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Transportation
Mary Kimes was transported on the Lady Juliana, departing 31st May 1789 and arriving 3rd Jun 1790 with 247 passengers.
Launched 1777, 401 ton barque, built at Whitby, England. Departed Portsmouth, England on 29 July 1789, via Cape of Good Hope for Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia on 3 June 1790. 1790 voyage carried 226 female passengers (convicts)- 5 of whom died on the trip. 6 children also on board. Significant because it was the first ship to bring all female women to the Colony.
Lady JulianaReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 16. http://www.oldbaileyonline.org |
| 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 Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 01 May 2020), April 1787, trial of MARY KIMES , alias POTTEN (t17870418-2). MARY KIMES, Theft > shoplifting, 18th April 1787. 331. MARY KIMES , alias POTTEN was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 9th day of April , thirty yards of printed linen, value 30 s. the property of James Gibson , privily in his shop . JAMES GIBSON sworn. I keep a linen draper's shop in West-street St. Giles's ; on Easter Monday, the 9th of April, I lost a piece of linen; the prisoner came in; she was standing close by where this linen was; I think it was in the forenoon, I am not sure as to the time I saw her; I was waiting on two customers; I was close observing her, and in a moment I missed her, and thought shemust have something, as she went out without asking for anything; I followed her out of the house, and as soon as I was on the outside of the door, I immediately saw the linen under her arm, part of it her cloak did not cover; I took her into custody I believe about five or six yards from the door; I had not time to miss any thing before I pursued her; this is the linen, it is worth thirty shillings; it was the top piece; it lay where she was standing; as soon as I came in I looked, and it was gone; I had seen it not five minutes before; it was piled up in the shop on a pile of carpetting; I was quite near to her. THOMAS ISAACS sworn. I saw Mr. Gibson have hold of the prisoner with one hand, and the piece of linen with the other; the linen has been out of my sight since the prisoner has been committed, but this is the same pattern; our private mark is not upon it, therefore I cannot positively say it is the same piece. Court to Mr. Gibson. You have no doubt but it is your's? - No, I am quite clear of it, for I cut the printer's name out of one corner of it myself. PRISONER's DEFENCE. I never saw it; the gentleman brought it out of me, and said he suspected me some nights before; and he said before the Justice, he would bring several people to witness that he took it from me; I leave it to the Court; I am innocent. GUILTY , Death . She was humbly recommended to mercy by the Jury and Prosecutor. Tried by the first Middlesex Jury before Mr. Baron HOTHAM. ------------------------------------------------- Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 01 May 2020), April 1789 (o17890422-2). Old Bailey Proceedings supplementary material, 22nd April 1789. The following Prisoners accepted the conditions mentioned in his Majesty's pardon, viz. The following Prisoners accepted the conditions, viz. To be transported for the term of seven years . Margaret Wood ; Sarah M'Cormick ; Mary Kimes , alias Potten ; Mary Chafey ; Sarah Young ; Mary Hook ; Elizabeth Goldsmith ; Mary Hounsom .
National Archives. HO 47/9/4 1789 Apr 17 Report of James Adair, Recorder of London. Also includes a list from the Recorder of London enclosing a list of capital convicts respited but who cannot be removed until their pardons are confirmed, they are to receive sentence of transportation as set against their names: Middlesex Mary Kines/Kimes alias Potten. Convicted in April 1787, recommended to 7 years transportation.
Mary Kimes was convicted at the Old Bailey on 18/04/1787 for stealing linen. Death sentence given, but mercy recommended and so transported to Australia for 7yrs on the 'Lady Juliana' (2nd Fleet). Mary's parents: Joseph & Ann Potten Previous Offence: 10/12/1783, Old Bailey. Stealing silk/satin. With Elizabeth Cunningham. This record under the name Potten (or Botten). Both found Guilty and to be transported for 7yrs. Apparently aboard the ship 'Mercury' for America but it mutinied off the coast of England and she escaped. Recaptured at Bristol. Sent to London and pardoned in 1786. 17/07/1790: Married William Ayres (1st Fleet convict)