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Transportation
Mary Branham was transported on the Lady Penrhyn, Scarborough And Alexander, departing 31st Dec 1786 and arriving 22nd Jan 1788 with 356 passengers.
Lady Penrhyn, Scarborough And AlexanderReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 8 |
| 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
BIRTH OF CHILD - William C Branham Birth Date 1788 Birth Place New South Wales Registration Year 1788 Registration Place Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Mother; Mary Volume Number V178826 4
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 12 July 2020), December 1784, trial of MARY BRAMHAM (t17841208-149). MARY BRAMHAM, Theft > grand larceny, 8th December 1784. 158. MARY BRAMHAM was indicted for feloniously stealing on the 16th day of November last, two stuff petticoats, value 20 s. one pair of stays, value 18 d. four yards and a half of cloth, value 5 s. one waistcoat, value 3 s. one cap, value 6 d. one pair of cotton stockings, value 2 s. one pair of nankeen breeches, value 2 s. and one cloth cloak, value 5 s. the property of John Kennedy . Ann Kennedy deposed, that she took the prisoner to mind her children, and she robbed her of the things in the indictment, while the prosecutor was gone to Covent-Garden market, and left the house and her child crying in the cradle; she ran over to the pawn-broker's, Mr. Lane's, and found the buckles and the rest of the things at different pawn-brokers. Several pawnbrokers produced the things pawned by the prisoner. (The things deposed to.) Prisoner. I have nothing to say. The prisoner called two witnesses, who gave her a very good character as a very dutiful child. The prisoner's mother was sworn, and said, the prisoner was not fourteen, and had been deluded from her six weeks, and knew nothing of her till she found her at the prosecutor's house. GUILTY . Transported for seven years. Tried by the first Middlesex Jury before Mr. Baron HOTHAM .
Mary Branham was tried at Old Bailey, London on 8 December 1784 for stealing clothing with a value of 39 shillings. She was sentenced to transportation for 7 years and left England on the Lady Penrhyn aged about 17 at that time (May 1787). Her occupation was listed as servant. Gave birth to a child by a seaman on 20 July 1788, and later had a daughter, Alicia, by Lt Ralph Clark on 23 July 1791. Alicia was the name of Clark’s wife in England. Lieutenant Ralph Clark is famous for his diary that gives an insight to the convicts of the first fleet and of the convicts on Norfolk Island.