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Transportation
Mary Chaplin was transported on the Lady Juliana, departing 31st May 1789 and arriving 3rd Jun 1790 with 247 passengers.
Launched 1777, 401 ton barque, built at Whitby, England. Departed Portsmouth, England on 29 July 1789, via Cape of Good Hope for Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia on 3 June 1790. 1790 voyage carried 226 female passengers (convicts)- 5 of whom died on the trip. 6 children also on board. Significant because it was the first ship to bring all female women to the Colony.
Lady JulianaReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 18 |
| 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 MARY CHAPLIN. MARY KENT. Theft; grand larceny (to 1827), Theft; receiving. 12th December 1787. Text type Trial account Defendants MARY CHAPLIN, MARY KENT Offences Theft > Grand larceny, Theft > Receiving Session Date 12th December 1787 Reference Number t17871212-38 Verdicts Guilty > With recommendation, Not guilty Punishments Transportation 42. MARY CHAPLIN was indicted for stealing, on the 20th of August last, a cotton sheet, value 3 s. a table cloth, value 5 s. four frocks, value 8 s. two shirts, value 2 s. a muslin handkerchief, value 1 s. the property of Thomas Platt . And MARY, wife of THOMAS KENT , was indicted for feloniously receiving a sheet, table-cloth, a frock and an handkerchief; part of the said goods, knowing them to be stolen . The prisoner Chaplin confessed taking the things, some of which the prisoner Kent pawned at her request. MARY CHAPLIN , GUILTY. Recommended by the prosecutor. Transported for seven years . MARY KENT , NOT GUILTY . Tried by the second Middlesex Jury before Mr. RECORDER.