Mary Davies

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Beth Taylor on 4th February 2026

TIMELINE NOTES: BC: 1785 Sentenced: 11/10/1813 at Lancaster October Quarter Sessions to transportation for 7 years Crime: Larceny (Source: HO 27 Criminal Register Index 1805-1816 Lancashire, Vol. 23, by Stuart Tamblin, CD-ROM) Previous Occupation: Needleworker Age on Convict Indent: 29 1814 Muster: Mary DAVIS (?), Brox, con, off stores, to Mr R Jenkins, Sydney (6801) 1815, 29 Apr. – WARNS, William. Per Indefatigable, 1815. On list of prisoners disembarked from the Indefatigable and forwarded to Windsor for distribution (SRNSW Col Sec Papers, Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.66) [Future spouse of Mary] 1817, 8 Dec. & 1818, 6 Jan. - WARNS, William. Per Indefatigable, 1815. Re permission to marry Ann Hannerton per ship Canada, at Castlereagh (SRNSW Col Sec Papers, Reel 6005; 4/3497 p.278) 1817, 9 Dec. - WARNS, William. Per Indefatigable, 1815. Servant to Archibald Bell and John Kinkaird of Richmond. Petition for mitigation of sentence (SRNSW Col Sec Papers, Fiche 3182; 4/1853 p.354) 1818, 4,5 May - WARNS, William. Per Indefatigable, 1815. Re permission to marry Jane Wood per ship Mary Ann, at Parramatta (SRNSW Col Sec Papers, Reel 6006; 4/3498 p.203) 1818, 26 Dec. - WARNS, William. Per Indefatigable, 1815. Re permission to marry Mary Davis per ship Brox., at Castlereagh; listed as Warner. Both were prisoners. (SRNSW Col Sec Papers, Reel 6006; 4/3499 p.241) 1819, 15 March – Mary Davis (sic) prisoner per Brox, sought permission to marry William Kames (sic), prisoner per Indefatigable, at Castlereagh. (SRNSW Col Sec Papers, Letters Sent Reel 6006; 4/3499 p61) 1821, 24 Jan. - WARNS, William. Per Indefatigable, 1815. Store receipts of for wheat paid at Windsor, 34 bushels at 9 shillings a bushel, total paid ₤15, 6 shillings. (SRNSW Col Sec Papers, Reel 6051; 4/1748 p.147) 1822 Muster: Mary DAVIS (sic), FBS, Brox, 7 years, wife of W Davidson, Sydney (A05469) & child – Robert DAVIS, aged 7, BC [Was her spouse William DAVIDSON, CP, Minerva, 7 years, baker, Sydney #A05379? This man could NOT have been a previous spouse in England as he was tried in Ireland in 1800 ] [William WARNER, Indefatigable, TL, Life sentence, lives at J W Charrington, Sydney (A21890)] 1823, 1 Sep. – Mary Davis, free, again requested permission to marry William Warns, convict per Indefatigable, by Rev Cowper in Sydney. (SRNSW Col Sec Papers, Letters Sent Reel 6011; 4/3509 p181) [Mary was persistent! But no record of the wedding] 1823, 8 Sep. - WARNS, William. Per Indefatigable, 1815. On lists of prisoners transported to Port Macquarie per Sally. He was a baker with a life term and had been tried at the Sydney Bench & sentenced on 06/09/1823 to a “renewal of original sentence”. (SRNSW Col Sec Papers, Reel 6019; 4/3864 pp.69, 418-9) 1825 Muster: Mary DAVIS (?), FS, Brox, 7 years, wife of William Davis (?), Sydney (17900 & children of William Davis, Sydney – Elijah 14 [bc1811], John 12 [bc1813], Samuel 10 [bc1815], Ebenezer 8 [bc1817] – all BC [William WARNS, con, Indefatigable 1815, life, govt employ Port Macquarie (44306 & 44616)] 1828 Census: Mary DAVIES, aged 43, FS, Brox, 7 years, prot, FF, Parra *(D0290 - plus 1 month colonial sentence) [Note: The children listed above were not found in the 1828 Census] William WARNES (or WARMS), Indefatigable, messenger, Sydney (W05033) 1831, William Warns, per ship Indefatigable, life term, aged 60, applied to marry 68 year-old Mary Johnson, permission was denied as the “female already married”. (Source: www.ancestry.com.au SRNSW Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1826-1851, Series: 12212; Item: 4/4512; Page: 11) 1833, 24 June – “On Wednesday night an attempt was made to enter the shop of a dealer in York-street, named William Warne. Having removed two shutters, they broke a square of glass, by which they cut their fingers. Warne being alarmed by the noise, and getting up, the fellows took to their heels.” (Source: Sydney Herald, 24/06/1833, p2) 1833, 14 Sept. – “ASÁBYNA WARNES, by the Red Rover, my wife, No. 2, York-street Sydney, has eloped from her home, I herby caution the Public not to give her any credit in my name, as I will not be answerable for any debt she may contract. WILLIAM WARNES. Sydney, September 12, 1833.” (Source: Sydney Gazette, 14/09/1833, p1) [Note: William WARNS married Aboyna Warne in Sydney in 1832. V1832-270-73A] NSW BDM: 1) No record found of a marriage for Mary. Children born to Mary and William DAVIS/DAVIES: • Elijah DAVIES born c1811, died ? • John DAVIES born c1814 (bapt, as DAVIS at Parramatta C of E V1814-920-148), died ? • Robert DAVIES born c1815, died ? • Samuel DAVIES born c1816 (bapt, as DAVIES at Parramatta C of E V1816-1005-148), died ? • Ebenezer DAVIES born c1818 (bapt, as DAVIES at Parramatta C of E V1818-1126-148), died ? 2) Mary Davies died? 3) William Warns died ? Jess' Girls - SAG:  1814 - Muster with 1 child (this info not found by author)  1818 - single (woman)  1822 - Muster, living with William Davis (Minerva) in Cambridge St & son Robert aged 7, BC. [Another son (?) Joseph was admitted to Male Orphan School aged 10 in 1823, father William Davis, a miller in Sydney. Also a William Davis admitted 1819, aged 10, father was William Davis, blind, of Pitt Town. Not certain if these 2 boys belonged to this Mary Davies]  1825 - Muster  1828 - Census  Mutch - banns to wed William Warner 1818  Mutch - banns to wed William Kames 1819 Convict Indent: William Warnes came to NSW on the ship Indefatigable on 25 April 1815. He had been sentenced at Essex Assize on 27 July 1814, for life, a native of Norfolk, a baker, aged 44, 5’6” tall, ruddy complexion, black hair & hazel eyes. TL – 1408. 1841 – Warns was listed to receive a CP #41/71 on 01/01/1841. Described as: arr per ship Indefatigable in 1815, born 1771, life term for “stealing a horse”, a native of Norfolk, a baker, 5’4½” tall, ruddy complexion, grey to bald hair & grey eyes (Source: SRNSW Convict Pardons, Reel 779, 4/4439, 913) He received his CP in 1841. (Source: Sydney Herald, 19/03/1841, p1) 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

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jennifer burgess on 14th August 2022

There are two Mary Davies on 1828 census, the one mentioned above and a Mary Davies age36 F/S living at Murrumbateman other surnames Lawrence.

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jennifer burgess on 28th July 2022

on 1828 census age 43 at Female Factory