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Voyage
Transportation
Mary Ray was transported on the Henry Wellesley, departing 17th Jul 1837 and arriving 22nd Dec 1837 with 140 passengers.
304 ton ship built in India in 1804.
Henry Wellesley (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/11, Page Number 94 State Archives NSW:NRS 12212,[4/4514], Page 13 |
| 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
Old Bailey Online MARY WRAY. Theft; simple larceny (from 1827). 3rd April 1837. Text type Trial account Defendants MARY WRAY Offences Theft > Simple larceny Session Date 3rd April 1837 Reference Number t18370403-1092 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 1092. MARY WRAY was indicted for stealing, on the 5th of April, 1 trunk, value 3s.; 1 night-gown, value 1s.; 1 gown, value 6d.; 5 caps value 2s.; 4 yards of net, value 8d.; 1 knife, value 2d.; and 3 yards of calico, value 1s. 6d. the goods of Mary M'Crawney. MARY M'CRAWNEY . I came from Cork by the Ocean. I came up the Thames, and got on shore at St. Katharine's Dock on Wednesday morning—the prisoner came with me—I never saw her before—she said she had three sisters and a mother in Whitechapel, and that she carried on the laundry business—I was coining here to look for a situation—she said that she would befriend me, and take me to her mother's place, and that she hired persons sometimes, having more work than she could do—I depended on her, and thought she would befriend me—I had a trunk—it contained a night-gown, a gown, caps, some calico, and the other things mentioned in the indictment—we went together to a public-house—I paid for her crossing in a small boat—I paid her passage, and she told me to put the trunk in a. public-house while we went to see for lodgings—she got away from me—I afterwards found my trunk was fetched from the public-house—cried and screamed, and did not know what to do till the policeman took me. THOMAS WARD . I am a pawnbroker, and live with Mr. Upsall, in Ratcliff-highway. I took in this piece of calico, which was pawned by the prisoner on the 4th or 5th of April. ELISABETH ADAMS . I keep a public-house in Castle-street, East Smith-field. The prisoner and the prosecutrix came with the trunk one Wednes day morning, about eight o'clock—it was left there—they did not remain there above ten minutes—they said I was not to give it to any one but them—I did not know which it belonged to—the prisoner came and had it about four o'clock. RICHARD BARBER (police-constable N 250.) I found the prisoner about seven o'clock that evening, very drunk, and making a disturbance in a cook-shop—I saw her again about eight o'clock, making a disturbance, and I took her to the station—while she was there I received information that the bundle she had was stolen—it contained the night-gown, the gown, and other things—I found the prosecutrix—the trunk is lost, but here are the other things. (Property produced and sworn to.) GUILTY . Aged 17.— Transported for Seven Years.
Marriage – on March 20, 1843 at All Saints Parish Church Sutton Forest, “Benjamin Davison, bachelor, free by servitude, was married to Mary Ray, ticket of leave, by banns, with the Governor’s consent, by the Rev. George Vidal, incumbent of Sutton Forest and Berrima.” Both parties were illiterate, and the names of their respective parents were not recorded.