Mary Ann Daid

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Penny-Lyn Beale on 23rd September 2020

1814 - Factory 1816 - Public Factory 1817 - Name: Mary Anne McDeade; Ran 1820 - Mary Ann McDeed. Old Bailey. Sept 1812. 7 years, Country Service. 1822 - Sept 17. Sydney Gaol Entrance Book. Confined 3 calendar months 12th Dec Discharged 1825 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, New South Wales. General muster. 1825. Mary McDeed. F.S. Broxonbury 1814. Living with J Hirts. Wilberforce

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Beth Taylor on 26th September 2019

DAID, Mary Ann (c1790-?) (or McDade/McDeedy, alias Ann Kearns) Tried - 16 Sept 1812 Middlesex (Old Bailey) Mary Ann was originally from County Armagh, Ireland and living in London when she appeared before the Old Bailey charged with stealing 3 gowns, 4 petticoats, two shawls, a handkerchief, 3 frocks, 3 habit shirts, 5 yards of lace, two pair of stockings and an umbrella. Mary had been a lodger at the house of Timothy Breslar, as had another lady, Margaret Barrett. It was Margaret who said that Mary had stolen her things although Mary swore that she had bought them from Margaret for 6 shillings. Mary Ann, aged 21, was convicted and sentenced to 7 years transportation to New South Wales. Mary Ann was first sent to the Colony in 1812 on the Emu and finally reached Sydney in 1814 on the Broxbornebury. BC: 1790 County Armagh, Ireland Sentenced: 16/09/1812 at Middlesex [see trial record below] sentenced to 7 years transportation Crime: Stealing to the value of 39 shillings Previous Occupation: Sewing Age on Convict Indent (Brox): 24 1812 - MARY ANN DAID, Theft > theft from a specified place, 16th September 1812. 716. MARY ANN DAID was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 17th of August, three gowns, value 1 l. four petticoats, value 10 s. a hat, value 10 s., two shawls, value 2 s. 4 d. a handkerchief, value 1 s. three frocks, value 1 s. three habit shirts, value 1 s. five yards of lace, value 10 d. two pair of stockings, value 10 d. and an umbrella, value 1 s. the property of Jeremiah Barrett, in the dwellinghouse of Timothy Breslar. MARGARET BARRETT. I am the wife of Jeremiah Barrett; I lodge in the house of Timothy Breslar. I lost the property out of his house. The prisoner was a lodger in the house. Q. Do you know any thing of your own knowledge of the prisoner taking the property - A. Yes, I detected her with it at her lodgings, The prisoner came in, and sent me out after a letter from my husband; who is at the East Indies. I was to go to Pimlico for the letter. I went to Pimlico for the letter, where she sent me. I found no letter there; I returned back home. I found my things gone. I detected the prisoner with my clothes upon her, and the rest in my lodgings. Prisoner. Q. to Prosecutrix. Did not you put the clothes in my trunk yourself - A. No, I did not. JOHN BARNLEY. The prosecutrix brought the prisoner to me, and part of the property. The prisoner had on an apron, which I took off, which Mrs. Barrett swore to be her property; and this petticoat I found at the pawnbroker's pawned in her name. Prosecutrix. The petticoat is my mother's. The rest of the property is mine. Prisoner's Defence. I gave six shillings for the petticoat and gown to this woman. John Barnley. The prisoner said, they had lent her the things; she did not say, she gave any money for them. MRS. BRESLAR. Q. Did you sell the clothes to her - A. No; they are my daughters clothes. GUILTY, aged 21, Of Stealing to the value of 39 s. only. Transported for Seven Years. Second Middlesex jury, before Mr. Justice Heath. (Source: Old Bailey on-line www.oldbaileyonline.org ) ALSO ON SHIP EMU IN 1812 Certificate of Freedom 2294 (indent) 1814 Muster: Mary Ann McDEAD (?), Broxbornebury, con, on stores, confined to gaol, Sydney (7159) Mary McDEED (?), Broxbornebury, con, FF, Parra (3384) [There are 2 entries for Mary because the Muster was held at different places on different days.] 1814, 23 Nov. – Mary Ann McDade was on a list of prisoners being sent to Newcastle per Estramira, for 1 year. (Source: SRNSW Col Sec Papers, Letters Sent Reel 6004; 4/3493 p381) 1821, 9 Feb. – Mary was on a list of prisoners sent again to Newcastle on the Elizabeth Henrietta. She was listed as Ann Kearns or Mary Ann McDeed, convicted by J Piper on 22 Jan & sentenced for 10 weeks. (Source: SRNSW Col Sec Papers, Letters Sent Reel 6007; 4/3503 p96) 1821, 17 Feb. – Henry Bacon, farming man, was sent from the ship Prince of Orange to Liverpool to work for James Meehan. (Source: SRNSW Col