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Mary King was transported on the Hooghley, departing 24th Jun 1831 and arriving 27th Sep 1831 with 186 passengers.
The Hooghley was built in London in 1819. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Hooghley in 1825, 1828, 1831 and 1834. 1831 Voyage - Hooghley. Shipping; Intelligence. ARRIVALS. From Cork, on Tuesday last, whence she sailed the 24th June last, the ship, Hooghley,309 tons, Captain Reeves, with- 184 female prisoners. Surgeon superintendent, James Ellis, Esq. this vessel brings out ten free settlers and 20 children, as steerage passengers. Source; The Sydney Herald. Mon 3 Oct 1831. Page 4. Shipping Intelligence.
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Absconded. King Mary, No 31-699, Hooghley, 21, Needlewoman and Nurse Girl, Limerick, 5 feet 2, hazel eyes, light brown hair, ruddy freckled comp from Mr. Lewis, Sydney. NSW Govt Gazette, 12 Dec 1832.
Sunday night last, at eleven o’clock, nine female convicts, all under sentence of seven years’ transportation, and for whose removal to Cork an order was hourly expected, succeeded in effecting their escape from the city jail, without creatine any alarm whatsoever, or awakening the suspicion of the keepers. They had been locked in the evening at the usual hour, in the ward allotted for their reception, and their escape was not discovered before next morning. The names of the nine convicts are Mary King, Mary Hurley, Mary Kevin and her infant about eleven months old, Ellen Hurley, Margaret Shaughnessy, Margaret Clanchy, Bridget Shelton, Mary Hickey, and Catherine Welsh. Two of the convicts, named Mary Hickey and Margaret Clanchy, have since been retaken —Limerick Chronicle. Globe, 24 May 1830. Escape of Convicts from Limerick Gaol. Two men, it appears, from the outside scaled the prison walls, between nine and ten o'clock on Sunday night, and by means of a ladder used by workmen in repairs of the gaol, gained an easy access to the women's ward. This object was accomplished without much difficulty, as, singular to say, the exterior of the gaol is shrouded in solitary darkness, no lamp being hung out as a beacon to keeper or watchman, and the passage after nightfall is very seldom trodden by human footsteps. Now came the trial of ingenuity, for the locks of a range of cells were to be forced, and the inmates enlarged without disturbing the few persons in charge of the prison, or breaking that lonely silence which hung over the building.. It is right to observe that the prisoners frequently indulged in singing and noisy vociferations after nightfall ; this amusement they enjoyed with more than ordinary spirit on this occasion and without exciting any particular notice. Meantime the iron fastenings were assailed by the burglars with extraordinary success; the continued knocking was heard in the adjacent ward, but the sound of their operatioas was so drowned in the melody of the accompanying voices, as not to reach the ears of the gaol governor or his assistants. The locks soon gave way before repeated efforts, and nine females with an infant were extricated from durance vile. This was a grand object at the outset: but the work was yet incomplete, and after a brief consultation, the ladder was again in request. One after the other rapidly mounted the wall which confines the ward, and sat perched in a row on the summit, while the ladder was being drawn over and laid down against the other side, by which they descended in perfect silence. They traversed a short yard, where the same feat was accomplished at the second barrier, and with equal success. The third and outer wall was carried by a similar coup de main, without the slightest accident, and the eleven persons made their escape into the street, unnoticed by any of the persons on watch. Mary Hickey has since been apprehended in the Abbey. Last night Margaret Clanchy, a second of the convicts, was taken in John's Gate.—Limerick Chronicle. Baldwin’s London Weekly Journal, 28 May 1830. --------------------------------------------------------------- NSW Convict Index. Mary King, per Hooghley 1831, Certificate of Freedom, 23 July 1839, No 39/1102.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Mary King, age on arrival, 20, per Hooghly (3) 1831, Tried at Limerick, 1830, 7 years, for Robbery house. DOB, 1811, Native place, Limerick. Single. Catholic. Trade, Nurse girl needle woman.