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Summary

Born
Jan 1761
Conviction
Shop lifting
Departure
Dec 1786
Arrival
Jan 1788
Death
Aug 1799
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Personal Information

Name: Mary Dixon
Gender: Female
Born: 1st Jan 1761
Death: 25th Aug 1799
Age at death: 38
Occupation: Hawker
Aliases: Mary Dickenson

Crime

Crime: Shop lifting
Convicted at: Surrey. Southwark Quarter Session
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 31st Dec 1786
Ship: Lady Penrhyn, Scarborough And Alexander
Arrival: 22nd Jan 1788
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

Mary Dixon was transported on the Lady Penrhyn, Scarborough And Alexander, departing 31st Dec 1786 and arriving 22nd Jan 1788 with 356 passengers.

Lady Penrhyn, Scarborough And AlexanderLady Penrhyn, Scarborough And Alexander

References

Primary SourceAustralian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 10
Source DescriptionThis 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 SourceGreat Britain. Home Office
Compiled ByState Library of Queensland
Database SourceBritish convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database

Claims

"Mary Dixon (Dickenson) was my 4th great grandmother"

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Convict Notes

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on 29th July 2018

Mary Eggleton (née Dickenson) was buried at the Old Sydney Burial Ground, the current site of Sydney Town Hall and Town Hall Square, in 1799.

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on 26th February 2016

Bowes described Mary as a barrow-woman age 26 years in 1787. On February 17th 1788, only 3 weeks after arrival in the colony, Mary married William Eggleton (First Fleet Convict, Alexander, 1788). The couple had 4 children: Sarah 1788, William 1791-1792, William 1793 and Elizabeth 1796.

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on 26th February 2016

Mary was tried at Southwark, Surrey Quarter Sessions on 8 Jan 1787. She was "Committed the 23rd day of November 1787 by T. Waterhouse, Esq, charged on the oaths of Elizabeth Martin, Richard Marks, John Hall and Richard Jackson on suspicion of feloniously stealing, taking and carrying away, from the shop of Richard Marks, on the 22nd instant, in the parish of St Saviour in this County, eleven waistcoats, the property of the said Richard Marks'. She was '...convicted of felony and...ordered to be transported for the term of seven years...to such parts beyond the seas as His Majesty in his Privy Council shall be pleased to appoint and direct'. She was transported aboard the ship 'Lady Penrhyn'.