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Mary Burke was transported on the Indispensible, departing 30th Sep 1795 and arriving 30th Apr 1796 with 134 passengers.
Indispensible (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 205 (103) |
| 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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Family connections for Mary (Burke) are: BURKE Mary (Burke) was born in 1775or7. She was tried w/1other for violent larceny of Christopher (Anderson) at Old Bailey on 16 7 1794, sentenced to 7years, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW as a convict on 30 4 1796 after a voyage of 6months on INDISPENSABLE. She married Edward (Riley his first marriage) on 5 3 1797 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. [Some information taken from this Website] [This Mary (Burke) may not be the person who married Edward (Riley), as Smee attributes no history to her in his publication (& the Mary (Burke) from INDISPENSABLE is recorded with a different history that is shown in her entry on this Website)]. Edward (Riley) was born on 26 7 1771 (or 1762). He was indicted for highway robbery w/2others of Walter (Denton) at Old Bailey on 14 11 1789, sentenced to death commuted to Life, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW as a convict on 26 6 1790 after a voyage of 6months on Fleet ship SCARBOROUGH; a voyage noted for extreme brutality of prisoners with a high death rate. He may have become a watchman. He was issued his Conditional Pardon in December 1794 & 30acres at the Flats Concord, which he sold before 1800. He was issued his Absolute Pardon in September 1795. He married secondly Mary (Dolley nee Ballass [Smees records show Bellairs]) in 1810 at Hawkesbury. He became Free by Servitude before 1811. In 1820 he held land at Portland Head. He produced 5known children in his lifetime. [The record of the death of Edward (Riley), sailor & came free 1790 SCARBOROUGH, on 8or11 11 1821 age59 (age50 from this Website) at Windsor buried at St Matthews CofE cemetery Windsor seems to me to be of a different person] [Some information taken from this Website] Reference: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony.
MARY BURKE, HANNAH ROPER. Violent Theft: robbery, Miscellaneous: perverting justice. 16th July 1794 Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 07 March 2020), July 1794, trial of MARY BURKE HANNAH ROPER (t17940716-7). https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t17940716-7&div=t17940716-7&terms=mary_burke#highlight 389. MARY BURKE was indicted for making an assault on Christian Anderson , in the dwelling house of Margaret Wood, spinster, on the 5th of July , putting him in fear, and feloniously taking from his person, and against his will, twenty-two guineas and ten shillings and See originalClick to see original six-pence, in monies numbered, his property ; and HANNAH ROPER was indicted for that she, well knowing the said Mary Burke to have committed such felony, did her, the said Mary Burke , feloniously receive, harbout and maintain . CHRISTIAN ANDERSON sworn. I was in New Gravel lane , last Saturday, seven days ago, it was almost ten o'clock, I was going to my lodging house there, when I came into the street, the woman, Mary Burke, came out, and took off my hat from my head, and ran into the house, so I came after her and asked for my hat, so she ran out and locked the door, and I was in the room, it was a little room; it was in the night, I could not see what sort of a room; I had got two and twenty guineas in my pocket, in gold, I took it out and tied it in my handkerchief, I was frightened when I found I was in the house. Q. Where was the handkerchief at that time? - I got it in my hand. Q. How came you to take it out of your pocket? - She locked the door, and I did not know for what; she then came into the room again, and snatched the handkerchief out of my hand, and ran out. Q. How came she to know that this money was in this handkerchief, or in your hand? - I cannot tell that, I don't know if she see it. Q. Was there any light in the room? - No, I could not tell where I was; she got a light in her hand when she came in the second time, and I was on the floor of the ground when she took the money from me; she went out, and I went after her into another woman's house. Q. After she had snatched the money out of your hand, in the handkerchief, where did she go? - That woman, Hannah Roper, and another woman along with her, came and took her out of doors; they catched her by the arms. Q. Were they in the house? - Yes, they were in the fore room, on the same floor. When she snatched the money out of my hand, she went in where these two other women were; I went to her there, and catched hold of her there, and catched hold of my handkerchief, and she had the money then in her hand; she had taken it out of the handkerchief; I found nothing in it but the half guinea, silver money, which tumbled on the ground; then that woman, Roper, and some other woman put her out of the house, and an old woman catched hold of me, and said, stop young man, you shall have your money. Q. I don't understand your taking your money out of your pocket and putting it into your handkerchief? - I think I could keep it faster in my handkerchief than in my pocket. Q. What became of her afterwards? - I came into the street and called the watch, when he called ten o'clock, and I went back to that same house where I had been, and the door was locked, and I went and asked for the girl that had got my money, of the old woman that took me by the jacket. Q. What became of Mary Broke after this? Where