Isabella Lloyd (c.1805–)

ISABELLA LLOYD was a convict woman tried and convicted at the Old Bailey and transported per Grenada (3) (1825). Later repeatedly incarcerated at the Parramatta Female Factory, including for secondary offences committed with shipmate JOHANNA LAWSON.

Names

  • Married name: ISABELLA KINLEY
  • Alternate: ISABELLA KENNELLY

Timeline

  • Born: c.1805
  • Tried and convicted of grand larceny: 3 December 1823, Old Bailey, London
  • Sentenced to seven years transportation: Old Bailey, London
  • Sailed to the colony of New South Wales per Grenada (3): 2 October 1824, London, England
  • Arrived in the colony of New South Wales per Grenada (3): 23 January 1825, Port Jackson, New South Wales
  • Committed to Sydney Gaol, her master “having no further occasion for her service…To the Factory, 3 months”: 29 May 1826
  • Transferred from Sydney Gaol to the Parramatta Female Factory: 1 June 1826
  • Sought and received permission to marry DAVID KINLEY: 5 August 1826
  • Married fellow convict DAVID KINLEY: 4 September 1826, St. John’s Church, Parramatta. (Note: This marriage took place at St. John’s the same day that JOHANNA LAWSON married DANIEL COX).
  • Escaped from the Parramatta Female Factory with MARIA SMITH: before 23 October 1826, Parramatta Female Factory
  • Committed to gaol along with MARIA SMITH for escaping from the factory and sentenced to third class with a log and chain around the ankle: 23 October 1826, Sydney Gaol, New South Wales
  • Transferred to the factory: c. 23 October 1826, Third Class, Parramatta Female Factory
  • Admitted to Sydney Gaol by master for being “unfit for her service”: 22 January 1829
  • Transferred to Sydney Gaol to 1st class Parramatta Female Factory: 27 January 1829
  • Admitted to Sydney Gaol for being “useless in her service”: 4 October 1829
  • Transferred to Sydney Gaol to first class of Parramatta Female Factory: 6 October 1829
  • Committed to Sydney Gaol: “Given up by her master…no further use for her services”: 1 October 1830
  • Transferred to the first class of the Parramatta Female Factory: 5 October 1830
  • Received Certificate of Freedom: 3 December 1830
  • Committed to gaol for being a “common prostitute”: 10 January 1831, Sydney Gaol
  • Transferred to third class Parramatta Female Factory for one month as an “idle, disorderly person”: 21 January 1831

Relationships

  • Wife of DAVID KINLEY, convict per Royal Charlotte (1825)
  • Shipmate and partner in crime: JOHANNA LAWSON
  • Partner in Crime: MARIA SMITH

Law Reports

Description

  • Height: 5 feet 3-and-a-half inches
  • Complexion: Fair, ruddy
  • Hair: Brown
  • Eyes: Chesnut
  • General Remarks: “very imprudent” (c.f. Gaol Admission 1831)

Occupation

  • Nursery maid (c.f. Certificate of Freedom)

Religion

  • Protestant

Sources

  • New South Wales Government, Butts of Certificates of Freedom, NRS 1165, 1166, 1167, 12208, 12210, reels 601, 602, 604, 982-1027, (State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales).
  • New South Wales Government, Entrance books [Sydney Gaol], Series 2514, Reel 851, (State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia).
  • New South Wales Government, Description books [Sydney Gaol]. Series 2517, Reel 855, (State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia).
  • New South Wales Government, Selected Court Records, (State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia).
  • Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0), 3 December 1823, trial of ISABELLA LLOYD (t18231203-142), accessed 20 June 2017.
  • “OFFENCES, CHARGES, &c.,” The Australian (Sydney, NSW: 1824 – 1848), Saturday 29 April 1826, p.3
  • “POLICE REPORTS,” Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW: 1803 – 1842), Wednesday 20 September 1826, p.3
  • “Police Reports,” Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW: 1803 – 1842), Saturday 28 October 1826, p.3
  • “Classified Advertising,” Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 – 1842), Tuesday 14 December 1830, p.2
  • “Police Office,” Sydney Monitor (NSW : 1828 – 1838), Wednesday 18 June 1834, p.3
  • The Digital Panopticon (https://www.digitalpanopticon.org/, version 1.1), Isabella Lloyd Life Archive (ID: obpt18231203-142-defend1303), accessed 29 September 2018.

Lists

# Convict

# Trial place: Old Bailey

# Punishment: Seven Years Transportation

# Ship: Grenada (3) (1825)

# Parramatta Female Factory

# Repeat Offender

# Year: 1826

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