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Mary Jones was transported on the Lady Shore, departing 31st Jan 1797 and arriving 28th Aug 1797 with 69 passengers.
1797 - August. Mutiny on board. Did not arrive in Australia. Fate of the Female Prisoners There were sixty-four young female convicts on board, and when they arrived at Monte Vido, it not being customary for Europeans to do any work, they were taken under the care of the female inhabitants who provided them with Spanish dresses, and made them their companions. some of the women conducted themselves with a deal of propriety and are married and settled there - some to the inhabitants and some to American Captains. Several of them behaved in a very loose and disorderly manner, and were in consequence taken into custody, and carried before the Governor who committed them to prison at Buenos Ayres where they reformed and agreed to profess the Roman Catholic Religion [5] https://www.freesettlerorfelon.com/convict_ship_lady_shore_1797.htm
Lady Shore (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 221 (111) |
| 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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Old Bailey Online MARY JONES. Theft; grand larceny (to 1827). 22nd June 1796. Text type Trial account Defendants MARY JONES Offences Theft > Grand larceny Session Date 22nd June 1796 Reference Number t17960622-45 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 430. MARY JONES was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 20th of June , a muslin shawl, value 3s. the property of William Hilton . WILLIAM HILTON sworn. I am a linen-draper , in Oxford-street : On Monday last the 20th of June, between three and four o'clock, I saw the prisoner tear off a muslin shawl from an iron that was made use of to hang them upon; she wrapped it in her cloak, and went away with it, I went out, and brought her back to the shop, through the passage, and took it from under her cloak; I sent for an officer, and she was taken to Marlborough-street. DAVID COLE sworn. I had this shawl from the last witness, I have had it ever since, (produces it). Prosecutor. This is my shawl, I saw her take it. Prisoner's defence. I was going along Oxford-road, and a woman asked me to carry it for her, I did not know there was any thing in it. GUILTY . (Aged 23.) Transported for seven years . Tried by the second Middlesex Jury, before Mr. RECORDER.
Description 26 4/7 fair Complex dark hair hazel eyes London Single
UK Criminal Registers - Criminal Entry Records. Ship; Lady Shore No; 30 Trial; 22 June 1796 Age; 23 years. [born abt. 1774] Place of Transportation; Beyond the Seas.