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Crime
Transportation
Mary Bolton was transported on the Admiral Gambier And Friends, departing 31st Mar 1811 and arriving 29th Sep 1811 with 300 passengers.
Admiral Gambier And Friends (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 39 (21) |
| 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
Surrey Assizes. Yesterday the Assizes closed, when the following prisoners received sentence … Henry Bolton, to be transported for fourteen years; Caroline and Mary Bolton, … transported for seven years. London Courier, 24 Aug 1810.
Mary Bolton Convicted: Surrey Assizes, 18 August 1810 Crime: Larceny Age: 18 years old Sentence: 7 years Mary was tried with her father Henry and sisters Caroline and Alice. Mary and Caroline were convicted of stealing 15 yards of material from Sharp England, a linen draper in Southwark on 9 April 1810. Henry was convicted of receiving the stolen goods. In church records throughout the 1790s, Henry was recorded as a tanner, but in a petition seeking leniency he was described as a porter/seedsman whose wife had died after a long illness and left him with six children, three of whom had been placed under the care of the parish of Bermondsey (i.e. the Poor House).His late wife Alice had died aged 42 and was buried on 17 October 1806. Mary and Caroline were both sentenced to 7 years’ transportation; Henry was sentenced to 14 years, while 21-year old Alice escaped conviction. Henry, stating that he had been a respectable householder in Southwark for 18 years, petitioned for a pardon on his own behalf. He claimed that he was innocent but his daughters had been seduced into the crime by a “lewd girl” of their own young age. Henry’s petition was successful to the extent that he was not transported; instead he was sent to a prison hulk where he remained until he eventually received a pardon on 30 January 1813. He died a few years later, and was buried on 11 October 1816. Mary and Caroline both travelled to NSW on the Friends. http://friendsconvictship.com/convict-women/
In the colony, around 1816, Mary married Edward Gardner (Convict, 1815, "Marquis of Wellington"). The couple had three children, Henry 1818, Louisa 1820 and Edward 1822. Mary is recorded in the 1825 Census: Bolton, Mary, free by servitude, Friends, 1811, 7 years, wife of Edward Gardner, Liverpool. Mary died in 1825 and is therefore not recorded in the 1828 Census, although Edward and his small family is: Page 159... [Ref G0170] Gardner, Edward, 38, convict, M. Wellington, Protestant, overseer to Mr Willford, Bringelly. [Ref G0171] Gardner, Henry, 10, born in the colony. [Ref G0172] Gardner, Lucy, 3, born in the colony. [Ref G0173] Gardner, Edward, 6, born in the colony.