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'King & the Prosecutioners for Ann Smith against Bella Ramsay'
(Cumberland Assizes Records for 1790)
"On the 20th May 1790, Ann Smith from the Parish of St Bridgets, Farmory, Cumberland accused Bella Ramsay of stealing; a mans coat, a checked apron and some red Duffle cloth (which Mrs Smith had been planning to use to make a petticoat).
The apron had been hanging to dry on the low back wall behind their residence, close to the rear door leading to the kitchen, Ann Smith had been inside the residence and when she went outside later that morning the apron was gone, she also noticed that a chest that contained 'Outer Articles' and 'Cloth' had the lock broken and when opened noticed the aforesaid articles missing (Mans Coat & Red Duffle Cloth).
She went to her nearest neighbour and asked her if she'd seen anyone loitering and told her what had happened and her suspected theft of the said articles. Her neighbour (name was not mentioned) told Ann Smith that she had spotted Bella Ramsay in the area, she knew for sure it was Bella Ramsay as Bella had been in her employ as a servant up until 6 weeks before.
Ann Smith told her husband John of these events and John went to question local people (again, no names mentioned), several of which told him that they had all seen Bella that morning with a 'bundle' along the road heading towards Whitehaven (which was where Bella lived).
John Smith went to see a John Swan (InnKeeper) in Whitehaven who confirmed yes, he knew Bella and would make some enquiries for the Smith's.
John Swan went to see Bella the following day (21st May 1790) and when asked she claimed she had been 'out of town for 2 days' and had only got back at 8 o'clock that morning, when John Swan told her that people claimed to have seen her yesterday along the road to Whitehaven, she confessed and voluntarily handed the articles over.
Ann Smith reported the theft and Bella Ramsay was tried before Cumberland Assizes on 6th August 1790 and found guilty." [Researcher: Danni Tindall, April 2004]
Isabella Ramsay was convicted on 6th August 1790 in Carlisle in the County of Cumberland in England and was sentenced to seven years transportation to New South Wales. She arrived in Port Jackson on 9th July 1791 aboard "Mary Ann" of the Third Fleet. The Register of Marriages of St John's Anglican Church at Parramatta contains the record of the marriage of James Manning and Issabella (sic) Ramsey (sic) on 10th June 1792. The Reverend Richard Johnson solemnised the marriage and the entry is endorsed that he acted by "Special Permission". James Manning was a First Fleet marine who arrived in New South Wales which cannot properly be identified on present information.
Submitted by Researcher (740) on 9 November 2024
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