Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Mary Early was transported on the Kinnear, departing 16th Jun 1848 and arriving 7th Oct 1848 with 141 passengers.
Built 1834 at Yarmouth. Wood barque of 369 Tons. (Register of persons transported is not yet completed - currently being listed.) 1842 Voyage. OCT. 23. - Arrived the barque Kinnear, Lidderdale master, from Dublin 10th July, with 180 male prisoners, Surgeon Superintendent - G. J. Fox, Esq. The guard consists of Captain Bull (with Mrs. Bull, 4 children, and 1 female servant), and 30 rank and file of the 99th Regt., - 4 women, and 6 children. Colonial Times (Hobart) 25 Oct 1842.
Kinnear (generic)References
| Primary Source | Tasmanian Archives: http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au |
Claims
"Mary Early is my great, great, great grandmother. I am descended from her daughter Mary Ann"
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Convict Notes
Tasmanian Indents for Kinnear. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON15-1-5$init=CON15-1-5p18 and Mary Early, Tried Galway Co. 4 Jan 1848, 7 years. Age 35. height 5ft 3 ½. Catholic, can neither read nor write, Widow, 1 boy. Offence: Sheep Stg. Pro John McDarnock. 2 months for oat meal, 3 months for 2/6. Surgeon’s Report: Good. Trade, Country servant. Native place, Co, Galway. Remarks: My husband has been dead about 1 year. Bro, Peter, Thos & Martin. Sis, Biddy.
Contibuted by Susan Maxfield: Mary was a widow when convicted (not sure if Early was her married name or maiden name) and had a male child on the Kinnear with her. Tasmanian Archives record: Twice convicted before (oatmeal & money). Had been widowed about a year. 1 child. Country farm servant; aged 35 yrs; 5'3 1/2"; freckled complexion; brown hair; grey eyes. Native place - Galway, Ireland. Probation period: Anson Clear conduct record Assigned at Ross, Launceston, Morven (Evandale) Ticket of Leave 09/11/1852 Ticket Revoked 25/10/1853 Mary was granted permission to marry John Parker ref: 739/1851 30/03/1851 Launceston. (Her age is stated as 26yrs.)
She married John Parker (Free Man)in 1851 and died in Latrobe Tasmania she had 4 other children Ernest, Maryanne, Laurence and John