Sarah Mitchell (c. 1785–1868)
Sarah Lee (c.1785?-1868) was in Newgate Gaol with her convict mother Mary Walker and accompanied her mother to New South Wales aboard the Lady Juliana, arriving in June 1790 as part of the Second Fleet. She was sent with her mother to Norfolk Island, arriving on the Surprize in August 1790.
Lee married James Mitchell, a missionary turned trader, on 16 September 1802. The couple left Norfolk Island for Sydney on the King George in February 1813. They then headed for Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) where James Mitchell worked as an agent for a Sydney postmaster, kept a general store and owned a number of racehorses. The couple separated in 1819.
Sarah Mitchell died at Hobart on 2 May 1868; her age was given as 84 and her cause of death as 'old age & debility'.
* information from Michael Flynn, The Second Fleet: Britain’s Grim Convict Armada of 1790 (1993), p 401
Additional Resources and Scholarship
- ad taken by James Mitchell claiming he had separated from his wife and would not be responsible for her debts, Hobart Town Gazette, 16 January 1819, p 2
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Mitchell, Sarah
- Mitchell, James (husband)
- Walker, Mary (mother)
- Davis, Aaron (stepfather)
- Hosier, Francis (stepbrother)
Citation details
'Mitchell, Sarah (c. 1785–1868)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/mitchell-sarah-30675/text38017, accessed 10 December 2024.
Life Summary [details]
Alternative Names
- Lee, Sarah
Birth
c.
1785
London,
Middlesex,
England
Death
2 May,
1868
(aged ~ 83)
Hobart,
Tasmania,
Australia
Cause of Death
Cultural Heritage
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