The Family Project - Francis Piper 1770-1844 Sarah Wood 1775-1841
FRANCIS PIPER 1770 – 1844 and his brother EDWARD PIPER were indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 17th of November, eight hundred pounds (lbs) of flax, value 35l. the property of Hugh Atkins. Francis and his brother Edward were convicted of simple grand larceny at the Old Bailey on 3 December 1800 and each received a sentence of transportation for 7 years. They arrived in Port Jackson on 14 December 1801 on the Minorca, together with their wives and families. Francis had been married in England, Francis married Sarah Elizabeth Wood 1775-1841 on March 22 1797, at age 27 in St Andrews, Holborn, London, prior to his trial and sentencing. Francis and Sarah’s children, William Piper 1798–1859, Francis Piper was born on August 13 1803, in Sydney, Thomas Piper, Mary Ann Piper 1807–, Dulciebella Piper1810–1880, Jonathan Piper 1813–and Sarah Piper1815–. The “ Minorca” had set sail from England on 21 June 1801 in convoy with Canada and Nile , and reached Rio de Janeir