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Transportation
Margaret Broughton was transported on the Coromandel And Experiment, departing 31st Oct 1803 and arriving 7th May 1804 with 338 passengers.
Coromandel And Experiment (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 351 (175) |
| 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
Margaret Broughton was called as a witness for the defence in a trial of Thomas Henderson in November 1812. As part of her testimony she said that she had lived with Thomas Henderson 'as man and wife' for nine years. They were living in a farm near Parramatta. Thomas was sentenced to hard labour at Newcastle. He was released in August 1816 after the Governor remitted the remainder of his sentence. Thomas Henderson had arrived in the Colony on the Sugar Cane in 1793. Margaret's sentence was completed in April 1909 and she was issued with her Certificate of Freedom on 1 October 1810. On the same day, a certificate was issued to Thomas Dalley, Matilda 1791. Dalley was Henderson's partner in the farm at Parramatta and was a co-accused in the 1812 trial. Margaret is listed in the 1817 Convict and Settler list as having arrived on the Experiment in 1804, and is shown as the wife of 'T Anderson'. Thomas Henderson was frequently listed as Anderson in official records and the two names are both used for the same man in the 1812 trial. She is listed in the 1817 and 1818 Convict and Settler lists as 'Wife of T Anderson'. In the 1820 and 1821 lists, she is listed as 'Married Evan'. Evan was the early name for the Penrith district. Thomas Henderson was also alive at that time, so likely they were still together. In the 1822 Muster Margaret is listed as 'Lodger with T. Henderson, Sydney'. The only Hendersons listed in Sydney are Robert and Catherine Henderson. Robert was the son of Thomas Henderson. It is a reasonable assumption that Thomas had died (he would have been 70), and Margaret has moved to live with Robert, who was effectively her stepson. In the 1925 Census, Margaret is now listed as 'Living with Wm Farriday at Wilberforce'