Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Mary Lee was transported on the Buffalo, departing 4th May 1833 and arriving 5th Oct 1833 with 183 passengers.
1833 - Voyage. Transported; 179 Female Convicts and 25 Children 1839 - Voyage. On 28th September 1839, the Ship Buffalo left Quebec, Canada, taking 144 prisoners to Van Diemen’s Land and New South Wales, following the Patriot War in Canada in 1837-38. Some of the prisoners were French Canadians patriots and others were American patriots, captured after the Battle of the Windmill. The Ship went first to Van Diemens Land, arriving at Hobart on 11th February 1840, where most of the American prisoners were landed, and then went on to Sydney, arriving on 26th February 1840, where the 58 French speaking prisoners were landed. They were separated mainly because there was hostility between the Americans from Lower Canada and the Canadians from Upper Canada. The prisoners were in the main, literate, idealistic and honest men.
BuffaloReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 88 Old Bailey online https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t18330214-39 |
| 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 |
Claims
No one has claimed Mary Lee yet.
Convict Notes
There are two people called Mary Lee transported on ships arriving in October 1833. One on the Buffalo and one on the William Bryan (which went to Tasmania). The Old Bailey case I'm suggesting has a transportation for life sentence (but there's not the data tie ups on Digital panopticon which could confirm it's the right person).
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. No; 530 - 33. Indent No; 72. Name; Mary Lee No details Remarks; DIED; Parramatta Hospital, 6 Nov 1833 ----------------------