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Voyage
Transportation
Mary Ayton was transported on the Surrey Or Surry, departing 28th Mar 1840 and arriving 13th Jul 1840 with 214 passengers.
Built at Harwich in 1811 a square-rigged transport ship of 443 tons and copper lined she had two decks with a height between decks of 5 ft. 8 ins. In 1818, she had a major refit increasing the decks (and convict carrying capacity) to three. She was owned by the London firm of F. & C.F. Mangles.
Surrey Or Surry (generic)References
| Primary Source | Convict records of Transport and Family connection to convict siblings Ellen Doyle,Daniel Doyle and William Chambers. |
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Convict Notes
Mary Ayton was baptised Anne Doyle in 1818 at Listowel Catholic Church,Killarney County Kerry. In 1843 Mary Ayton applied to marry George Durman,Wiltshire machine-breaker and married under the name Mary Eaton. The couple were childless and apparently adopted her convict sisters twin daughter Ellen Charlotte Taylor around August 1849. NSW BDM 5555/1869 records the death of Mary Eaton at Patricks Plains,Singleton area. She is buried at Whittingham Anglican Cemetery as Mary Eaton which name is a pseudo actually representing the married name Mary Dunman. The adjoining plot for partial anagram ALICE DAWSON (Ellen Charlotte Dunman) lists her two nieces-Kerry Taylor died 1854 and an older twin ,the adopted Ellen Charlotte Dunman. From the time of the four Doyle sibling convicts residency in the UK, they used a system of partial anagrams to hide their baptised names,age of birth, birthplaces,religion and parentage. That practice was followed right up to their deaths and burials between 1863-1869.. The 6 children surviving descendants all from Samuel Taylor and Ellen Doyle also MOSTLY hid their parents identity and convict heritage. However in a deliberate one-off for his beloved"only Ellen, the rose of..,she came from that place", a moment of honesty and affection, my greatgrandfather drover, Joseph Taylor at his marriage in 1875 DID NOMINATE HIS PARENTS NAMES -SAMUEL TAYLOR AND ELLEN DOYLE. They are held in the Archives at the Catholic Church,Singleton. I DO HOLD CHURCH CORRESPONDENCE TO THAT FACT.
See Anne Doyle