Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Mary Mason was transported on the Grenada, departing 25th Sep 1824 and arriving 23rd Jan 1825 with 82 passengers.
Grenada (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 181 (92) |
| 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
Mary, had pick-pocketed a purse at Manchester containing 100 sovereigns. She was a weaver and had been born in London but brought up in Manchester. She was described whilst in Lancaster Castle as having a sallow complexion with grey eyes, brown hair and curiously, was recorded as wearing large earrings. She had a very rough face, much marked with smallpox and was a single woman. She had been imprisoned at Salford three times already. She was noted as being in good health. After initially being placed in the female factory, Mary married fellow Lancastrian, Moses Powell (ship- Morley) at Parramatta in June, the year of arrival. In 1828, the couple lived at Parramatta and had another convict assigned to them. Mary received her certificate of freedom in June 1839, now 42, she was again described as a seamstress, 5ft 4, fair, ruddy faced, freckled and pockpitted with hazel eyes, dark brown hair and she had a diagonal scar on the left side of her chin and was now very deaf. Mary died at her home on Marsden Street, Parramatta in October 1850, recorded as aged 49 and is buried with her husband Moses and others in St John's Cemetery under a headstone.
Convict Index. Mary Mason, per Grenada 1825, Certificate of Freedom, 27 Jun 1839, 39/0900. Wife of Moses Powell, Parramatta. (as stated on her CF.)