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Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Mary Jenkins was transported on the Royal Admiral, departing 30th May 1792 and arriving 7th Oct 1792 with 349 passengers.
The Royal Admiral was built at Lynn in 1828. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Royal Admiral in 1830, 1833, 1835 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1842. 1833 - Ship; Royal Admiral. Commenced fitting as a Convict Transport at Deptford on the 29 March. Surgeon Superintendent [Andrew Henderson] joined on the 3rd April. Guard embarked on the 13th. Sailed on the 17th and anchored in Kingston Barbour near Dublin on the 9th May. 220 convicts embarked on the 16 May 1833 and the ship sailed from Dublin Bay for Sydney on the 4th June and arrived there on the 20 October. Originally embarked with 221 convicts, 5 Died at sea, 1 was Relanded. 11 sick on shore, The convicts were described as 220 such wretchedly debilitated creatures ... Refer to the surgeons journal for full details
Royal Admiral (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 177 (89) |
| 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
Family connections for Mary (Jenkins) are: JENKINS Mary/Mary Ann (Jenkins/Miller) was born in 1769. She was tried when a widow at Cardiff Glamorgan Wales Quarter Sessions for stealing thread case steel bodkin handkerchief comb & more, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 7 10 1792 after a voyage of 4+months on Fleet ship ROYAL ADMIRAL. She lived with John William (John his first relationship) & produced 9children. She was issued her Certificate of Freedom about 1798/9. In 1825 she was wife of John (Jelling/Jobling) at Richmond. She died on 5 5 1835 age66. [Some details taken from this Website] John William (maybe William John) (John) was born about 1756. He was tried at Glamorgan Wales Great Session as a pickpocket, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict om 9 7 1791 after a voyage of 6months on Fleet ship ALBERMARLE; he was Protestant. He was issued his Cerificate of Freedom about 1797/8. In 1822 he was a landholder at Windsor. He seems to have separated before 1825 as in 1827 he is a farmer at Richmond in a second relationship with Hannah (Hawkins her fourth relationship) convict from NEPTUNE 1790. He died on 14 5 1835 age79 father of 9children. [Some details taken from this Website] Reference: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony.
Mary formed a relationship with John William John (Convict, Albermarle, 1791) sometime around 1794. They do not appear to have married. They are recorded as being together in the 1822 Muster: Mary Jenkins, free by servitude, Royal Admiral, 7 years, wife of T W John, Windsor. William John John, free by servitude, Albermarle, 7 years, landholder, Windsor. Mary and John had 7 children between 1795 and 1803. However, by 1825 they appear to have separated. In the 1825 Muster she is described as: Jenkins, Mary, free by servitude, Royal Admiral, 1792, 7 years, wife of John Jelling/Jobling, Richmond. No further details have been located.
Mary was tried in Cardiff on 10 Jan 1792 for stealing, amongst other items, one thread case, one steel bodkin, a handkerchief and a comb. She pleaded not guilty but was convicted and sentenced to seven years transportation. Mary was stated to be a widow when she arrived in the colony.