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Transportation
Mary Brown was transported on the Princess Charlotte, departing 27th Mar 1827 and arriving 6th Aug 1827 with 90 passengers.
Princess Charlotte (generic)References
| Primary Source | http://www.rahs.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Convict-Women-in-the-Female-Factories-of-New-South-Wales.pdf Register of Moreton Bay Convicts, Description Register: Line 42, Letter page A1 Entry # 39 Register of Moreton Bay Convicts, Chronological Register: Mary Brown Line 1668: Page Seq: 8 , Page 68, No: 558: Mary Brown. |
| 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
Old Bailey online 639. MARY BROWN was indicted for stealing, on the 11th of July , 1 watch, value 30s.; 1 watch-chain, value 40s.; 2 seals, value 15s.; 1 watch-key, value 3s.; 1 handkerchief, value 4s., and 5 shillings, the property of George Hallows , from his person . GEORGE HALLOWS. I met the prisoner on the night of the 11th of July, and went with her to a house in the Almonry - I was not tipsy - I slept with her, and when I awoke in the morning she was gone, with my watch and handkerchief. SARAH TAYLOR . The prisoner slept at my house that night - she had slept there twice before; I met her afterwards, and told her she had made a nice job of it - she said, "Well, if I did, you did not know what I was going to do;" I told her the man said, if he had the duplicate of the watch, he would not mind; she said she would give it me next morning; I said, I would have it then, or keep her, which I did, and had her taken up - the watch has not been found. GUILTY. Aged 21. Of stealing, but not from the person . Transported for Seven Years . New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867 (NRS 12210) Butts of Certificates of Freedom 1842 October 6. Number 42/1752 tried 14/9/1826
Mary Adlam (Nee Brown) of London. Age 26, Height 5’ ½ “, Fresh conplexion, Auburn hair, Hazel eyes, Protestant. Original Conviction: Where: Middx G.D. When: 14 September 1826 Married Robert Adlam on 13 May, 1828 at St John's Church Parramatta. Married by the Reverend Samuel Marsden. Convicted of colonial crime of receiving stolen goods in 1830. Sentenced to 14 years in Moreton Bay Female Factory. Sentenced sentenced to a term in the Third Class at the Parramatta Factory in 1842. She brought her 7 year old daughter with her, as her husband was also an assigned convict. When Mary’s sentence in the Factory was completed, she was reassigned to the Manning River, and her daughter was transferred to the Female Orphan School. Three years later, following Mary’s death, Robert Adlam had a ticket of leave and was able to retrieve his daughter.