Sarah bellamy biography

          Sarah Bellamy ( – 24 February ) was a convict on the First Fleet to Australia.!

          Sarah Bellamy was a convict on the First Fleet to Australia.

        1. Sarah Bellamy was a convict on the First Fleet to Australia.
        2. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, Ms. Bellamy also holds an M.A. in the Humanities from the University of Chicago.
        3. Sarah Bellamy ( – 24 February ) was a convict on the First Fleet to Australia.
        4. Sarah Bellamy ; Gender: Female ; Born: 1st Jan ; Death: 24th Feb ; Age: 73 years ; Occupation: Servant.
        5. Born in , years ago, Sarah Bellamy was one of the longest lived first fleeters by the time of her death in

          6. Sarah Bellamy

          Sarah Bellamy

          Born1770 (1770)

          Worcestershire, England, Great Britain

          Died24 February 1843(1843-02-24) (aged 72–73)
          NationalityEnglish
          Occupation(s)Weaver and maid
          Spouse(s)James Bloodsworth, Joseph Downey
          Children8
          Parent(s)Richard Bellamy, Elizabeth Staunton

          Sarah Bellamy (1770 – 24 February 1843) was a convict on the First Fleet to Australia.

          She was sentenced for several years' transportation and was one of the longest-living first fleeters.[1][2]

          Early life

          Bellamy was born in 1770 to Richard and Elizabeth Bellamy and before she was convicted, she was unemployed.

          Crime and sentencing

          She was convicted on the 9 July 1785 for robbing a purse full of cash and prommissary notes containing 630 shillings. Bellamy was sentenced to seven years transportation. Two days before she left for Botany Bay she pleaded to be publicly whipped and not to be transported but her pleas were ignored