Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Mary Prendergast was transported on the Experiment, departing 2nd Jan 1804 and arriving 12th Jun 1804 with 16 passengers.
568 ton ship
Experiment (generic)References
| Primary Source | eg. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Boyd convict indents 1809; NSW Col Sec correspondence; Freemans Journal, 20 March 1807 p.3 |
Claims
"Great Great grandmother"
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Convict Notes
****THIS CONVICT HAS BEEN DUPLICATED***** Mary Prendergast arrived on the 'EXPERIMENT 1809' Please see entry for the 1809 voyage.
Mary Prendergast was transported for 7 years on “Experiment” after being found guilty at the Wicklow Assizes in March 1807, of theft. From Freemans Journal, 20 March 1807 page 3: “WICKLOW ASSIZES. March 17th - the assizes ended here this day, at which the following persons were tried before the Lord Chief Baron O’Grady: Mary Prendergast, alias Farrell, found guilty of stealing several articles of wearing apparel from Darby Kirwan of Kilpike, adjudged to be transported for seven years. "This woman was acquitted of three other such-like offences, and she appears to be a young woman of not more than twenty-three years of age."