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Voyage
Transportation
Catherine Hilton was transported on the Mary Anne, departing 25th Dec 1821 and arriving 20th May 1822 with 109 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 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, 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 |
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Convict Notes
COLONIAL SECRETARY’S OFFICE, Feb. 25, 1835. THE Period for which the undermentioned persons were transported expiring at the date placed after their respective names, certificates of their freedom may be obtained then, or at any subsequent period, upon application at the Muster Master’s Office, Hobart Town, or that of a Police Magistrate in the interior: — Per ship Mary Ann.— Sarah Stanley, 16th March, 1835; Isabella Hammill, 24th March 1835; Catherine Hilton, 24th March 1835; Hannah Whitely, 24th March 1835; Prudence Davis, 29th March 1835; Maria Stevenson, 29th March 1835; Ann Williams, 29th March 1835; Launceston Advertiser, 5 March 1835.
Colonial Secretary Index. HILTON, Catherine. Per "Mary Anne", 1822 1822 Jun 5 On list of convicts disembarked at Hobart from the "Mary Anne" (Reel 6009; 4/3505 p.385) ----------------------------------------------------------- List of 45 Female convicts disembarked at Hobart Town from ship Mary Anne. Catherine Hilton, tried Lancaster Assizes, 24 Mar 1821, 14 years.
Lancaster Assizes. Bank Prosecutions. — This morning the Grand Jury brought into Court forty true bills which they had found against prisoners charged with offences against the Bank of England; and a little after one o'clock twenty-one prisoners were arraigned at the bar, all of them, except one, on two indictments; the one charging the offence of uttering, which is capital, and the other limiting it to unlawful possession, which subjects the party to the term of transportation for fourteen years, The following twelve persons accepted the mercy of the Directors of the Bank of England, and, pleaded to the minor offence, were severally acquitted upon the charge which affected their lives; George Cowen, 30, Catherine Quinn, 42, Hugh Hammill, 49, Isabella Hammill, 34, Margaret Kelly, Mary Burns, 42, Mary Pimblott, 34, Margaret Penryhn, 20 , Hannah Whiteley, 25, Catherine Hilton, 20, Thomas Entwistle, 40, and Richard Ridings, aged 61. Mr. Justice Bayley, after a short address to the prisoners, in which he pointed out the mischiefs which arose to society from the dissemination of forged notes, and the necessity of checking offences so dangerous a nature, sentenced each of the prisoners to transported for the term fourteen years. Westmorland Gazette, 7 Apr 1821.
1823 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, Tasmania. No; 58 Name; Catherine Hilton Ship; Mary Ann - 1822 Remarks; HOSPITAL