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Mary Oakley was transported on the Lady Juliana, departing 31st May 1789 and arriving 3rd Jun 1790 with 247 passengers.
Launched 1777, 401 ton barque, built at Whitby, England. Departed Portsmouth, England on 29 July 1789, via Cape of Good Hope for Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia on 3 June 1790. 1790 voyage carried 226 female passengers (convicts)- 5 of whom died on the trip. 6 children also on board. Significant because it was the first ship to bring all female women to the Colony.
Lady JulianaReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 20 |
| 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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Family connections for Mary (Oakley) are: OAKLEY Mary (Oakley) was born about 1772. She was tried for grand larceny stealing gold coin of William (Bunyan) probably at Old Bailey on 10 12 1788, sentenced to 7years, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW as a convict on 3 6 1790 after a voyage of 12months on Fleet ship LADY JULIANA-a ship with 228females who easily entertained the whole crew & also sailors at Teneriffe stopover. She was sent to Norfolk Island, arriving on 7 8 1790. She married George (Wood) in November 1791 in group ceremony on Norfolk Island & produced 3children. She died as an emancipist on 27 8/9 1796 age24, childbirth?, on Norfolk Island. [Some details taken from this Website] George (Wood) was born about 1763. He was tried probably at Old Bailey, sentenced to 7years, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW as a convict on 22 1 1788 after a voyage of 12months on First Fleet ship ALEXANDER. He was sent to Norfolk Island, arriving on 17 3 1790. He was Free by Servitude by 1796. He died on 29 4 1796 age31 on Norfolk Island. [Some details taken from this Website] REFERENCES Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony. Irene Schaffer & Thelma McKay 'Exiled Three Times Over! Profiles of Norfolk Islanders Exiled in Van Diemens Land 1807-1813' James Hugh Donohoe 'Norfolk Island 1788-1813-The People and Their Families' Reg Wright 'Forgotten Generation of Norfolk Island & Van Diemens Land'
Old Bailey Online MARY OAKLEY. Theft; grand larceny (to 1827). 10th December 1788. Text type Trial account Defendants MARY OAKLEY Offences Theft > Grand larceny Session Date 10th December 1788 Reference Number t17881210-15 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 15. MARY OAKLEY was indicted for stealing, on the 10th of December , a piece of gold coin, value 10 s. 6 d. the monies of William Bunyan . WILLIAM BUNYAN sworn. I was recommended to a lodging at the Pilgrim, in Holborn; between ten and eleven on Wednesday night, the 10th of December, the prisoner was there, and asked me to go home with her; and I went; and she said you have got no money; says I, I have got a little silver, and an odd half guinea never was spend yet; pulling it out of my waistcoat pocket, and holding it in her hand, says she it is a bad one, let me see it; and she took it out from between my fingers, and struck it on the table, and it rebounded, and she caught it up, and clenched it in her hand; I immediately said, you will hand me that back, if you please; says she, hand me what back; says I, my half guinea; she utterly denied ever seeing it; I caught hold of her hand, which was clenched, and in burst three women; they said, you are not going to hurt the girl; she pretended to strip, but she run away; she was taken, but nothing was found on her; whether it went into her cuff, or whether she swallowed it I cannot say. Prisoner. I know nothing of the half guinea. GUILTY . Transported for seven years . Tried by the first Middlesex Jury before Mr. Justice WILSON.