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Elizabeth Hayward/Haywood (1773-1836), a clog maker, was found guilty on 10 January 1787 at the Old Bailey, London, of stealing a linen gown, silk bonnet, and a cloak from the man to whom she was apprenticed. Sentenced to 7 years transportation, she arrived at Sydney aboard the Lady Penrhyn in January 1788 as part of the First Fleet.

Elizabeth was assigned to Mary Johnson, wife of chaplain Reverend Richard Johnson. On 9 February 1789 she was ordered to receive 30 lashes for insolence to Rev. Johnson. She was sent to Norfolk island on the Sirius in March 1790. She had three children Elizabeth (b.1794), Margaret (b.c. 1795 and died the same year) and Robert (b.1796) with William Nicholls. Nicholls left the island to return to England in about 1796. Hayward then had a son George (b.1802) presumably with George Collins. Following Collins' sudden death in 1803 she lived with Joseph Lowe. The couple, and Hayward's children, left Norfolk Island for Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) in 1813, settling eventually at Launceston.

As Elizabeth Lowe she died at Launceston and was buried on 29 October 1836 at St John's Old Cypress St Cemetery; her age was recorded as 66.

information from

• Mollie Gillen, The Founders of Australia: A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet (1989), p 169
• HMS Sirius 1786-1790 https://hmssirius.com.au/elizabeth-haywood-convict-lady-penrhyn-1788/ — accessed 8 September 2020