Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Elizabeth Best was transported on the Mary Anne, departing 25th Dec 1821 and arriving 20th May 1822 with 109 passengers.
Built in France 1772 of 298 Tons first sailed as a British convict ship from Portsmouth 16/02/1791.
Mary Anne (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 129 (66) |
| 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
Elizabeth Best was convicted at Devon Assizes on 19 March 1821 and was sentenced to transportation for 7 years. The indent for the ship "Mary Ann" has the information that Elizabeth Best had the alias Elizabeth McValy, she was aged 20 years, born at Plymouth, Devon, she had been employed as a servant; her height was 4 feet 11¼ inches, with a freckled complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes. In the 1822 muster Elizabeth was assigned to Magistrate Robert Lowe at Liverpool. Her future husband Thomas Vicary was also assigned to Magistrate Robert Lowe at this time. Elizabeth "Viccary" died in 1837. She was buried on 4 December 1837, the burial registered at St Matthews Church of England, Windsor. The register recorded that she had arrived on the "Mary Ann", she was aged 35, had been employed as a washerwoman, and had been living at Windsor.
Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: [Ref V0072] Vickary, Elizabeth, 26, FS, Mary Ann, 1822, 7 year. # Also recorded were Thomas and three children. Mary 6, John 4, and Elizabeth 18m, all born in the colony.
Elizabeth married Thomas Vickery (Convict, Somersetshire, 1814) in 1823 at Parramatta. They had four children.