I found these two listings in the 2006 edition of The King's Passengers to
Maryland and
Virginia By Peter Wilson
Coldham. (If I give the link to the previews at the books.google site, Ancestry.com will probably delete this post. You can search for it, or ask me.)
p. 217
Felons transported from
Bristol by the
Trotman,
Capt. Joseph Blickenden, and registered in
Baltimore Co. records in December 1770. (MSA: CR40,516 f. 9)
Nottinghamshire:
Forth [
Firth], James, sold to Daniel
Shaw.
p. 9
Felons transported from
London by the Gilbert,
Capt. Darby Lux, in October 1720 and registered in Annapolis in May 1721. (PRO: T53/28/331; CLRO: Mss 57.7.8)
Middlesex:
Frith [
Firth], Elizabeth, aged 19, fair
I also found what appears to be the same person mentioned in Proceedings of Old
Bailey,
London. I'm not sure if she used the name
Frith in MD, but she was tried under the name
Firth. The sentence was probably transportation for 7 years, but of course we never know if the defendant returned to
England.
http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t17201012-25-de...Elizabeth
Firth, Theft > grand larceny, 12th October 1720.
Reference Number: t17201012-25
Offence: Theft > grand larceny
Verdict: Guilty
Punishment: Transportation
Elizabeth
Firth , of St. Martins in the Fields , was indicted for feloniously stealing a
Poplin Gown and Petticoat value 8 s. a Camblet Gown and Petticoat value 6 s. A pair of Stayes 2 s. a Silk
Hood 1 s. and 5 s. in Money, the
Goods and Money of George
Leadbeater, on the 12th of September last. It appeared that the Prisoner was the Prosecutor's Lodger , took the
Goods and went away with them; that she was taken 4
Days afterwards, and the
Goods found upon her, which were produced in
Court, and owned by the Prosecutor. The Jury found her Guilty. Transportation.
http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=s17201012-1-per...Old
Bailey Proceedings punishment summary, 12th October 1720.
Reference Number: s17201012-1
The Tryals being over, the
Court proceeded to give Judgement as followeth:
To be Transported, Elizabeth
FirthTo see ALL 72 of the Firths mentioned in the Proceedings of the Old
Bailey, see
http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/search.jsp?foo=bar&form=s...