Mary Rogers

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Beth Taylor on 12th February 2026

TIMELINE NOTES: BC: 1776 (indent) or 1773 (death) Sentenced: 16/09/1812 Middlesex [see trial record below] to death, commuted to transportation for life Crime: Forgery Previous Occupation: Housekeeper Age on Convict Indent: 38 NSW BDM: 1) Walter Emery wed Ann Baker in 1798 at St Johns Parramatta. Walter Emery, Abode: Parramatta, Signed X; & Ann Baker, Abode: Parramatta, Signed X; married 01 Oct 1798, registered St Johns Church of England Parramatta by Banns by Samuel Marsden; Witness: John Williams, Signed; Witness: Mary Armstrong, Signed X. (Source: St John's Church of England, Parramatta NSW: Church Register - Marriages; ML ref: Reel SAG 55-56). She died in 1814, aged 60, in Sydney 2) Mary Rogers, aged 45, widow, married Walter Emery, widower, aged 55, tailor, at St Philips Church Sydney on 29 July 1817, by Rev William Cowper. (both signed X, witnesses were George Dawkins & Mary Deering/Dearing, signed). Also Walter Emery, aged 55, Widower, Abode: Sydney, Tailor, Signed X; & Mary Rogers, aged 45, Widow, Abode: Sydney, Signed X; married 29 Jul 1817, registered St Philips Church of England Sydney [NSW AUS] by Banns by William Cowper, Assistant Chaplain; Witness: George Dawkins, Signed; Witness: Mary Dareing[?], Signed. (Source: St Philip's Church of England, Sydney NSW: Church Register - Marriages; ML ref: Reel SAG 90) 3) Mary Emery, aged 48, came per ship Brox, died 5 July 1821 & was buried on 7 July. The service was held at St Philips Sydney. Mary Emery, Convict; Died 5 Jul 1821 [Sydney], Aged: 48; Buried 7 Jul 1821 [Sydney]; Registered at St Philip's Church of England Sydney, Arrived per Broxbornebury. (Source: St Philip's Church of England, Sydney NSW: Church Register - Burials; ML ref: Reel SAG 90; Vol Entry# 555 & V1821-5145-2B & 1555-8) 4) Walter Emery, aged 71, tailor, died at the Benevolent Asylum in 1826. The service was held on 20 Nov at St James Sydney. Walter Emery, Tailor; Abode: Benevolent Asylum [Sydney]; Died [1826] [Sydney], Aged: 71; Buried 20 Nov 1826 [Sydney] by [Reverend] Richard Hill; Registered at St James' Church of England Sydney (Source: St James' Church of England, Sydney NSW: Church Register - Burials; ML ref: Reel SAG 61; Vol Entry# 92 & V1826-623-10 & 1356-44B) Jess’ Girls – SAG:  4/3496 - Banns read to wed Walter Emery, free, on 29 July 1817 in Sydney  Mutch - married Walter on 29 July 1817 at St Philips, aged 45 years  Mutch - as Emery, she died on 5 July 1821, aged 48, service at St Philips  Mutch - Walter Emery died 20 Nov 1826, aged 71, service at St James "Women of Botany Bay" - page 93 - "The high proportion of women who were second & even third offenders among the women waiting in Newgate to be transported to Botany Bay was further "evidence" of the flagrant criminality of the convict women. Some of these were the receivers of stolen goods & their case histories suggest this was their normal "occupation". Mary Rogers, transported on the Broxbornebury after her death sentence of 1812 was commuted, had been convicted of the same crime & sentenced to a year in the House of Correction in 1809 with "prior convictions recorded"." [Note: This 1809 trial not found] Notes from the book “Journey to a New Life…” the story of the ships Emu & Broxbornebury by Elizabeth Hook (3rd ed. 2014). I am the author & can be contacted on tbeth3370@gmail.com for further info

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jennifer burgess on 28th July 2022

there is a Mary Rogers m Walter Emery 1817 and a Mary Emery d 1821 Maybe this Mary