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Deborah ELLAM/ELIAS
She
was tried at
Chester, Cheshire
on
13 August 1784 for stealing clothing with a value of 36 shillings.
She
was sentenced to transportation for
7 years
and left England on the
Prince of Wales
aged about 20 at that time (May 1787).
She had no occupation recorded. She died in 1819.
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Married John Herbert (Charlotte) on 2 April 1788 and had seven children.On 5 December 1788 she brought a complaint against her husband after a dispute. It was considered trivial and she received 25 lashes.She died “universally respected by her numerous friends and acquaintances.”
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