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Transportation
Mary Byrne was transported on the Mariner, departing 2nd Mar 1825 and arriving 10th Jul 1825 with 115 passengers.
The 1825 Journey. The ship Mariner, Captain Fotherley, arrived from Ireland with female prisoners, on Sunday evening. She left the Cove of Cork, the 12th of March, and brings 112 female prisoners, having lost only one on the passage. A few passengers also came per this opportunity. Surgeon Superintendent Dr. Cochrane, R. N. Sydney Gazette, 14 July 1825.
Mariner (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Colonial Secretary Index. |
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Convict Notes
Colonial Secretary Index. BURNS, Mary (Per "Mariner", 1825; wife of James Ferris) see FERRIS, Mary FERRIS, Mary. Per "Mariner", 1825; nee Burns; wife of James Ferris, per "Hadlow", 1820. 1825 Dec 28 Willoughby Bean requesting that she be assigned to him; James Ferris' affidavit attesting she was his wife enclosed (Reel 6064; 4/1789 pp.69-69a) ---------------------------------------------------- Letter from Willoughby Bean ...From her knowledge of the Dairy and the husbands wish to be together and under the same master expressed by herself & husband, who is a sober & industrious man, I have been induced to make this application. I have the honor to be, Sir, …. Willoughby Bean Affadavit: James Ferris, a prisoner of the Crown who arrived per ship Hadlow (2) and now an assigned Government servant to Mr Wiloughby Bean of Broken Bay in the Territory of New South Wales maketh oath and sayeth that he was married to Mary Burns in the year 1816 at the parish church of Hackerston in the County of Carlow by the Reverend Hickey, chaplain of the said parish, and this deponent further saith that the said Mary Burns arrived in this Colony per ship Mariner in July last, a prisoner of the Crown for seven years and is at present confined in His Majesty’s gaol at Sydney, waiting to be forwarded to the Government Factory at Parramatta. James Ferris, X , His mark. Sworn at Sydney, NSW, this 20th day of Dec 1825 before me. -------------------------------------------------- NSW Convict Index. Mary Byrne, per Mariner, 1825, Certificate of Freedom, 4 Oct 1830, No 30/0692.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Mary Byrne, alias Burn, age on arrival, 34, per Mariner (2) 1825, Tried Wexford, 1823, 14 years, Felony, DOB 1791, native of Cork Co. Butter cheese maker milks. Widow. Catholic.