Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Margaret Turner was transported on the Mary Anne, departing 30th Jun 1815 and arriving 19th Jan 1816 with 101 passengers.
Built in France 1772 of 298 Tons first sailed as a British convict ship from Portsmouth 16/02/1791.
Mary Anne (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 218 |
| 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
Family connections for Margaret (Turner) may be: Some amendments added Sep 2025. TURNER Margaret (???/Turner) was born about 1792. She married firstly James (Turner his first (1of3) marriage) in England. She was tried for stealing from T (Hodgkins) of Birmingham at Warwick Assizes, sentenced to death reprieved to Life & arrived in NSW a a convict on 19 1 1816 after a voyage of 6months on MARY ANNE.>>> [Some details taken from this Website] James (Turner) was born about 1792. It seems he firstly (1of3) married Margaret (??? her first marriage). He was tried at Sussex Assizes, sentenced to Life & arrived in NSW as a convict on 14 8 1802 after a voyage of 7months on PERSEUS. He married secondly (2of3) as emancipist Eleanor (Williams) her second marriage) on 13 8 1810 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. He was issued his Conditional Pardon in 1813. He is recorded at Wilberforce on 28 6 1820, North Richmond on 26 9 1825 & Windsor on 14 10 1826 with wife & 3children. He married thirdly with permission Ann (Searson) on 8 8 1832 at St Johns CofE Wilberforce. He died on 12 12 1855 age63 father of maybe 3children at Wilberforce Hawkesbury father of maybe 2known children. [Some details taken from this Website] .. >>>Margaret (???/Turner) married secondly John (Smith) a smith on 3 9 1816 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She is recorded in 1822-5 as wife of J (Smith) in Sydney.] [John (Smith) was born about 1782. He arrived in NSW as a convict on 7 2 1814 after a voyage of 6months on GENERAL HEWETT. He was a smith in 1816.] Noted a John (Smith is recorded as dying on 4 2 1825 in Sydney, accidentally killed by the shaft of a cart, & buried as St James CofE Sydney. [There were 3xJohn (Smith)s aboard GENERAL HEWETT.] [Smee records a John (Smith) as marrying Mary (Brian/Furber born in colony) & producing at least 9children: & as marrying Ann (???/Murphy) convict from LOUISA 1827.] Reference: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships
The following is a list of the prisoners tried, and the several sentences passed upon them:— Margaret Turner, for stealing from the dwelling house of T. Hodgkins, in this town; ... were severally found guilty, and sentence of death passed upon them. Aris’s Birmingham Gazette, 10 April 1815. -------------------------------------------------- His Lordship was pleased reprieve the whole of the prisoners capitally convicted, with the exception of Priest and Mary Mazagora, before he left town. Staffordshire Advertiser, 15 April 1815. --------------------------------------------------
Margaret Turner appears on 1822 census as wife of J Smith Sydney also on 1823-25 muster with same information