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Mary Barnett was transported on the Alexander, departing 4th Nov 1815 and arriving 4th Apr 1816 with 88 passengers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Fleet http://www.jenwilletts.com/convict_ship_alexander_1788 The Alexander was built at Hull in 1784 by Walton & Co. She was taken up by the East India Company in 1786. Convict Transport-Barque built Ship. 452 tons, 114ft long, 31ft wide. Arrived with 177 male Convicts (14 dv) Carried 30 Crew + 41 Marines Master: Duncan Sinclair She was the largest of the eleven vessels of the historic First Fleet to Australia. The First Fleet consisted of two Royal Navy escort ships, HMS Sirius and HMS Supply accompanied by six convict transports, the Alexander, Charlotte, Friendship, Lady Penrhyn, Prince of Wales and the Scarborough, and three store ships, the Borrowdale, Fishburn and Golden Grove. Convicts on the 1st Fleet Alexander are listed under Lady Penrhyn, Scarborough & Alexander.
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| Primary Source | Tasmanian Record - https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON13-1-1$init=CON13-1-1p54 - List of 60 female convicts embarked to H.M.C. Brig Kangaroo for the Derwent, 10 April 1816. Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. |
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"Mary Barnett was my 3 x gt grandmother on my mother's side."
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Convict Notes
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents; Name Mary Murray or Barret ** Age; 20 years old Date of Conviction Mar 1815 Place of Conviction Dublin Estimated Birth Year abt 1795 Vessel Alexander © 1997-2024 Ancestry
Mary's husband James Cam, had previously been in touble for beating his wife on at least two previous occasions, - see his record.
On Thursday an inquisition was held on the body of Mary Cam, who was found dead lying undressed on her bed on the previous day. She had been placed in the stocks a fortnight before. She has left three small children. Hobart Town Gazette, Saturday 28 April 1827. (So she died Wed 25 April 1827.)
https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD36-1-1p48j2k Marriage in District of Hobart Town 1816. James Cann, age 33, prisoner, per, Coromandel, and Mary Barnett, age 23, prisoner, per Alexander, were married 3 August 1816, by banns. Both signed with their X.
Mary married another convict James Camm in 1816. They had three sons William, James and Richard. Mary was found dead on her bed a few days after being placed in the stocks.
Irish Convict Database Mary Barnett, age 31, ship Alexander II (1816), Tried at Dublin City, 1815, sentence 7 years. Trade- servant. Mary Barrett was on a “List of 60 female convicts embarked to H.M.C. Brig Kangaroo for the Derwent, 10 April 1816.” https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON13-1-1$init=CON13-1-1p54 5. Mary Barrett, ship - Alexander, Tried at Dublin City, March 1815, sentence –Seven years. Tasmanian Conduct Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON40-1-1$init=CON40-1-1p85 This refers to her husband - " 1826- admon. to behave better to her husband" and in 1827, "drunk and disorderly and found in an indecent situation with a man named Peter Miller last night near the Bee Hive public house in Murray St at half past 8 o'clock," for which she was placed in the stocks.