Mary Ann Sulivan

Summary

Born
Jan 1817
Conviction
Handling/receiving stolen goods
Departure
Oct 1834
Arrival
Mar 1835
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: Mary Ann Sulivan
Gender: Female
Born: 1st Jan 1817
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown

Crime

Convicted at: London Gaol Delivery
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 30th Oct 1834
Ship: New Grove
Arrival: 27th Mar 1835
Place of Arrival: Van Diemen's Land

Transportation

Mary Ann Sulivan was transported on the New Grove, departing 30th Oct 1834 and arriving 27th Mar 1835 with 165 passengers.

385 - 490 ton vessel. The 1834 voyage to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), Australia had 165 female transport women, 5 free women and 28 children. Five births during the voyage, 2 babes being stillborn. No deaths of adults. Ship Surgeon, Dr. George Rowe was replaced at Scilly, due to ill health, by David Thomson. Arrived VDL 27 March 1835.

New GroveNew Grove (generic)

References

Primary SourceAustralian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 457 (230)
Source DescriptionThis 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 SourceGreat Britain. Home Office
Compiled ByState Library of Queensland
Database SourceBritish convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database

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Convict Notes

Fiona Martin avatar
Level 7
on 22nd October 2026

1835 muster, assigned to Mr T Allwright https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1185/images/IMAUS1787_114245-00673 Thomas Allwright was married to Susannah Martin https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/1780/records/408512 Susannah Martin, sister to William Fox Martin who Mary Ann Sullivan later married in 1840

Fiona Martin avatar
Level 7
on 21st October 2026

Death in Victoria Australia in 1873 https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/61650/records/2328777

Fiona Martin avatar
Level 7
on 21st October 2026

Pardon in 1840 https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1184/images/IMAUS1787_114251-00167

Fiona Martin avatar
Level 7
on 21st October 2026

Marriage to William Martin (William Fox Martin) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9CH-7SP9 William's father John Martin, insolvent, with debt to William Clues (Clewes), a connection by marriage. William Clewes was married to Ellen Sullivan, who was transported to Australia with her sister Mary Ann, so this Mary Ann Sullivan is the wife of William Fox Martin. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2972526

Fiona Martin avatar
Level 7
on 21st October 2026

Tried at Old Bailey, with sister Ellen. Both transported to Australia on New Grove. https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t18340904-183 https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/9DACA27D-F766-49BA-833B-77F2140E9341/81D0A707-F430-4432-B17E-457D054BE2E9

Penny-Lyn Beale avatar
Level 338
on 9th October 2025

Place of origin: London, Middlesex Transported for receiving stolen goods Trade; Nurse maid & Needle woman aged 17 years old, height; 4 ft 10 inches 1841 - Conditional Pardon. No; 28386. 6 Jan 1841