did she go? - I don't know where she went; the officer found her, I don't know where; I did not get any of my money back again. Q. Had you been drinking? - Oh, no. I came from on board, and my captain he paid me my money at half past eight, and I went to Limehouse to pay two or three pounds for clothes. Prisoner Burks. He came to me very much in liquor. ROBERT HALL sworn. I was informed on Sunday morning See originalClick to see original that this man had been robbed? I went to the house and there was Peggy Thompson, the mistress of the house, and this Hannah Roper , and this Hannah Roper said, that she saw half a guinea full on the ground, and they took us to find her that robbed the man; but we did not find her then. PETER MAYNE sworn. I apprehended the prisoner Burke the night following; I searched her, but found no money on her, only a few shillings. Prisoner Burke. This man came to me quite in liquor, and I was rather in liquor myself; I was sitting at the door, and he came to me and asked me whether I would go to bed with him? I told him I would make the agreement, as it was late at night. I went with him backwards into the room, and he gave me four shillings out of his handkerchief; I gave the woman of the house one shilling for the bed; with that I went to bed with him, and I went to sleep; and I awaked, and he wanted to use me in a very violent manner indeed, which was inexpressible; and he said if I would not, he would kick me out of bed; accordingly he gave me a kick in the small of my back, and I got out of bed in my smock, saving your presence, my lord; and then he said he would have his money back; accordingly he got up and put on his clothes, and went away; and I went to bed in the same room; in the morning I got up and went towards Stepney, and I met him, and he said, for a b-dy whore, he would have his revenge on me. He has been seen by several solks sporting his money about; and he said he had lost six guineas before he came to me, and he was very groggy in liquor, and he wanted to use me very indecent. Court to Prosecutor. Is it true that you went to bed with this woman? - No. Prisoner Burke. Before he would take me up, he said he would swear to a mark on my breast, which he saw when I was undrested. ELEANOR BRYAN sworn. Q. Was you on Saturday seven night at this house, in Gravel-lane, where Mary Burke was? - I was in a house in Gravel-lane. Q. Was it Peggy Thompson 's house? - I cannot tell whether I was there or not. Prisoner Burke. This woman said that she saw this man in New Gravel-lane, smoaking his pipe, and giving his money about among the women; she see him spending his money among the women. Witness. I see him drop two guineas and some halfpence, and two women picked the money up, and called after him, and I don't know whether they gave them to him or not; but that happened as I was going by. EDMUND BURKE sworn. I live in Rosemary-lane; I know nothing of this transaction; an officer had the woman of the house in custody, and discharged her after. Prisoner Burke. It was the other woman that committed the robbery, and they dragged me out in my shift afterwards, and promised me my share of it, but I never had a farthing. Mary Burke , GUILTY , Of the larceny only (Aged 19.) Transported for seven years . Hannah Roper, Not GUILTY . Tried by the first Middlesex Jury before Mr. Justice LAWRENCE.
05 Mar 1797. Marriage to Edward Riley (1760–1821. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Source. Title Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Author Ancestry.com
30 Apr 1796. Arrival Port Jackson, New South Wales. One hundred and thirty-one prisoners arrived in Port Jackson on 30 April 1796, two women having died on the voyage out. The Indispensable brought enough provisions for the women for nine months after arrival. The Indispensable also brought out an assortment of articles suitable of weaving into course cloth. Sources. Historical Records of NSW, Vol. III (Hunter) Detail State Library of Queensland; South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 205 (103) Source Information Title Web: Australia, Convict Records Index, 1787-1867 Author Ancestry.com
Oct 1795. Departure aboard convict ship Indispensible. The Historical Records of NSW record the Indispensable departing Deptford on 22 October 1795. Other sources have a final departure date from England on 11 November 1795. Sources. State Library of Queensland; South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 205 (103) Source Information Ancestry.com. Web: Australia, Convict Records Index, 1787-1867 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018. Original data: Australia Convict Records Index, 1787-1867. State Library of Queensland, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. https://convictrecords.com.au/: accessed Sep 2017
Sources for Trial and sentence. Detail Class: HO 11; Piece: 1 Source Information Title Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868 Author Ancestry.com Detail State Library of Queensland; South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 205 (103) Source Information Title Web: Australia, Convict Records Index, 1787-1867 Author Ancestry.com
16 Jul 1794. Trial and sentence. Middlesex Gaol Delivery. Sentenced to transportation for 7 years
Abt.1777 No source found.
Details for the ship Indispensable (1796) Ship Name: Indispensable Rig Type: S. Built: Build Year: 1791 Size (tons): 351 Voyage Details Master: Wilkinson Surgeon: Sailed: October 1795 From: England Arrived: 30 April 1796 Port: PJ Route: Rio Days Travel: Convicts Landed: 0 males & 131 female convicts Notes: HO records list the ship name as Indispensible