Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Mary Cain was transported on the Friendship, departing 31st May 1817 and arriving 14th Jan 1818 with 102 passengers.
This convict ship, being 274 tons and 75 feet long was one of the light weight ships in the fllet and was skippered by Master Francis Walton. Built in Scarborough in 1784, she carried 76 male and 21 female convicts. During her return voyage to England her crew came down with scurvy and with insufficient crew to man her, she was scuttled in the straights of Macassar. The survivors were transferred to the Alexander.
FriendshipReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 354 |
| 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 |
Claims
No one has claimed Mary Cain yet.
Photos
No photos have been added for Mary Cain.
Convict Notes
Scottish Indexes - High Court of Justiciary Trial Papers Title Trial papers of Jean Hume and Mary Cain, or Kane, present prisoners in the tolbooth of Glasgow, for the crime of theft. Name Mary Cain or Kane Role Accused Designation prisoner in the tolbooth of Glasgow Crime Theft Trial Date 26 April 1817 Trial Location Glasgow Verdict Guilty Verdict Comments Guilty in terms of own confession Sentence Transportation for 14 years NRS Reference JC26/1817/124 Notes Pled guilty https://www.scottishindexes.com/jcdetail.aspx?jcid=1817124&pid=181712467 Jean Hume - Guilty on terms of own confession Sentence Transportation for 14 years
New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856 Main Series of Letters Received, 1788-1826 - names of convicts with their characters during the voyage from London to New South Wales on the transport ship Friendship. pp 6597 to 6605 Industrious
New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856 Copies of Letters Sent Within The Colony, 1814-1827 Application to Marry - 5 October 1818 Barry Crummy prisoner - per ship Morley and Mary Cane - prisoner per ship Friendship 1818 - St. John's Parramatta, Marriages, married by banns Mary Cain aged 24. Ship; Friendship Bernard Cumming aged 33. Ship; Morley By the Rev. Marsden 1818 - Marriage Index Mary Cain Bernard Cumming/Crummy 1819 - 30 January 1819. Baptism of daughter. Sarah Crummy 1828 - Householders Return - 1828 Census. Bernard Cummy. Aged; 45. Ship; Morley 1. Householder Mary Cummy. Aged; 34. Ship; Friendship. Sarah Cummy. Aged; 9 John Cummy. Aged; 7 Catherine Cummy. Aged; 5 James Cummy. Aged; 3 Richard Cummy. Aged; 1 Religion; Roman Catholic. Residence; Parramatta CHILDREN of Bernard and Mary Crummy * 1821 - CRUMMY JOHN. Registration number 167/1821 V1821167 127 * 1823 - CRUMMY CATHERINE. Registration number 409/1823 V1823409 127 * 1825 - CRUMMY JAMES. Registration number 545/1825 V1825545 127 * 1826 - CRUMMY JAMES. Registration number 361/1826 V1826361 128 * 1827 - CRUMMY MARY. Registration number 1445/1830 V18301445 127 * 1831 - CRUMMY BRIDGET. Registration number; 2014/1831 V18312014 127 * 1832 - CRUMMY BRIDGET. Registration number; 1994/1832 V18321994 128