Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Mary Atkinson was transported on the Sydney Cove, departing 31st Dec 1806 and arriving 18th Jun 1807 with 115 passengers.
Sydney Cove (generic)References
| Primary Source | England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 |
| 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
Mary was a single woman of Manchester who had stolen at Warrington. The order from Whitehall to remove Mary and others from Lancaster Castle came on the 3rd November and Mary boarded the ship (she was recorded as having a child with her). Little is recorded about Mary's first years; she can be found in 1811 at Port Dalrymple. She was still there in 1820 and is now recorded as the wife of poundkeeper/ constable Charles Fletcher (ship- Duke of Portland) and was free. However at some time in 1820/21 Charles died and in August 1822, Mary married John Earle (ship- Calcutta), Innkeeper of the Roseneath Inn and farmer. The Roseneath then passed to John's cousin James Austin who he had been convicted with and later ran a ferry across the Derwent with and John took over the the Northampton Arms at 'Compton' (Kempton). A mutual separation between John and Mary was announced in the newspapers in 1833 at their farm of Woodland Park. She then moved to a property at Green Ponds belonging to an Alfred Seaker who advised her to claim and pay for her belongings from his house in 1834, perhaps John and Mary had reconciled as in 1838, aged 63, Mary passed away at rear Green Ponds (Kempton) a 'yeoman's wife'. She was buried at St Mary's Anglican cemetery in Kempton. In John's 1840 will, some of his estate is left to his ward Charles Fletcher Howard who Mary brought up after Charles death.