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Transportation
Mary Cockhead was transported on the Harmony, departing 12th May 1827 and arriving 27th Sep 1827 with 80 passengers.
Details for the ship Harmony Ship Name: Harmony Rig Type: S. Built: St. Johns Build Year: 1818 Size (tons): 373 Notes: Source:Website http://www.hawkesbury.net.au/claimaconvict/index.php Original sources:Sources The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/6, pp.491-497 Bateson, Charles & Library of Australian History (1983). The convict ships, 1787-1868 (Australian ed). Library of Australian History, Sydney : pp.360-361, 386
Harmony (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 177 (90) NSW State Archives: Gaol Entrance Books: NRS-2514-1- [4/6431] Reel 851 |
| 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
Maria COCKHEAD per the Harmony 1827 in the Sydney Gaol 23/05/1829 having been given up by her master; admitted to the 1st class at Parramatta Female Factory, 26/05/1829
Morning Post London, England 16 Jan 1827: OLD BAILEY.—Monday, Jan. 15 Mary Cockhead, aged 34, was indicted for stealing divers articles of Plate, &c, value 30/. and upwards, the property of John Housman.
Old Bailey: MARY COCKHEAD, 34, defendant name in trial of MARY COCKHEAD, Theft > theft from a specified place, 11th January 1827. Before Lord Chief Baron Alexander. MARY COCKHEAD was indicted for stealing, on the 27th of December, 6 shirts, value 3l.; 5 towels, value 15s.; 18 spoons, value 9l.; 2 pairs of trousers, value 2l.; 3 table cloths, value 30s.; 3 waistcoats, value 1l.;... Mary Cockhead was listed as 44 years old on arrival. Native Place: London. Mary was literate, protestant, married with 1 child, 4'10½" tall, sallow and pock marked complexion, brown to grey hair, dark brown to hazel eyes, wart or wen over left eyebrow. Assigned to A. Browne, Dawes Battery. 26/1/1830: Permission to marry John Gardner (Mangles 1820). 1830: Married at St. James, Sydney.