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Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Mary Bellas was transported on the Fortune And Alexander, departing 31st Dec 1805 and arriving 12th Jul 1806 with 309 passengers.
Fortune And Alexander (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 382 |
| 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 |
Claims
"Mary is my 5x Great Grandmother."
"My 4th Great Grandmother on my mother's side of the family."
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Convict Notes
Family connections for Mary (Bellas) are: BELLAS Mary (Bellas/Ballass/Bellairs & more) was born on 18 5 1788 at Castleford Yorkshire & became a servant of Post Office Wakefield. She was tried for stealing money, on 19 6 1807, of Post Office Wakefield at York Summer Assizes on 27 7 1805, sentenced to 7years, transported from York on ADMIRAL & arrived in NSW as a convict on 12 7 1806 after a voyage of 6months on ALEXANDER; she was Protestant. She is recorded as having a Free Pardon no.148-149 on 7 6 1809. She, as Mary (Dolley nee Bellas [Smees records show Bellairs]) married Edward (Riley his second marriage) in 1810 at Hawkesbury (not shown in Smees records) & produced maybe 5children. She was issued her Ticket of Leave no.431 on 1 2 1811. She was granted her Certificate of Freedom no.372 on 1 11 1813 which was issued on 28 11 1813; she was 5'5" dark complexion black hair dark eyes. She is recorded in 1817 as wife of Edward (Riley). She is recorded in 1821 census as landholder Wilberforce with her children. She is referred to in 1825 as landholder Wilberforce with her children.>>> [Some information taken from this Website] Edward (Riley) was born on 26 7 1771 (or 1762). He was indicted for highway robbery w/2others of Walter (Denton) at Old Bailey on 14 11 1789, sentenced to death commuted to Life, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW as a convict on 26 6 1790 after a voyage of 6months on Fleet ship SCARBOROUGH; a voyage noted for extreme brutality of prisoners with a high death rate. He may have become a watchman. He was issued his Conditional Pardon in December 1794 & 30acres at the Flats Concord, which he sold before 1800. He was issued his Absolute Pardon in September 1795. He married firstly Mary (Burke) on 5 3 1797 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He became Free by Servitude before 1811. In 1820 he held land at Portland Head. He produced 5known children in his lifetime. [The record of the death of Edward (Riley), sailor & came free 1790 SCARBOROUGH, on 8or11 11 1821 age59 (age50 from this Website) at Windsor buried at St Matthews CofE cemetery Windsor seems to me to be of a different person] [Some information taken from this Website] .. >>>Mary (Bellis/Riley) was recorded in 1828 as housekeeper at Lower Portland Head with her children. She had a second relationship with James (Dolley convict/servant for her first husband) whom she married (with permission of the Governor, his first marriage) on 8 12 1828 at Milkmaid Reach recorded at St Thomas CofE Sackville Reach Hawkesbury. She died on 8 1 1839 age51 mother of 8children at Milkmaid Reach Hawkesbury & was buried at Wisemans Ferry.] James/John (Dolley) son of William (Dolley) & Hannah (???) was born in 1792 & became a miller. He was convicted of stealing 3heifer cows of James (Berryman) tried at Surrey Home Assizes on 4 1 1813, sentenced to Life & arrived in NSW as a convict on 7 2 1814 after a 4month voyage on GENERAL HEWITT. He worked for Thomas (Gosport) at Windsor & Edward (Riley)s farm. He had his Ticket of Leave (no.834) by 1823 & gained his Pardon (no.369). He was recorded in 1826 at Sackville Reach. He died on 14 5 1876 age84 father of 3children at Auvigny Toowoomba Queensland.] [John (Dolley) married secondly Elizabeth Moore (Pickering nee Wides) on 12 2 1849 in NSW. He died on 14 5 1876 age about84 at Aubigny Toowoomba Queensland. [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.
