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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Mary Clayton was transported on the Hindostan, departing 6th May 1839 and arriving 12th Sep 1839 with 179 passengers.
Hindostan (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 31 (17) |
| 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
Mary Clayton was listed as 35 years old on arrival (B 1804). Mother: Agnes and 2 brothers, Thomas and Peter at Native Place: Brigg, Lincolnshire. At the expiry of this woman's sentence she is to be allowed a free passage to England by order of the Secretary of State vide memo of PS 19th October 1841. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON40-1-2$init=CON40-1-2p183 *Sentenced to 7 years transportation. 7 crossed out on her Conduct Record and replaced with a 3. Occupation: Plain Cook/Housemaid. Mary was 5'2" tall, fair complexion, dark brown hair, brown eyes. 1842: Free Certificate.
It is likely that this Mary Clayton is the Mary Clayton who spent 3 years in Van Dieman’s Land by mistake. Mary Clayton was a widow, with two sons William and James. Her husband James died in 1828. Mary was born a Brigg, Lincolnshire and Baptised there in 1800. Her parents were William and Agnes Burton. William was a witness at the wedding of Mary and James Clayton in march 1825 at Wrawby (2 miles from Brigg). Mary’s connections were respectable and after she was sentenced to 7 years transportation, 38 people appealed for mercy on her behalf. One was David Holdsworth, a draper, her prosecutor. Mary’s sentence was remitted to 3 years and she was to serve this time in the penitentiary. Instead, Mary was loaded onto the Hindostan and she sailed on 9 May 1839 to Van Diemen’s Land. Lord Worsley contacted the Colonial Office requesting that Mary be provided with a free passage home at the end of her 3 years sentence. She was freed by servitude 9 March 1842 and returned home to the village of Wrawby and her mother Agnes. Mary was reunited with her son James who is seen on the 1841 census as living with grandmother Agnes, and her other daughter Jane Burton (A dressmaker) at Little Lane Wrawby. Unsure of where William is at this time. Agnes died in 1861. Mary married John Fussey at Hull, Yorkshire in 1844. No issue from this marriage. John Fussey died in Brigg aged 82 and Mary Fussey died in the Brigg Workhouse in 1881. This information came to me second-hand, via a local history grou. The words Wrawby History Group, Keith Searson and Bill Painter, printed at bottom of page. So, for clarification of the story, please contact the http://www.wrawby.org.uk/history/history_3.html
I found this whilst researching my Ancestor David Holdworth; Victims Details HOLDSWORTH, David Occupation: Draper Place of abode: Barton on Humber Place of crime: Barton on Humber Court: ASSIZE Trial date: 3/9/1839 Convicts CLAYTON, Mary Crime: Stealing a piece of blond and goods the property of David Holdsworth, draper, from his shop