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Voyage
Transportation
Mary Lees was transported on the William Pitt, departing 30th Jun 1805 and arriving 11th Apr 1806 with 124 passengers.
604 ton ship. 1805 sailing from Portsmouth, England. 1 male (Henry Perfect) and 120 female prisoners. 4 deaths on voyage plus 3 children. 1 female passenger discharged before sailing. The ship arrived at Port Jackson, New South Wales on 11 April 1806.
William Pitt (generic)References
| Primary Source | QSP 2516/1-76 Lancashire Archives (receipt) and Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 13 July 1805 and A calendar of all the Crown prisoners contained in HM Gaol in the Castle of Lancaster. March 1804 |
| 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 and John had two sons in the year before and after their 1811 marriage. In 1828 they lived on Castlereagh Street where Mary ran a local hotel. John died at their home in 1849, and Mary followed two years later in 1851, recorded as aged 97, though more she wasn't quite that age (she is recorded as 37 upon conviction in 1805, 52 in 1811 at her marriage, 69 in the 1828 census and 97 at her death. I have removed the later addition of Moore as an alias and much later d.o.b as these appear to relate to Mary Moore who married Patrick Geary- the husband of Ann Hughes who our Mary was convicted with. Some suggestions on John Pearce's page on this site state Mary's maiden name was Hughes, if this suggests that Mary Lees and Ann Hughes were sisters, it would be interesting to see further info/sources.
stole four pieces of printed calico from the shop of Hugh Bennett and Joseph Benton at Manchester along with Ann Hughes (also transported on William Pitt).Convicted 20/3/1804. Mary was a part of a group of ten women sent from Lancaster Castle to Spithead to be put aboard the William Pitt in July 1805 (journey of 315 miles at a cost of £15 15 shillings per woman).
1825 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. 1825 Name; Mary Lees Age; No Details Class; F. S. Vessel; William Pitt - 1806 - 7 years Employment/Remarks; WIFE; John Pearce, Constable, Sydney 1828 - New South Wales, Australia Census. John Pearce. Age; 53 [1775] Perseus - 1804. Life. Protestant. Constable. Castlereagh Street. Sydney Mary Pearce. Age; 69. [1759] Ship; William Pitt. District; Sydney