Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Mary Rugg was transported on the Glatton, departing 31st Aug 1802 and arriving 11th Mar 1803 with 405 passengers.
Glatton (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 317 (158) ‘Exeter Wednesday Oct 7’, Exeter Flying Post, October 1801, British Newspaper Archive. Death Notice of Mary Rugg, Sydney Morning Herald, Family Notices, Thursday 21 September 1865, p11, Trove National Archive. Death Register of Mary West (née Rugg), Births, Deaths and Marriages NSW, 969/1865. |
| 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
At the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace held for this city and county, at the Guildhall, on Monday last, Mary Rugg was convicted of stealing. a piece of holland, the property of Mess. Willcocks and Sons, and was sentenced to be transported to be transported to parts beyond the seas for 7 years ; Exeter Flying Post, 8 Oct 1801.
Mary had a family with Thomas West, a convict per Earl Cornwallis, 1800, sentenced at Sussex, who became a successful miller, and built the first water mill in NSW. There is a lot of well documented information about Thomas West. https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/189322821?p=53690660&returnLabel=Naomi%20West%20(L2FY-YW4)&returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.familysearch.org%2Ftree%2Fperson%2Fmemories%2FL2FY-YW4 Thomas West (1773-1858) married Martha Goodwin at New Romney, Kent, on 8 July 1793. One of his sons, with Martha, Thomas Spencer West, in 1821, settled in NSW, and died at Kingsgrove 1856. Had a family in NSW with Mary Rugg, and two children, Obed West, b 1807, and Naomi West, b 1805.
Relict of Thomas West of Barcom Glen. Mother of Naomi West and Obed West.
PUBLIC NOTICE. SECRETARY'S OFFICE, 9th June, 1810. THE Persons whose Names are inserted underneath, and who arrived in this Colony in the several recorded Ships under which their names respectively appear, have obtained Certificates from His Excellency the Governor, of their being restored to all the Rights of Free Subjects in consequence of their Terms of Transportation being expired; they are therefore henceforth to be respected accordingly. By Command of His Excellency, JOHN THOMAS CAMPBELL, Secretary. Glatton, 1803. - Mary Rugg, Sydney Gazette, 16 June 1810. -------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary Index. RUGG, Mary. Per "Glatton", 1803 1810 Jan 9 - Granted certificate of freedom (Reel 6038; SZ758 p.55)