Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Mary O'brien was transported on the Bellona, departing 30th Jun 1792 and arriving 16th Jan 1793 with 18 passengers.
Bellona (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 191 (96) |
| 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
Family connections for Mary (O'Brien) are: O'BRIEN/BRIEN Mary (Brien/O'Brien) was born about 1768. She was tried for stealing goods at Exeter city Castle Devon General Quarter Sessions on 22 8 1791, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a a convict on 16 1 1793 after a voyage of 6months on BELLONA. She married George (Patfield) on 12/9 5 1793 at St Johns CofE Parramatta & produced 5children. She was Free by Servitude by 1802. She died on 28 4 1853 age85 from paralysis. [Some details taken from this Website] George (Patfield) was born abot 1764. He was tried for theft of 3donkeys at Taunton Somerset on 17 3 1788, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 26 6 1790 after a voyage of 6months on Fleet ship NEPTUNE; a voyage noted for extreme brutality of prisoners with a high death rate. He was granted land at Eastern Farms on 10 4 1798. He was Free by Servitude by 1802. He died on 11 10 1809 age45 by hanging suicide at Kissing Point; some evidence at inquest was contributed by John (Small-future father of daughter in law). [Some details taken from this Website] Reference: 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.
Mary Obrien/Obrian, Aged: 20 years Trial crime: Felony: Stealing Goods, Court: General Session Gaol Delivery/Assizes, Tried: 22 Aug 1791, at Exeter Castle, Exeter, Devon
On the 28th of April last, at Ryde, of paralysis, Mrs. Mary Patfield, in the 85th year of her age. Sydney Morning Herald, 5 May 1853. ------------------------------------------------- At Pennant Hills, on the 21st instant, Ann, wife of Mr. Samuel Pearce, and eldest daughter of the late Mrs. Mary Patfield, of Kissing Point, aged 63 years. Sydney Morning Herald, 27 Sept 1855.
WHEREAS Mary Patfield, my Housekeeper, having left her Home without any just cause or provocation, 1 (the undersigned) do hereby offer a Reward of TWO POUNDS, to any Person who shall give such Information as may lead to her discovery. PATRICK GORE. Castle Hill, April 19,1830. Sydney Gazette, 20 Apr 1830.
Patrick Gore, who was a convict per Tellicherry in 1806, may have married Mary, after she was widowed. The Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry gives the name of his spouse as Mary O'Brien. 1828 NSW Census Index. Patrick Gore, age 52, F.S. Tellicherry, 1806, 7 years, catholic, Settler at Castle Hill, has 2 horses. Mary Gore, age 52, Bellona, 7 years, catholic.
Colonial Secretary Index. PATFIELD, Mary. Wife of George Patfield, per "Neptune", 1790 1809 Oct 13 - Evidence at husband's inquest (Reel 6021; 4/1819 pp.507-11) -------------------------------------------------- There are also more references to other members of the family: PATFIELD, George. Per "Neptune", 1790 1798 Apr 10 - On list of all grants and leases of land registered in the Colonial Secretary's Office (Fiche 3267; 9/2731 p.98) 1802 Apr 10 -Particulars of arms in possession of (Reel 6041; 4/1719 p.89) 1809 Oct 13 - Inquest on body of (Reel 6021; 4/1819 pp.503-14) -------------------------------------------------- PATFIELD, George. Born in the Colony; son of George Patfield, per "Neptune", 1790 1809 Oct 13 - Age 12. Evidence at inquest on his father George (Reel 6021; 4/1819 pp.509-10) 1816 Jan 16 - Of Sydney. On list of persons to receive grants of land in 1816 (Fiche 3266; 9/2652 p.25) 1818 Sep 10 - Of Kissing Point. On list of persons to receive grants of land in 1818 (Fiche 3266; 9/2652 p.46) 1821 Oct 17 - Investigation re clothing made up as foreign order at the Female Orphan Institution (Reel 6040; 4/403 p.77) -------------------------------------------------- PATFIELD, Sarah 1821 Oct 17 - Investigation re clothing made at Female Orphan Institution and distributed without payment; punished (Reel 6040; 4/403 p.77) 1821 Nov 14 - Dismissed from the Female Orphan School (Reel 6040; 4/403 p.79) -------------------------------------------------- PATFIELD, Eliza 1821 Oct 17 - Investigation re clothing made up as foreign orders at Female Orphan Institution (Reel 6040; 4/403 p.77) 1822 Jul 9 - Re permission to marry at Parramatta; listed as Paddle (Reel 6009; 4/3506 p.11) -------------------------------------------------- PATFIELD, Eliza see also BALDING, Eliza PATFIELD, Elizabeth see SMALL, Elizabeth (Wife of John Small) ---------------------------------------------------- PATFIELD, John. Born in the Colony 1820 Jun 1 - Of Kissing Point. Memorial (Fiche 3028; 4/1825A No.594 pp.311-4) -------------------------------------------------- PATFIELD, Mary 1822 Jul 1 - Re permission to marry at Sydney (Reel 6009; 4/3506 p.10) ----------------------------------------------------- On the evening of Thursday last George Padhill, a settler at Kissing Point, put an end to his own existence by strangling himself with a handkerchief, one end of which he tied fast about his neck, and the other to a branch of a tree not of sufficient height to prevent his knees from almost touching the ground.--A Coroner's Inquest, summoned from Parramatta, sat on the body on Friday, who returned a Verdict--Suicide !-- The deceased was an old man, supposed to be in tolerable circumstances; but is conjectured to have been tempted to commit the rash act by a temporary embarrassment of a pecuniary nature. Sydney Gazette, 15 Oct 1809.
In 1809 George committed suicide in a rash act, whilst suffering from a temporary financial embarrassment. This devastating act, left Mary in a terrible situation, with quite a large, very young family. I have been unable to locate Mary in the 1828 census. However, several of the children, now adults, are recorded.
In the colony, Mary married George Patfield (Second Fleet Convict, Neptune, 1790). The solemnization of matrimony by banns between George Patfield and Mary Brien and married this 19th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety three by me Richard Johnson. Mary Brien made her X mark In the presence of Thomas Winston and Luke Jones. The couple had 8 children between 1793 and 1807.