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Elizabeth Pulley (maid. name (Convict first fleet to Australia))[1]
1763 - 1837 (74 years)
1763 - 1843 (80 years)-
First & lastname Elizabeth Pulley [2, 3, 4, 5] Birth 27 Mar 1763 Hethersett, Norfolk, England 
[2] Death 9 Aug 1837 Evan, Castlereagh, New South Wales, Australia [2] Age 74 years Headstones 
Submit Headstone Photo Person ID P16835 My Genealogy Last Modified 24 Jul 2020
Husband Anthony Rope (maid. name (Convict on first fleet to Australia)), b. 1763, Rochford, Essex, , England d. 20 Apr 1843, Castlereagh, New South Wales (Age 80 years) Marriage 19 May1788 Port Jackson, Sydney, New Suoth Wales Children + 1. Robert Rope, b. 30 Oct 1788, Soldiers Square, Wynyard Square, Sydney, New South Wales Australia d. 1835, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (Age 46 years)▻ Esther Mary Gamble m. 9 Dec 1812[Father: natural]+ 2. Mary Rope, b. 31 Jul 1791, Rouse Hill,Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia d. 24 Oct, 1872, Emu Plains, New South Wales, Australia (Age 81 years)
[Father: natural]3. Elizabeth Rope, b. 7 Feb, 1794, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia d. 1794, no supporting documents [Father: natural]+ 4. John Rope, b. 22 Dec 1795, Ponds Parramatta New South Wales Australia d. 11 Jul 1845, Castlereagh, , New South Wales, Australia (Age 49 years)▻ Maria Field m. 17 Feb 1817[Father: natural]+ 5. Sarah Rope, b. 1 Mar 1798, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia d. 17 Aug 1882, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia (Age 84 years)
[Father: natural]+ 6. Susannah Rope, b. 1801, South Creek, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia d. 23 Dec 1883, South Creek, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia (Age 82 years)▻ John Bradley m. 7 Sep 1818; John Proctor m. 1829[Father: natural]7. William Rope, b. 1805, Windsor, New South Wales, Australia d. 12 Dec 1834, Castlereagh, New South Wales, Australia (Age 29 years) [Father: natural]+ 8. Elizabeth Ann Rope, b. 24 Mar 1808, Windsor, New South Wales, Australia d. 8 Aug 1889, Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia (Age 81 years)▻ Thomas Player m. 10 Oct 1826[Father: natural]9. Eliza Ryan, b. 1870, Penrith, , New South Wales, Australia d. 9 Jun 1870, Penrith, , New South Wales, Australia (Age 0 years) [Father: natural]Family ID F5157 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 24 Jul 2020
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Notes - Elizabeth was born in Felthorpe, Norfolk, a village just thirty kilometres north-west of Anthony Rope’s birthplace at Norton Subcourse. Her baptism took place on 21 Feb 1762 at St Margarets in Felthorpe with her parents listed as Tobias and Alice Pully. She and her three brothers were orphaned by the time she was 6 and all four may have been then sent to the workhouse.
During her teenage years Elizabeth ran wild. In July 1779 she was acquitted of stealing clothes and just a year later she was sentenced to three weeks in Wymondham Bridewell prison for stealing clothes from a house near Drayton. Her punishment included a public whipping in the market place.
Things were getting worse by 1781 when again she was in court for stealing clothing and money belonging to a Mr Pightling of Heatherset. This crime earned her a year’s hard labour at Aylsham Bridewell. Not long after her release she was in trouble again and in March 1783 she was tried at Thetford Assizes and convicted of stealing a large quantity of food and material (worsted) from the shop of a Mrs Elizabeth Minns of Hethersett. This time she was sentenced to death by hanging but was reprieved by the judge as he left for London and she then spent three years languishing in gaol at Norwich castle while awaiting transportation. A short time in the ‘Dunkirk’ hulk at Plymouth preceded her voyage to New South Wales on the transport ‘Friendship’.
Along with 20 other female convicts Elizabeth suffered dreadfully, as she herself was in irons for 72 days of the 93 days from 13 May till 13 August 1787. Lt Ralph Clark’s diary pinpoints five fighting women which he at one stage labelled as damned whores. Elizabeth Pulley was listed as one of the five. The ship travelled in extremely hot weather and it was lice-ridden, so her conditions were very uncomfortable. Thankfully, when the Fleet reached Cape Town (South Africa), she was transferred to the Prince of Wales ship with other female convicts. This was to make room for animals and other supplies to be taken on board the Friendship.
- Elizabeth was born in Felthorpe, Norfolk, a village just thirty kilometres north-west of Anthony Rope’s birthplace at Norton Subcourse. Her baptism took place on 21 Feb 1762 at St Margarets in Felthorpe with her parents listed as Tobias and Alice Pully. She and her three brothers were orphaned by the time she was 6 and all four may have been then sent to the workhouse.
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Sources - [S-2109027946] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.
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- [S-1793614820] Ancestry.com, Australia, List of Convicts with Particulars, 1788-1842, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.Original data - Colonial Office and Predecessors: Alphabetical list of convicts with particulars 1788-1825; 1840-1842; (The National Archives Microfilm Publication CO 207/9); The Nation).
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