Mary Hilsley

Mary Hilsley, one of 100 convicts transported on the Princess Royal, 07 November 1828

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Mary Hilsley
Aliases:	none
Gender:	f

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1808
Occupation:	All country work
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Female median life span was 56 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 14 years

Crime:	Pickpocket
Convicted at:	Surrey Quarter Sessions
Sentence term:	14 years
Ship:	Princess Royal
Departure date:	6th January, 1829
Arrival date:	9th May, 1829
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 99 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 504
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 Project.

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Community Contributions

Tony Beale on 13th October, 2021 wrote:

New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 Bound Indentures 1829 From London. Single protestant who could read and write. 36/295. Convicted 4/9/1828. 4’ 8” Ruddy complexion dark brown hair dark hazel eyes. Assigned to Daniel Whitehead Pitt Street Sydney.

New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts’ Applications to Marry, 1826-1851 Granted 6/2/1830
Mary Hilsley 21 Bond (14yrs) per ship princess Royal to marry John Godfrey 45 Free (7yrs) per ship Glory. Rev J E Keane Bathurst

Tony Beale on 13th October, 2021 wrote:

BDM
Marriages
4836/1830 V18304836 3B GODFRY JOHN HILSLEY MARY CW (Bathurst)

New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts’ Applications to Marry, 1826-1851 Refused 8/10/1836
Mary Hilsley 28 ToL (14yrs) per ship Princess Royal refused permission to marry John Primmer 33 Free (7yrs) per ship Waterloo Rev Keane Bathurst. Both Married

New South Wales, Australia, Convict Death Register, 1826-1879 for Mary Helsley ToL Buried 28/3/1837 at the Female factory Bathurst

Convict Changes History

Tony Beale on 13th October, 2021 made the following changes:

date of birth: 1808 (prev. 0000), gender: f, occupation, crime