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Voyage
Transportation
Mary Heather was transported on the Lord Sidmouth, departing 7th Sep 1822 and arriving 27th Feb 1823 with 98 passengers.
A Barque built in Jersey (Briton) 1815. Tonnage 194. Built by Matthew le Boeuf. Three (3) voyages to Australia transporting convicted persons. (The 1821 does not yet have complete details on this web site.)
Lord Sidmouth (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 200 |
| 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 |
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Convict Notes
Statement of John Green, Clerk of Emu Plains Establishment, 2 June 1827, relating to female convicts sent to the government Agricultural Establishment at Emu Plains in 1822-23, Colonial Office Records, CO 210/182, p. 329 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-987061981 : Mary Heather per Ld Sidmouth Recd 19th March/[18]23 Discharged 15th May 1824 being transferred to Bathurst with her Husband. See also: Australian (Syd), 21 Apr 1825, p. 3, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37071356.
Re permission to Marry. John Duncan, per Dorothy, and Mary Heather, per Lord Sidmouth. Requested by Rev Henry Fulton, Chaplain, Castlereagh , 10 Dec 1823. Approved by Gov.
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 22 March 2020), July 1822, trial of MARY HEATHER (t18220703-111). MARY HEATHER, Theft > grand larceny, 3rd July 1822. 1100. MARY HEATHER was indicted for stealing, on the 3d of July , one quart pot, value 1 s. , the goods of Richard Balls . RICHARD BALLS . I am a publican , and live at Pancras, On the 3d of July, the prisoner was stopped with my pot. I had not missed it. JOHN BOSTON. On the 3d of July, about half-past three o'clock, I stopped the prisoner in Upper Gower-street, about a quarter of a mile from Balls's. I saw two boys first; one of them crossed over and touched the prisoner on the shoulder; she then quickened her pace very much. I went up and asked what she had got; she would not answer. I moved her shawl aside and found the pot; she refused to say where she got it. The boys gave her nothing. (Property produced and sworn to.) GUILTY . Aged 16. Transported for Seven Years . First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Common Sergeant. https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/print.jsp?div=t18220703-111