New South Wales Certificate of Freedom. [NRS 12208] Register of Certificate of Freedoms No; 22/1281 Name; Mary Bellas When and where tried; York Assizes - 27 July 1805 Sentence; 7 years Ship and arrival year; Alexander 2nd - 1806 When time expired. 27 July 1812 Date of Certificate; 1 Nov 1813 Description and Remarks; Native County; Yorkshire Trade; Servant Age; 24 years [1789] Height; 5 ft. 5 inches Complexion; Dark Hair; Black Eyes; Dark Additional Remarks; None
Mary Bellas, 1788–1839 Married name Mary Riley Married name Mary Dolley Source: Hollingworth, Nicholson. 'Mary Burke - Indispensible 1796', email message to Marion Purnell Dec 20 2010 Text: Also recorded as Bellis, Belliss, Bellowes, Bellairs, Bellues Mary Bellass Bellowes Mary Gender Female Facts and events Birth May 18, 1788 Castleford, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom Source: Hollingworth, Nicholson. 'Mary Burke - Indispensible 1796', email message to Marion Purnell Dec 20 2010 Immigration August 20, 1806 (Age 18 years) Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Source: State Library of Queensland. Convict Transportation Registers Database 1787-1867 [database on-line]. Text: Mary Bellas, one of 306 convicts transported on the ship 'Alexander', January 1806. Sentence details: Convicted at York Assizes for a term of 7 years. Vessel: Fortune and Alexander. Date of Departure: January 1806. Place of Arrival: New South Wales. Source: Hollingworth, Nicholson. 'Mary Burke - Indispensible 1796', email message to Marion Purnell Dec 20 2010 Text: YORK CROWN CALENDER- SUMMER ASSIZES Mary Bellas aged 17 committed 23rd June 1805 charged on oath of Ben Kennett one of the Partners in the Eakefield Bank under the firm of Ingram,Kennett & Ingram on suspicion of feloniously stealing, taking & carrying away from the Post Office at Wakefield aforesaid (where she was employed as a servant) on Wednesday 19th June instant, a letter containing Bills of Exchange & one note to the amount of 127 pounds seventeen shillings & six pence the property of the said Messrs Ingram, Kennett & Ingram, which was by them delivered there, consigned to Robert Williams Esq, M.P. Banker of London. General Goal Delivery Saturday 27th July 1805. Mary Bellass Guilty of Grand Larcony within the benefit of the statute- to be severally transported beyond the seas for a term of seven years. A search of NSW State records convict index: BELLAS Mary 1/2/1811 Ticket of Leave 431 [4/4427] COD18 601 - BELLAS Mary 1/11/1813 Certificate of Emancipation 372 [4/4427] COD18 601 - BELLASS Mary 3/6/1809 Free Pardon 148-49 [4/4427] COD18 601 - Marriage Edward Riley about 1811 (Age 22 years) Sydney Town, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Note: The 1814 muster recorded Mary living with E. Riley. Census 1817 (Age 28 years) Source: Hollingworth, Nicholson. 'Mary Burke - Indispensible 1796', email message to Marion Purnell Dec 20 2010 Citation details: HO/10/9 - Reel 62, folio 8 Text: The 1817 female muster records Mary Bellairs, Alexander Aug 1806, tried at York Aug 1805, 7 years, wife to Eldward Riley. Census 1821 (Age 32 years) Source: Hollingworth, Nicholson. 'Mary Burke - Indispensible 1796', email message to Marion Purnell Dec 20 2010 Citation details: HO/10/19 Reel 66 folio 32 Text: Mary Bellas - Alexander 1806, landholder Wilberforce. Children: Mary Ann born in colony 14 Hannah born in colony age 9 Census 1825 (Age 36 years) Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Text: Landholder Wilberforce Elizabeth age 14 born in colony daughter of Mary Bellas Mary Ann age 11 born in colony, daughter of Mary Bellas Hannah age 9 born in colony, daughter of Mary Bellas Marriage John Dolley December 8, 1828 (Age 40 years) Sackville Reach, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Source: Hollingworth, Nicholson. 'Mary Burke - Indispensible 1796', email message to Marion Purnell Dec 20 2010 Text: John Dolley had been a convict worker on the farm of Mary Bellass and Edward Riley. Prior to this he has worked for Thomas Gosport at Windsor. Edward Riley died 10 Nov 1821 and Mary and John Dolley sought permission to marry on 7 March 1825. The marriage was approved in 11 Nov 1827. Census 1828 (Age 39 years) Lower Portland Head, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Source: Ancestry.com. 1828 New South Wales, Australia Census (TNA Copy) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Text: Mary Riley age 40 free by servitude Alexander 1808 7 years, protestant Hokeeper [perhaps housekeeper] Lower Portland Head Mary Ann Riley age 14 born in colony Lower Portland Head Hannah Riley age 6 born in colony, Lower Portland Head Lucy Riley are 3 born in colony, Lower Portland Head Death January 12, 1839 (Age 50 years) Milkmaid Reach, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Source: Hollingworth, Nicholson. 'Mary Burke - Indispensible 1796', email message to Marion Purnell Dec 20 2010 from Australian Royalty website: https://australianroyalty.net.au/tree/purnellmccord.ged/individual/I65223/Mary-Bellas
Sunday sennight, the following female convicts left York Castle, in order to be delivered on board the transport ship Admiral, lying at Long Reach, near Gravesend; Mary Bellas; Ann Bulmer, Elizabeth Longdon, Margaret Johnson, and Mary Burkitt, to be each transported for the term of seven years. Lancaster Gazette, 21 Dec 1805.
28 November 1813. Certificate of Freedom issued. Source. State Archives NSW Description: Registers of Certificates of Freedom, 4 Feb 1810 - 26 Aug 1814
Jan 1839. Burial. Wisemans Ferry, The Hills Shire, New South Wales, Australia Source. Ancestry.com. Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi.
12 January 1839. Death. Milkmaid Reach, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Sources. Ancestry.com. Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Compiled from publicly available sources. Detail State Library of Queensland; South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 382 Source Information Title Web: Australia, Convict Records Index, 1787-1867 Author Ancestry.com
8 Dec 1827. Marriage to John Dolley (1792–1876) Sackville Reach, New South Wales, Australia John Dolley had been a convict worker on the farm of Mary Bellass and Edward Riley. Edward Riley died 10 Nov 1821. Mary and John Dolley sought permission to marry on 7 March 1825. The marriage was approved on 15 Nov 1827. Source. Detail State Archives NSW; Series: 12212; Item: 4/4511 Source Information Title New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1826-1851 Author Ancestry.com Title Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Author Ancestry.com
Abt 1810. Marriage (?) to Edward Riley. Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia. No registration found. 1814 Muster reports her living with Edward Riley
12 Jul 1806. Arrival at Port Jackson, New South Wales. Source. Detail State Library of Queensland; South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 382 Source Information Title Web: Australia, Convict Records Index, 1787-1867 Author Ancestry.com