Mary Robinson

Summary

Born
Jan 1801
Conviction
Highway robbery
Departure
Dec 1821
Arrival
May 1822
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: Mary Robinson
Gender: Female
Born: 1st Jan 1801
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown

Crime

Convicted at: York Assizes
Sentence term: Life

Voyage

Departed: 25th Dec 1821
Ship: Mary Anne
Arrival: 20th May 1822
Place of Arrival: New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land

Transportation

Mary Robinson was transported on the Mary Anne, departing 25th Dec 1821 and arriving 20th May 1822 with 109 passengers.

Built in France 1772 of 298 Tons first sailed as a British convict ship from Portsmouth 16/02/1791.

Mary AnneMary Anne (generic)

References

Primary SourceAustralian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 135 (69)
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

Penny-Lyn Beale avatar
Level 338
on 27th August 2024

Orphan Number: 4678 Orphan: female ROBERTSON Mother: ROBERTSON, Mary Father: , Mother's ship: Mary Ann 1 Father's ship: Age when admitted: Date admitted: 13 Jun 1833 Date discharged: Institution(s): Queens Orphan School Discharged to: Remarks: step-father George Warner per Commodore Hayes References: SWD24p437

Maureen Withey avatar
Level 347
on 1st May 2023

On Friday the following female convicts left York Castle, order to delivered on board the transport-ship Mary Ann, bound New South Wales, lying below Woolwich, up the River Thames —Sarah Fenton and Mary Robinson to be transported for life; Ruth Kaye for 14 years; Sarah Hellewell and Elisabeth Ellerbeck, for 7 years each.—Jane Firth and Hannah Carr still remain in the Castle. Hull Advertiser, 30 Nov 1821.

Maureen Withey avatar
Level 347
on 24th April 2021

Tasmanian Conduct Record. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON40-1-7$init=CON40-1-7p250 No. 28.Mary Robinson, Tried at York, 10 Mar 1820, Life.

D Wong avatar
Level 221
on 3rd July 2018

** TWO MARY ROBINSONS ON THE MARY ANNE ** The other Mary Robinson was tried at Newcastle. **Mary Robinson arrived in "VDL" - born C1800 it is not possible that she married and had a child in 1868 in NSW** 17/3/1821 Yorkshire Gazette Yorkshire, England: MARY ROBINSON, (aged 20.) and WM. RAMSDEN, (aged 20,) were charged with a highway robbery—the prosecutor, Isaac Sugden, who resides at Bradford, is a poor labouring man, and well known between Leeds and Bradford by the name of Old Waggoner......Ramsden and Robinson began to pull him about, they took him into a field, where the man knocked him into a ditch, and after jumping upon him and beating him very severely, robbed him of his money and his watch.....The Jury acquitted Ramsden, but returned a verdict of Guilty against Mary Robinson. **Although acquitted, William Ramsden was again tried for Larceny, guilty, transported for 7 years and arrived per 'Malabar 1821'. There appears to have been some mixups with dates on mary's conduct record. 3/6/1825 Hobart Town Gazette: Mary Robinson 4ft. 10in. brown hair, dark grey eyes, 24 years of age, a servant, tried at York March 1820, sentence life, arrived in this Colony per Mary Ann 1822, native place Tweedmouth, absconded, from the service of Mr, Blundell, May 31, 1825.—£2 Reward. A CP is recorded on 28/12/1825 - yet she is still listed on musters 1832-1835 Musters: TOL ?? 4/8/1831: TOL - Hobart Town Courier. There was also the following - do not know which Mary Robinson it was, except that, the other Mary Robinson was listed as a Lunatic C1834. 31/10/1832: Permission to marry George Warner (Commodore Hayes 1823) - Married 1833. 22/1/1833: Mary Robinson married George Warner by banns, at Hobart.

merrilyn ryan avatar
Level 2
on 1st July 2018

Married John Smith Burke New South Wales 1868 had a daughter Catherine,Catherine marriage (1) Jackson (2) William Hall at Mt Hope New South Wales.