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Transportation
Maria Hopkins was transported on the Speke, departing 29th Feb 1808 and arriving 16th Nov 1808 with 100 passengers.
Speke (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 403 (201) |
| 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
1811 - Noted in Population Muster, 1811 1813 - New South Wales, Australia, St. John's Parramatta, Marriages. 15 February 1813. John Deaton & Maria Hopkin both of the Parish of St John's Parramatta 1814 - Population Muster, 1814 3 children off stores New South Wales, Australia, St. John's Parramatta, Burials Maria Derton **. Prisoner/Speke. aged 32 years old of the Parish of St John's Parramatta was buried 29 Nov. 1814
18/7/1807 Oxford Journal: At Worcester Assizes, Mary Hancox, Lydia Martin, Mary Pearsall, Maria Hopkins, and Sarah Hopkins, for feloniously stealing various pieces of printed cotton, &c. from different shops in Bromsgrove, were severally sentenced to seven years transportation...
Unknown newspaper report: “Maria Hopkins, one of 99 convicts transported on the Speke, March 1808” Convicted at Worcester Assizes for a term of 7 years. http://oldbritishnews.com/convicts/index.php/transported_convicts-299/
1810. Colonial Secretary Papers. Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3165; 4/1846 p.111)