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Mary Gassett was transported on the Lord Wellington, departing 30th Apr 1819 and arriving 20th Jan 1820 with 125 passengers.
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Moreton Bay Convict Records. Mary Courtney, per Lord Wellington, Original conviction: Tried Co. Dublin, Nov 1818, 7 years. Trade, Dairy woman. Colonial Conviction, Sup Ct. Maitland, 20 Mar 1830, Receiving stolen property, 7 years sentence. Returned to Sydney 29 May 1837.
Vicki Turner; my ggggrandmother Mary was transport back from Morton bay island 1839 in female factory at Parramatta. Her daughter Sarah went on to marry Thomas Tapp. Sarah and Thomas had their daughter Sarah who married William Virtue aka Ah tak from China in 1861 he converted to Christianity but no other records on him. Trying to look for him in NSW near Temora.
1827 - 29 Nov. New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, Name: Mary Courtney Age: 30. Birth Year: 1797 Native Place: County Wicklow, Ireland Certificate Date: 29 Nov 1827 Trade or Calling; Dairy Main Height; 5 ft. 5 3/4 inches Complexion; Dark Pale and freckled Hair; Black Eyes; Grey Remarks; See Certificate 37/49 dated 20 June 1837 1837 - New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 37/493. 10 June 1837 Name: Mary Courtney Age: 40. Birth Year: 1797 Native Place: County Wicklow, Ireland Certificate Date: 10 Jun 1837 Offence; Receiving Date of Trial; Sydney Sup. Court. Sentence; 7 years.
Mary Gassett is in fact Mary Courtney (who first arrived on the Lord Wellington 1820). 1821: Mary Courtney married Joseph Gazzard/Gassett (Larkins 1817) they had 2 children, William (b1821-1919) and Sarah (B1823-1862). In May 1820 Joseph was appointed as Town Constable at Windsor. 19/11/1827: Joseph was dismissed from position of Constable for highly improper conduct. 1828 Census: Aged 30. Free by servitude. Overseer to G Rutherford, Luskintyre. 6/5/1830: Mary was found guilty of receiving stolen goods from the “Adair Robbery” and sentenced to 7 years transportation – she was sent to Moreton Bay where she was described as: aged 33, 5’5 3/4” tall, dark complexion, brown hair, grey eyes, RC. 6/5/1830 Sydney Gazette: MAITLAND CIRCUIT COURT... Benjamin Burrell, John Burrell, Thomas Sharpe, Joseph Savage, , John Davis, and Felix Hearney, were indicted for stealing property to a large amount, in the dwelling house of Samuel Lennox Adair and others, at Hunter's River, on the 22nd of November, 1829, the said Samuel Lennox Adair being therein by them put in bodily fear. Joseph Gassett was indicted as an accessary [sic] before and after the fact, as the aforesaid felony. Mary gassett and Thomas Carroll were indicted for feloniously receiving portions of the several articles taken at the aforesaid felony, well knowing the same to have been stolen. Upon the evidence of an approver, Christopher Harpur, the Jury having retired for about three quarters of an hour, found the prisoners, Benjamin Burrell, John Burrell, Thomas Sharpe, and Joseph Savage, guilty of the capital felony, and acquitted John Davis and Felix Kearney. They also found Joseph gassett guilty as an accessary after the fact and Mary Gassett guilty of receiving, acquitting Thomas Carroll. His Honour passed sentence of death upon B. Burrell, J. Burrell, Thomas Sharpe and Joseph Savage, and ordered them for execution on such day as His Excellency shall appoint. Joseph Gassett, in consideration of his previous good character, was sentenced to work on the public roads in irons for 6 months. Mary Gassett was sentenced to be transported for 7 years. This case occupied the court, without adjournment, from 9 o'clock on Monday morning, until 6 o'clock the Tuesday morning following. Mr. Rowe appeared for the prisoners, Gassett, wife and Carroll, and Mr. Williams for the prisoner Felix Kearney. Felix Kearney, Joseph Savage, and Thomas Sharpe, were indicted for a highway robbery, and putting Alexander McBean in bodily fear, and stealing from him various articles, the property of Capt. Pike, at Wallis' Plains, on the 15th November, 1829. Joseph Gassett was indicted as an accessary before the fact. The principal witness in this case, as in the last, was Christopher Harpur, an approver. The Jury found the prisoners kearney and Savage guilty, and acquitted Sharpe and Gassett. The learned Judge immediately passed sentence of death upon Kearney, and ordered him for execution, on such a day as His Excellency should appoint. The Court adjourned to Sydney, on Tuesday evening, the 20th April 1830. Found no date of death for Mary, however, Joseph remarried C1840 to Ann Brown, aged 35 per "Harmony".
1828: Mary Gassett Free by servitude. Luskintyre district. Aged 30yrs.