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Rebecca DAVISON/DAVIDSON

She was tried at Old Bailey, London on 00 January 1786 for stealing cash. She was sentenced to transportation for 7 years and left England on the Lady Penrhyn aged about 28 at that time (May 1787). Her occupation was listed as needleworker.

Notes: Partner in the original crime was Sarah Burdo. Their victim “wanted to have connection with” Burdo.Probably already married in England, she married William Holmes on 17 February 1788 but he left for India in 1792.She married Thomas Prior on 14 August 1795.



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