Peggy Barrow

Level 53

Beth Taylor on 6th August 2019

Peggy was a cotton spinner, aged about 49, when she was found guilty of larceny in 1813 on the same day as Maria Garner. She was tried before the Lancaster Court charged with “stealing sixty pound linen-yard in the Bleaching grounds of T. Walker, Pemberton and received a sentence of transportation for 7 years. Peggy was ordered to New South Wales on the ship Broxbornebury. TIMELINE NOTES: BC: 1764 Sentenced: 04/09/1813 Lancaster Summer Assize to transportation for 7 years, same day as Maria Garner Crime: Larceny (Source: HO 27 Criminal Register Index 1805-1816 Lancashire, Vol. 23, by Stuart Tamblin, CD-ROM) Previous Occupation: Cotton Spinner Age on Convict Indent: 50 Certificate of Freedom 416 (indent) 1814 Muster: Margaret BARROW, Brox, con, on stores, FF, Parra (3313) William STABLER, Glatton, free, off stores, schoolmaster, Parra (2053) 1815 – Peggy (recorded as Margaret) Barrow was a witness as the wedding in Parramatta of Maria Garner to Michael Clapstone on 26/12/1815. ( Source: St John's Church of England, Parramatta NSW: Church Register - Marriages; ML ref: Reel SAG 55-56) 1820, June – William Stabler wrote a memorial to the Gov saying that in 1820 he had been employed by William Lawson at Bathurst. (Source: SRNSW Col Sec Papers, Memorial Fiche 3032; 1825B p717) 1822 – William Stabler was living in Phillip St Parra and petitioned the Governor for steerage accommodation on a ship for himself & wife, to go back to England. He said he came from a reputable family in Yorkshire, his cousin was a Major in Sussex & he had inherited property in Yorkshire, but could not afford the cost for a ship. He also said he had formerly served in HM Army. (Source: SRNSW Col Sec Papers, Letters Received Reel 6056; 4/1763 pp267) 1822 Muster: Margaret BARROW, FBS, Brox, wife of W Staple (?), Parra (A00902) & husband – William STABLER, FBS, Glatton, 7 years, schoolmaster, Parra (A200006) 1823-1825 Muster: Peggy BARROW/BARRON, Brox, died Parramatta [1825 copy] (11331) William STABLES (?), FS, Glatton 1803, 7 years, left the Colony 1823 (41478) 1823, 2 Jan. – “CLAIMS AND DEMANDS. WILLIAM STABLER, and his Wife, having the friendly Offer of a Passage to England, solicit Claims against them to be presented without delay.” (Source: Sydney Gazette, 02/01/1823, p4) 1823, 12 Aug. – William explained that he lost his COF 3 months ago, at Parramatta, when he was robbed of it! (Source: SRNSW Col Sec Papers, Special Bundle Reel 6026; 4/1713 pp29-30) 1828 Census: No record found for William NSW BDM: 1) Margaret Barrow married William Stabler at St Johns C of E, Parra on 30 April 1821 (William Stabler, Free, Signed; & Margaret Barrow[?], Free, Signed X; married 30 Apr 1821, registered St Johns Church of England Parramatta by Banns by Samuel Marsden; Witness: John Ferguson, Signed; Witness: Mary Ann Ryan, Signed X. Source: St John's Church of England, Parramatta NSW: Church Register - Marriages; ML ref: Reel SAG 55-56 & V1821-2735-3B) 2) No records of death found for William or Peggy c1825 or birth of children Jess’ Girls – SAG: ? 1814 & 1818 – as Margaret, FF, Parra ? 1822 - Muster ? 1825 – died Parra ? Mutch – m William Stabler 1821 Did Peggy die in 1825 at Parramatta? Refer 1823-1825 Muster: Peggy BARROW/BARRON, Brox, died Parramatta Notes from the book “Journey to a New Life…” the story of the ships Emu & Broxbornebury by Elizabeth Hook (3rd ed. 2014). I am the author & can be contacted on tbeth3370@gmail.com for further info

Level 53

Beth Taylor on 1st August 2019

Peggy was a cotton spinner, aged about 49, when she was found guilty of larceny in 1813 on the same day as Maria Garner. She was tried before the Lancaster Court charged with “stealing sixty pound linen-yard in the Bleaching grounds of T. Walker, Pemberton” and received a sentence of transportation for 7 years. Peggy was ordered to New South Wales on the ship Broxbornebury.