Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Mary Moen was transported on the Friendship, departing 31st May 1817 and arriving 14th Jan 1818 with 102 passengers.
This convict ship, being 274 tons and 75 feet long was one of the light weight ships in the fllet and was skippered by Master Francis Walton. Built in Scarborough in 1784, she carried 76 male and 21 female convicts. During her return voyage to England her crew came down with scurvy and with insufficient crew to man her, she was scuttled in the straights of Macassar. The survivors were transferred to the Alexander.
FriendshipReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 349 (176) |
| 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
"Great-Great.........Grandmother on my dad's side"
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Convict Notes
Criminal Entry Books - 1816 James Moen, Mary Moen, Bernard Duffy, Margaret Duffy and Maria Courtney. Court of General Goal delivery at the Tolbooth of the Borough of Berwick upon Tweed, 24 July, tried and convicted of feloniously and Notoriously forged, counterfeited & coined. Sentenced to death, then committed to transportation to NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842 Name Mary Moon UX James Moon Age 22 Date of Conviction 24 Jul 1816 Place of Conviction Berwick upon Tweed 1821 - Goal. Sent to the Factory for 3 months hard labour Name; Mary Moon 1822 - General Muster. Convict. Factory. Parramatta Name; Mary Mone 1825 - General Muster. F.S. Housekeeper, Sydney 1832 - Ticket of Exemption No; 32/174. 5 June 1832. 1832 - 30 January. Sent to the Factory for stealing a shawl value 5 shillings. 3rd class. 9 months. Factory 1833 - Ticket of Leave. 10 September 1833. No; 33/572. Allowed to remain in the District of Sydney 1834 - 1 class Factory 1834 - Permission to Marry 13 September 1834. Edward Dixon. Aged; 32 years old. Came Free Mary Moen. Aged; 38 years old. Ship; Friendship; Life. Bond. GRANTED 1834 - Australia, Marriage Index Mary Moen & Edmund Dixon, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Volume No V
Mary Moon on 1828 census age 33 at Factory Parramatta.
New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary’s Papers, 1788-1856 Main Series of Letters Received, 1788-1826 - names of convicts with their characters during the voyage from London to New South Wales on the transport ship Friendship. pp 6597 to 6605 A good mother but a blashphemous bad disposition. had a male child with her