Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Mary Oden was transported on the William Pitt, departing 30th Jun 1805 and arriving 11th Apr 1806 with 124 passengers.
604 ton ship. 1805 sailing from Portsmouth, England. 1 male (Henry Perfect) and 120 female prisoners. 4 deaths on voyage plus 3 children. 1 female passenger discharged before sailing. The ship arrived at Port Jackson, New South Wales on 11 April 1806.
William Pitt (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 368 |
| 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 was born about 1772 according to her death certificate; however born 1782 according to the 1828 census. She passed away in 1860. A newspaper report, The York Herald Saturday 27 April 1805 has the following: 'At Pontefract Sessions, which commenced there on Monday last... Mary Oden, convicted of stealing one printed cotton gown, one tammy skirt, and one black silk bonnet, the property of George Jukes of Peniston, to be transported 7 years.' She was 'Mary ux William Oden' convicted 22 April 1805 at West Riding Yorkshire Quarter Sessions, sentenced 7 years, in the convict indent and transportation register for the William Pitt, which arrived in Sydney in April 1806. Mary was 'Mary Holden' when she married George Platt on 14 October 1811 at St Johns, Parramatta. George Platt, a soldier, had been transported as a convict on the Pitt (1891-1792). Sometime before 1824 Mary Platt started living with William Skinn and his family at Bankstown. William Skinn's wife had recently died and no doubt he needed help to raise his two young children. It appears that Mary had separated from her husband George Platt who in the 1828 census was overseer at George's Hall, the 372 acre property of David Johnston on the George's River, in the parish to Bankstown, district of Liverpool. 1828 census: Skin, William, 47, conditional pardon, Admiral Gambier, 1811, life, settler, Bankstown, lower Minto, 60 acres; with children Skin, Richard, 12, born in the colony; Skin, Mary Ellen, 10, born in the colony. Mary Ellen is also listed as a lodger with Ellen Cosbys[?] at Castlereagh Street, Sydney. Mary Platt is also with them at Bankstown: age 46 years, Religion: Protestant; Arrived per William Pitt 2nd; Current Status: Free by Servitude, Housekeeper, to Wm Skin, Householder: Bankstown Mary died 20th January 1860, age 88 at 'Western Road' and was buried in the same grave as William at St Marys. Mary's maiden name was 'Woodcock' according to her death certificate, so it appears that she was originally Mary Woodcock, who married William Oden or Holden in England (marriage record not found), then married George Platt 1811 in Parramatta. George Platt died 1830 and no marriage record to William Skinn has been found.