Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Sarah Gittins was transported on the Mary Anne, departing 16th Feb 1791 and arriving 9th Jul 1791 with 28 passengers.
Built in France 1772 of 298 Tons first sailed as a British convict ship from Portsmouth 16/02/1791.
Mary Anne (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 130 |
| Source Description | This 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 Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
Claims
"6th great grandmother"
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Convict Notes
Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: Page 320... [Ref R0969] Roberts, Philip, 62, CP, Pitt, 1792, Life, Constable, Portland Head. 70 acres, 20 cleared, 18 cultivated, 1 horse. [Ref R0970] Roberts, Sarah, 57, Mary Ann, 1791, 7 Years.
Sarah Gittins , convict, arrived in Sydney on board the "Mary Ann" in 1791 - part of the Third Fleet. There were 150 female convicts on board. She was sentenced to seven years for Fraud. Sarah was charged by grocer, John Muckleston of the St.Mary's Parish in Shewsbury of taking food (tea, sugar, currents and soap) for herself and charging it to her employer Mrs. Lettia Scott. According to the T.D.Mutch files (on microfilm at Mitchell Library, Sydney) Sarah's daughter, Jane, was probably born on board the Mary Ann on the way out to Australia. Sarah married twice but never had any other children. Husbands; Charles Martin on 12 August 1792 and Phillip Roberts on 27 November 1799. Sarah died in 1850 in Sydney. Jane Gittins married John Dorrington in 1808.