| Name: | Mary Prichard |
| Aliases: | Mary Pritchard |
| Gender: | f |
| Date of Birth: | 1786 |
| Occupation: | - |
| Date of Death: | 11th December, 1865 |
| Age: | 79 years |
Life Span
Female median life span was 53 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
| Crime: | Stealing |
| Convicted at: | Monmouth Assizes |
| Sentence term: | 7 years |
| Ship: | Glatton |
| Departure date: | September, 1802 |
| Arrival date: | 11th March, 1803 |
| Place of arrival | New South Wales |
| Passenger manifest | Travelled with 401 other convicts |
| Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 325 (162) |
| 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 Project. |
Denis Pember on 14th August, 2015 wrote:
Mary would appear to have had two common law relationships, soon after arriving in the colony.
She did however eventually marry, one John Maskey (Convict, Duke of Portland, 1807). They married 28 August 1826 at Castelreagh. They had 5 children.
Denis Pember on 14th August, 2015 wrote:
Sainty & Johnson 1828 Census of New South Wales: [Ref M1945] Maskey, Mary, 42, FS, Glatton 1803. Shown as wife of John [M1944] and also 5 children are listed as BC, all resident at Evan.
Jane Bannon on 15th September, 2018 wrote:
Mary was the concubine of former convict Ferdinard Meaurant - who had been pardoned by Governor King due Ferdinard’s skills as a silversmith. Mary had 2 children with him - a boy and a girl. Mary left Ferdinard’s employ once her term was served, leaving behind her son but taking her daughter, Elvira. Elvira would die from burns suffered after falling into a fire at Ferdinard’s property on the Hawkesbury. Mary’s son from this relationship stayed in contact with his mother and would later help his step-father, John Maskey, in seeking a land grant.
Jane Bannon on 15th September, 2018 wrote:
Mary is buried in the cemetery alongside St Mary Magdalene’s Anglican Church, St Marys, (near Penrith), NSW.
Denis Pember on 14th August, 2015 made the following changes:
alias1: Mary Pritchard, date of birth: 1786 (prev. 0000), date of death: 11th December, 1865 (prev. 0000), gender: f, crime
This record was discovered and printed on ConvictRecords.com.au
