Name: | Eliza Mackay |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | f |
Date of Birth: | 1790 |
Occupation: | Prostitute |
Date of Death: | 1858 |
Age: | 68 years |
Life Span
Female median life span was 59 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to Life
Crime: | Larceny |
Convicted at: | London Gaol Delivery |
Sentence term: | Life |
Ship: | Lord Melville |
Departure date: | August, 1816 |
Arrival date: | 24th February, 1817 |
Place of arrival | New South Wales |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 102 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 275 (139) |
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 Project. |
Keith South on 12th January, 2015 wrote:
Eliza MACKEY was trialed City of London, county of Middlesex, April, 1816. Charged with larceny, found guilty and sentenced to death.
Christine Adele Thomson on 19th June, 2018 wrote:
She was also a thief. Married a James Wright 26 Oct 1818,they had a pub named ‘The Cottage on the Grove’ at Parramatta near Duck Creek
Penny-Lyn Beale on 25th July, 2020 wrote:
New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary’s Papers, 1788-1856
Copies of Letters Sent Within The Colony, 1814-1827
Application to Marry
James Wright - Free
Eliza Mackay - Prisoner per Ship Lord Melville
Keith South on 12th January, 2015 made the following changes:
gender: f, crime
Christine Adele Thomson on 19th June, 2018 made the following changes:
date of birth: 1790 (prev. 0000), date of death: 1858 (prev. 0000), occupation
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