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Mary Ann Knott was transported on the Harmony, departing 12th May 1827 and arriving 27th Sep 1827 with 80 passengers.
Details for the ship Harmony Ship Name: Harmony Rig Type: S. Built: St. Johns Build Year: 1818 Size (tons): 373 Notes: Source:Website http://www.hawkesbury.net.au/claimaconvict/index.php Original sources:Sources The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/6, pp.491-497 Bateson, Charles & Library of Australian History (1983). The convict ships, 1787-1868 (Australian ed). Library of Australian History, Sydney : pp.360-361, 386
Harmony (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 179 (91) |
| 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
Mary Ann Knott was listed as 25 years old on arrival. Native Place: Essex. Medical Journal of the Harmony 1827: Folios 8-9: Mary Ann Knott, aged 25, convict; disease or hurt, complains of pain and uneasiness in left breast increased on drawing a full inspiration attended with fever and considerable thirst. Put on sick list, 11 August 1827 at sea. Discharged 20 August 1827. Mary Ann could read, was Protestant, married, no children listed, 5'1" tall, ruddy complexion, brown hair, dark brown eyes, good looking. Assigned to Henry Steel Esq. 24/3/1832: TOL, Sydney. -- Scar under right eye, nail of forefinger of right hand disfigured.
National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/15/162[1826] Prisoner name: Mary Ann Knott. Prisoner age: 25. Court and date of trial: Surrey Winter Assizes 1826 held at Kingston upon Thames. Crime: Feloniously uttering and tending a forged £5 Bank of England note. Initial sentence: Death commuted to transportation for life. Gaoler's report: Bad. Annotated (Outcome): Transport. Petitioner(s): Prisoner and 32 signatories. Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Husband at sea and prisoner destitute; did not know note was forged; no fixed abode.