Sec Papers, Letters sent Reel 6007; 4/3503 p105) 1821, 29 March – Henry, a labourer, was tried by John Piper Esq at Sydney on 24 March & sentenced to 1 year at Newcastle on the Elizabeth Henrietta. (Source: SRNSW Col Sec Papers, Letters Sent Reel 6007; 4/3503 p198) 1822 Muster: Henry BACON, con, P of Orange, life, govt servant to J Meehan, Liverpool (A00597) No record found of Mary Ann. 1823-1825 Muster: 1) Mary Ann DAID, FS, Broxbornebury, 7 years, householder, Liverpool (17936) [Note: This was in the 1825 version] 2) Mary McDEED, FS, Broxbornebury, living with J Hirps [who is he?], Wilberforce (30715) [Note: Assume this was in the 1823 version] [Henry BACON, con, Prince of Orange 1821, life, govt servant, James Meehan, Liverpool (10950)] 1825, 15 Sept. – COF #1. No. 56/4275. Dated 15 Sep 1825 for Mary Ann DAID, arrived Broxbornebury 1814, tried Middlesex on 10 Sep 1812 & given a 7 year term. Her native place was stated as County Armagh [Ireland], she had been a servant, now aged 33, 5’¾” tall, with ruddy complexion, brown hair & hazel eyes. Given in lieu of No. 8/2294 believed to be burned by bushrangers. (Source: SRNSW Convict Certificates of Freedom, Reel 602, 4/4424) 1825, 4 & 17 Nov. – Mary Ann Daid, free, sought permission to marry Henry Bacon, assigned servant of Mr Meehan at Liverpool, by Rev Cartwright. (Letters Sent Reel 6015; 4/3515 p626 & Letters Received Reel 6064; 4/1788 p92) 1825 - Mary A McDede married Henry Bacon on 12 Dec 1825 at St Luke’s, Liverpool. (Henry Bacon, Signed X; & Mary Ann McDede, Signed X; married 12 Dec 1825 Liverpool, registered St Lukes Church of England Liverpool by Banns by Robert Cartwright; Witness: Daniel Tindall, Signed; Witness: Stephen Bea.[?], Signed X; Witness: John Pidgeon, Signed; Witness: John Cutler, Signed. Source: St Luke's Church of England, Liverpool NSW: Church Register - Marriages; ML ref: Reel SAG 92 & V1825-3701-3B) [Note: No record of any children born to the couple] 1826, Feb. – “Mary Ann McDade was another free-by-servitude woman who married a convict, then attempted to have him assigned to her. She married Henry Bacon at St Lukes Liverpool, while he was an assigned servant to James Meehan. She pleaded with the Governor that, because Meehan objected to the tranference of her husband’s assignment, “she was in great distress which may probably be the cause of becoming an outcast in society”. It was many years before she managed to have Meehan’s objections overruled. In 1828 Ann McDade & her husband were together, working for Ann Hollis of the Upper Nelson. [Notes – Petition of Mary A McDade, Feb 1826; 4/7084, Reel 588, SRNSW, Colonial Secretary’s Correspondence]” (Source: “Women of Botany Bay, pp282 & 364) 1826, 2 Feb. – COF #2. No. 22/4822. Dated 2 Feb 1826 for Mary Ann DAID, arrived Brox 1814, tried Middlesex on 10 Sep 1812 & given a 7 year term. Her native place was stated as County Armagh [Ireland], she had been a servant, now aged 33, 5’¾ tall, with ruddy complexion, brown hair & hazel eyes. Given in lieu of No. 56/4275 returned mutilated & cancelled. (Source: SRNSW Convict Certificates of Freedom, Reel 602, 4/4424) 1826, 2 July – “LIVERPOOL POLICE. Henry Bacon, per Prince of Orange, was brought up on the 27th ult. by a warrant from Parramatta, charging him with being a runaway from Mr. Meehan's service, of Macquarie Field. It appeared in evidence that the prisoner absconded from his master's farm without permission, four months ago, during which period he had endeavoured to gain a livelihood from different people, by passing himself as a freeman. In defence the luckless mortal affirmed that he had entered into the silken bonds of matrimony with one Mary Ann M'Deed, to, whom he was then an assigned servant. He was ordered to do government duty until the truth of this alleged assignment and assignation could be ascertained.” (Source: The Australian, 05/07/1826, p3) 1828 Census: Mary BACON, 42, FS, Broxbornebury, 7 years, cath (B0006) & husband – Henry BACON, 39, TL, P of Orange 1820, 14 years, prot, labourer to Ann Hollis, Upper Nelson (B0005) [Ann Hollis was described as aged 30, BC, 3 children, prot, tenant farmer, Windsor Rd, Upper Nelson, with 160 acres, 5 horses & 12 cattle]. 1859 - Henry Bacon died on 7 Dec 1859 of “inflammation of the stomach & general decay” at Mulgoa Forest near Camden. (DC 1859/2628) No record found for death of Mary Ann Bacon nee Daid. Notes from the book “Journey to a New Life…” the story of the ships Emu & Broxbornebury by Elizabeth Hook (3rd ed. 2014). I am the author & can be contacted on tbeth3370@gmail.com for further info