triffitt1.wordpress/first-settlers/ Susan Garth GARTH [GRATH, GOUGHT, GRATES, GRANT] Susannah Friendship LondonOld Bailey 10 09 1783 7 years – married to Edward in England Susannah Gough appears to have been called Susan Garth in the First Fleet records which list her on Friendship. As which she was 25 years old when sent toNorfolk Island. Another Londonter, she received a seven-year sentence for stealing nine guineas. An 1811 record at Hobart Town shows that Susan Gough’s trial date corresponded with that of Susan Garth but the ship of arrival as Charlotte. It is possible that Susan Gough was chosen for Norfolk Island because of an earlier relationship with her future husband, Edward Garth, who was already in the founding party. She was tried at Old Bailey, Londonon 10 September 1783 for stealing cash with a value of 199 shillings. She was sentenced to transportation for 7 years and left Englandon the Friendship aged about 24 at that time (May 1787). She had no occupation recorded. She died in 1841. Notes: Partner in the original crime was Elizabeth Dudgens. Guilty of return from transport following the Mercury mutiny. Report from Dunkirk hulk was that she was behaving “better than formerly”. Married Edward Garth in 1795 – a daughter had been born to them in 1789 and they had six more children in later years. Having the same surname, there is debate as to whether they were related.
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