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Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Mary Morris was transported on the Wanstead, departing 31st Jul 1813 and arriving 9th Jan 1814 with 120 passengers.
Wanstead (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 110 |
| 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
WARWICK ASSIZES, CONTINUED FROM OUR LAST PAPER. … Mary Morris, for stealing silver coin from C. Whitehead, of Warwick ;… severally received sentence Death, but were afterwards reprieved. Aris’s Birmingham Gazette, 12 April 1813.
Mary Morris married John Warner on 7 August 1843 at the All Saints Church Sutton Forest. She disappears from the public record after this time.
The Campbelltown Convicts revised edition: https://www.amazon.com.au/Campbelltown-Convicts-Peter-J-Hinds/dp/1925814637/ref=sr_1_1?crid=WUU3I3794CM0&keywords=the+campbelltown+convicts&qid=1643600768&sprefix=the+campbelltown+convicts,aps,245&sr=8-1
Mary Morris arrived in Sydney aged 19 on the Wanstead on 9 January, 1814. She came from Birmingham and had been tried and convicted at the Warwick Assizes on 29 March, 1813 and sentenced to 14 years. It is believed that she was convicted with stealing 28 pounds 10 shillings and sixpence in silver coin, the property of Christopher Whitehead. Her occupation was said to be a stage player. Her Certificate of Freedom describes her as having a ruddy complexion and brown hair. In the 1814 General Muster she is shown as a convict working in the factory at Parramatta. Mary married James Burcham at St John’s Church of England Parramatta on 23 September, 1816. She received her certificate of freedom on 5 April, 1827. By 1828 she had left Burcham and Parramatta with John Champley the former assigned servant of Burhcam. Mary Morris’ story is told in my book The Campbelltown Convicts which can be purchased at: http://www.amazon.com/The-Campbelltown-Convicts-Peter-Hinds/dp/0987396161