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Transportation
Mary Atkinson was transported on the Lady Juliana, departing 31st May 1789 and arriving 3rd Jun 1790 with 247 passengers.
Launched 1777, 401 ton barque, built at Whitby, England. Departed Portsmouth, England on 29 July 1789, via Cape of Good Hope for Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia on 3 June 1790. 1790 voyage carried 226 female passengers (convicts)- 5 of whom died on the trip. 6 children also on board. Significant because it was the first ship to bring all female women to the Colony.
Lady JulianaReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 17 (10) |
| 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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Family connections for Mary (Atkinson) are: ATKINSON Mary (Atkinson/Goulding) was born in 1767. She was tried for stealing linen, on 8 1 1787, in London at Old Bailey, sentenced to death reprieved to 7years, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW as a convict on 3 6 1790 after a voyage of 5months on Fleet ship LADY JULIANA-a ship with 228females who easily entertained the whole crew & also sailors at Teneriffe stopover; she used the name (Goulding) in NSW. She married William (Hubbard/Husband his first marriage) on 19 12 1790 at St Johns CofE Parramatta; they lived at a property at Hawkesbury. She was Free by Servitude by 1800. She died on 4 9 1820 age53 & was buried at St Phillips CofE Sydney (Smee has her as Mary Ann (Hubbard) age66) . [Some details taken from this Website] William (Hubbard/Husband) was born in 1767 & became a plasterer. He was tried for breaking entering stealing velveret linen, on 20 1 1784, of William (Beresford) at Kingston upon Thames Surrey, sentenced to death reprieved to 7years in Americas, held on hulks CENSOR from 8 4 1785 & JUSTITIA & arrived in NSW as a convict on 26 1 1788 after a voyage of 8months on First Fleet ship SCARBOROUGH; he was Protestant. He is recorded as a clerk for the Commissarys office in 1788. He moved to a property at Hawkesbury in 1791. In 1791 he was suspected of illegal selling of stores. He was Free by Servitude by 1796. He was a constable in Sydney from 1816-20. He had a second relationship with Hannah (Whitelock/Sherwood her second? relationship). He is recorded in 1822 as constable with his family in Sydney. He is recorded in 1828 as (Hubbert) a waterman with his family at Harrington St Sydney. He died on 18 5 1843 age76 father of perhaps 10children. [Some details taken from this Website] REFERENCE: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony.
My 4th great grandmother.
Mary Atkinson, was seen to be carrying something under her cloak as she left a Leicester Square drapery shop, on 8 January 1787. When challenged she produced 4 yards of printed cotton which however, did not belong to the shop. When enquiries were made about where the material had come from, she ran off but was later apprehended. Tried at the Old Bailey, she was found guilty os stealing the cloth and sentenced to death. On 23 May 1787 she was reprieved to transportation for 7 years. In the colony, she used the surname Goulding. On 19 December 1790 she married the First Fleet convict William Hubbard. They moved to a land grant at Hawkesbury and by 1806 had 4 children. Between 1816 and 1820 the family moved to Sydney and William became a constable. Mary died in 1820.