research/colonial_case_law/nsw/cases/case_index/1829/beale_v_raine/

  • Sources 
    1. [S9] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S46] England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.Original data - Home Office: Criminal Registers, Middlesex and Home Office: Criminal Registers, England and;) (Reliability: 3).
      Residence date: Lent 1814
      Residence place: Surrey, England

    3. [S10] Australia Death Index, 1787-1985, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data - Compiled from publicly available sources.Original data: Compiled from publicly available sources.;) (Reliability: 3).
      Death date: 1845
      Death place: Sydney, New South Wales



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