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Ann Branston was transported on the Mary, departing 3rd Jun 1823 and arriving 5th Oct 1823 with 127 passengers.
Built 1811, Ipswich,England 361 tons. 1817 Journey On Monday arrived the ship Mary, Capt. ORMON, from Calcutta, with merchandize—Passengers, Captain FAITHFUL and Lieut. HAMILTON: this vessel has brought 6 male prisoners from India, destined for Port Jackson; to which place it is expected she will sail to-morrow. Hobart Town Gazette, 24 May 1817. Ship News. On Thursday arrived from Calcutta, via Derwent, the ship Mary, Captain Ormon, with a various cargo. -Passengers from Calcutta, Captain Faithfull and Lieutenant Hamilton:-The Mary sailed from Calcutta the 23d of February, and left the Pilot the 1st of March. Sydney Gazette, Sat 7 Jun 1817. -------------------------------------------------- Convicts who sailed on the 'Mary' direct from Ireland - 1819 & 1836 - are currently being listed, incomplete data to date.
Mary (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 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
NSW BMD Births of children of Daniel and Ann Whitehead. 1826, William; John, 1829; John, 1830; John, 1831; Charles, 1836; Charles, 1837.
List of Prisoners assigned. 30 Sept 1824. Mary Branston or Whitehead, per Mary 3, assigned to Danl. Whitehead, resident at Princes Street. -------------------------------------------------- NSW Convict Index. Ann Branston, per Mary 1823, Conditional Pardon, 10 July 1834. No 234. -------------------------------------------------- https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/37072188?searchTerm=Daniel Whitehead The link to a case reported in May 1826, involving a theft of Ann's jewellery from her home by a former friend, Laura Ann Short, who was found guilty.
At Northampton assizes, ... Ann alias Hannah Branston for privately stealing in a dwelling-house, ... also received sentence death, but were reprieved before the Judge left the town. Cambridge Chronicle, 15 Mar 1822. ----------------------------------------------------- 1828 Census Index. Daniel Whitehead, age 43, F.S. Ld. Eldon, 1817, 7 years, protestant, Carpenter, Pitt Street, Sydney. William Whitehead, B.C. age 2, protestant. Ann Branson, age 27, G.S. Mary, 1823, Life, protestant, wife Daniel Whitehead, Pitt,. St, Sydney.
Colonial Secretary Index. BRANSTON, Ann. Per "Mary", 1823. 1824 Jul 6 Re permission to marry Daniel Whitehead at Sydney; listed as Branstead (Reel 6013; 4/3511 p.599) 1824 Sep 30 On list of prisoners assigned; listed as Branston or Whitehead (Fiche 3290; 4/4570D p.14)