Hi Lesley, Thankyou for your reply. It sounds as if the authorites began to established a slightly different system of controlling their wayward charges by the time they had the Female Factories operating. This would explain the comments in the piece written by Alan Eade.It all helps to develop the scenario for those days. Regards, Marie Head. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lesley Uebel" <ckennedy@bigpond.net.au> To: <aus-convicts@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 3:35 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-CON] Women Transported: Life in Australia'sConvictFemaleFactories > Hi Marie > > Female convicts who arrived on the first fleet certainly were given the > lash. > > . > You may have to check the journals of Philip Gidley King for details > but.... > > Mary Gamble (Gambel, Gamol) had been sentenced to 12 dozen lashes on > Norfolk > Island for stealing - but then forgiven. A few months later she committed > another crime and was given 3 dozen lashes > > Also Ann Coombs 50 lashes for defrauding Thomas Jones of a quantity of > provisions and another 100 lashes for another crime > > There are others.... > > > Lesley Uebel > mailto:ckennedy@bigpond.net.au > CLAIM A CONVICT > http://users.bigpond.net.au/convicts/index.html > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: aus-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:aus-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Marie Head > Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 7:19 AM > To: Alan Eade; aus-convicts@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [AUS-CON] Women Transported: Life in Australia's > ConvictFemaleFactories > > > It is with great interest I read the above article, & look forward to > visiting the exhibition. > One point I wish to comment on "Unlike their male counterparts, they were > spared the lash." > An ancestor , Elizabeth Hayward, arriving on the 'Lady Penryhn" with the > First Fleet, a child of 13-14 yrs, sentenced 7years for theft, was > assingned > to The Reverend Richard Johnson & his wife, as a servant, on arrival. > The chaplain charged her with insolence to his wife, & on 7th February > 1789,she is sentenced to receive 30 lashes. > I have a copy of the written entry recording this, but have never found > any > evidence that the sentence was carried out. Could the sentence be > appealed, > or reduced in any way? > Any suggestions? > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >