Margaret Mason

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Summary

Born
Jan 1775
Conviction
Highway robbery
Departure
Oct 1803
Arrival
May 1804
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: Margaret Mason
Gender: Female
Born: 1st Jan 1775
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown
Aliases: Moore (Alias)

Crime

Convicted at: Lancaster Assizes
Sentence term: 99 years

Voyage

Departed: 31st Oct 1803
Arrival: 7th May 1804
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

Margaret Mason was transported on the Coromandel And Experiment, departing 31st Oct 1803 and arriving 7th May 1804 with 338 passengers.

Coromandel And ExperimentCoromandel And Experiment (generic)

References

Primary SourceA calendar of all the Crown prisoners contained in HM Gaol in the Castle of Lancaster. March 1803
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

Maureen Withey avatar
341
on 2nd October 2025

Names of the female convicts removed from the Castle of Lancaster and put board the ship Experiment, at Spithead, bound to New South  Wales. Margaret Mason, alias Moore, Mary Allen, Mary Nuttall, Mary Dooley, Hannah Walworth, Ann Bradwell, Margaret Broughton, Elizabeth Fox, Mary Moss, Catharine Williams, Margaret Southern, and Mary Duggan. Lancaster Gazette, 3 Dec 1803.

Naomi Parsons avatar
47
on 26th January 2023

Charged with having on 21/12/1802 assaulted Richard Harling on the kings highway on the Green Ayre at Lancaster taking from his person two £1 and 6 shillings in silver. Death sentence passed but was reprieved.

Maureen Withey avatar
341
on 6th July 2020

NSW 1828 Census at Parramatta. Householder- Joseph Barnes, resident at Parramatta. Joseph signed his mark X. Joseph Barnes, age 50, T.L., per Hillsboro’ 1799, life, labourer, protestant. Margaret Mason, age 55, F.S., per Experiment, 1804, 7 years, residing with above, protestant. Margaret Hannabas, alias Edwards, age 46, F.S. per Britannia, 1798, 7 years, Washerwoman, R. Catholic.