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Martha Allen was transported on the Mary, departing 13th Apr 1835 and arriving 7th Sep 1835 with 181 passengers.
Built 1811, Ipswich,England 361 tons. 1817 Journey On Monday arrived the ship Mary, Capt. ORMON, from Calcutta, with merchandize—Passengers, Captain FAITHFUL and Lieut. HAMILTON: this vessel has brought 6 male prisoners from India, destined for Port Jackson; to which place it is expected she will sail to-morrow. Hobart Town Gazette, 24 May 1817. Ship News. On Thursday arrived from Calcutta, via Derwent, the ship Mary, Captain Ormon, with a various cargo. -Passengers from Calcutta, Captain Faithfull and Lieutenant Hamilton:-The Mary sailed from Calcutta the 23d of February, and left the Pilot the 1st of March. Sydney Gazette, Sat 7 Jun 1817. -------------------------------------------------- Convicts who sailed on the 'Mary' direct from Ireland - 1819 & 1836 - are currently being listed, incomplete data to date.
Mary (generic)References
| Primary Source | State Archives NSW, Butts of COF (NRS 12210)& Indents (Series: NRS 12188; Item: 4/4019; Microfiche: 695). Ancestry. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 29 (16) |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
Old Bailey Online 745. MARTHA ALLEN was indicted for stealing, on the 11th of February, 1 knife, value 10s., the goods of Mary Ann Edwards. MARY ANN EDWARDS . I lost a silver-handled knife from my kitchen, at No. 6, Pleasant-row, Pentonville, on the 11th of February. I employed the prisoner on that day as a charwoman—she came about eleven o'clock—I went to market, and returned about three o'clock—I did not miss the knife then, but a gentleman who lodges with me, sent her out for some porter for dinner with a sovereign—she did not return with the sovereign, I was obliged to go to the station, and the handle of the knife was found on her—the blade had been broken off—I then went home, and missed it. WILLIAM BARNARD . I am a policeman. I took the prisoner for the sovereign—this handle of a knife was found in her pocket. Prisoner's Defence. The first thing she set me to do was, to go for a quartern of gin—she then went out with a friend who had recommended her to me, and did not return for two hours—she then came home, and as she had been drinking, I did not tell her about the knife which I had broken—she appeared pleased with what I had done, and sent me for another quartern of gin—I told her a gentleman had called to look at the apartments, and I told him I believed they were let—she said, why did not I have him in, and get 5s. of him; and when she wanted some tea, she sent me to get some from the lodger's room. MARY ANN EDWARDS . I keep a very respectable lodging-house—the gentleman who sent her with the sovereign is a solicitor, and did not like to attend himself—he lodges with me still. GUILTY . Aged 40.— Transported for Seven Years.
Convict Index: aged 40, Occupation: All work /plain cook /Laundrymaid Indents: aged 40, Married, Trade Allwork, Offence Stealing Silver Knife Certificate of Freedom No.42/2119 dated 10 December 1842, Prisoner No.35/54, Tried 2 March 1835, Trade Servant, Year of Birth 1795
Martha Allen (per "Mary 1835") had a Daughter to William Foster (per "Champion 1827) on 4/8/1843. Refused permission to marry in 1842. William sent to Peort Arthur in 1844 where he died on 13/5/1847 aged 48 approx.