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Mary Armstrong was transported on the Janus, departing 23rd Oct 1819 and arriving 3rd May 1820 with 109 passengers.
Rig Type: S. Built: New York 1810 Size (tons): 308 The Janus was also a whaling ship. 1819/20 voyage: Female convicted women embarked in England and then in Cork, Ireland. One Rebecca Connolly embarked at Cork but due to ill health was returned to Depot. Sailed on 19 Dec 1819. Arrived at Port Jackson, NSW 3 May 1820. On 20th May, 68 of the women was boarded on the Princess Charlotte bound for Van Diemen's Land, to Port Dalrymple and Hobart. A formal enquiry was held as to the treatment of the women by the Captain and his crew. Note: Not all of the women from Ireland have been included yet on this Register. Currently being updated. Two of the Women convicts, Mary Long, and Lydia Elsden claimed to be in a pregnant condition on arrival. Mary Long claimed the Captain, thomas Mowat, was the father of her child, and Lydia Elsden claimed the Chief Officer, John Hedges, was the father of her child, to which they both swore before the Magistrate.
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New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 Name Mary Armstrong Age 31 Date of Conviction 1819 Place of Conviction Antrim Estimated Birth Year abt 1788
Colonial Secretary Index. ARMSTRONG, Mary. Per "Janus", 1820 1820 May 16 - On list of convicts transhipped from the "Janus" to the "Princess Charlotte" and forwarded to Port Dalrymple (Reel 6007; 4/3502 p.38) -------------------------------------------------- Irish Convict Database. Mary Armstrong, age 35, per Janus 1820, tried Antrim, 1819, 7 years. DOB 1785, Servant. -------------------------------------------------- Following their arrival in NSW per Janus, sixty-eight of the women were embarked on the 'Princess Charlotte' on 16th May, bound for Van Diemen's Land. They were obliged at first to put back into port for a week because of unfavourable winds however soon resumed this second voyage. Twenty-five women were sent to Port Dalrymple and forty-three to Hobart. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON13-1-2$init=CON13-1-2p51 List of Prisoners per Princess Charlotte to Port Dalrymple. Mary Armstrong, age 35, Country service, Carrickfergus, March 1819, 7 years. -------------------------------------------------- There are 2 records of a marriage and a death in Launceston, which may refer to this Mary Armstrong. Tasmanian Marriage record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD36-1-1p105j2k Marriage in Church of St John, Launceston, by Banns, 17 Oct 1821, John Brown of Launceston, bachelor, and Mary Armstrong, of Launceston, widow. Both John and Mary signed with X. Death Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD34-1-1p046j2k Mrs Mary Brown, married woman, aged 42, abode Launceston, died 16 July 1825, buried 17 July 1825.