Elizabeth+Hayward

Elizabeth Hayward was an orphan. She got her first job as a servant when she was young. Elizabeth got caught for stealing clothing worth seven shillings at the age of seven. She got sentenced to seven years transportation. After a while of waiting in hulks and prisons finally Elizabeth boarded the Lady Penryth which was one of the 11 ships on the first fleet heading toward Botany Bay which was a new place in New Holland because there was no more room for convicts in America. They left on the 13th May 1787. Lady Penryth was a cargo ship and transported 333 tons of cargo. It carried 101 female convicts. When they arrived in Australia Elizabeth Hayward got sentenced to 30 lashes on the 9th February for insolence to the priest. When Elizabeth was older she married William Nicholls. Elizabeth had two daughters, the first was Elizabeth born on 2nd March 1794, the second was Margaret born in 1796 who married Thomas Giles Hayes. Elizabeth also had a son Robert. She went to Norfolk Island and her husband William Nicholls suddenly left Elizabeth around 1796. Elizabeth then had a baby with George Collins. The baby’s name was George, born in 1802. George Collins received two shirts, material for shoes and food for 365 days in 1802 when his son George was born. George Collins died suddenly on the 2nd March 1804, when George was two. George junior died on the 8th March 1870. Elizabeth Hayward’s daughter Elizabeth had a cottage on Norfolk Island with her husband Joseph. In 1819 they had 40 acres with 13 cattle and 150 sheep. Elizabeth and Joseph later moved to Launceston.
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By Lauren