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Voyage
Transportation
Mary Ryans was transported on the Sovereign, departing 15th Apr 1829 and arriving 3rd Aug 1829 with 121 passengers.
Sovereign (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 45 (25) |
| 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
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842. Name; Mary Ryan or Rebecca R...? Ship; Sovereign. 3rd Aug 1829. Indent No; 27 Age; 24 Est birth Year; 1805 Read & Write; Married Religion; Protestant Native Place; Derbyshire Calling; Laundry Offence; Stealing Hankerchiefs Date of Trial: 14th Jan 1829 Sentence; 7 years - 2 previous convictions Height; 4 ft. 2 1/2 Complexion; Ruddy & pitted Hair; Brown Eyes; Dark hazel Assigned; Mrs McQuoid Noted against name; DIED; in General Hospital Morten Bay 30 Aug 1839 39/11397 -------------------------
At her trial, before sentence, Rebecca asked that the court might be merciful "on account of her family of small children."
https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research/guides-and-indexes/node/1621/browse Marriage Permissions. Permission 7 July 1832 at Parramatta. John Rideout, per General Stewart, age 35, 14 years, Free, and Mary Ryan, or Ray per Sovereign, age 27, 7 years, bond. Married. Rev. S. Marsden. -------------------------------------------------- Mary Ryans became the wife of John Ridout, and in august 1836 was convicted of receiving stolen property and sent to Moreton Bay penal settlement. Full report in newspaper: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/32151928?searchTerm=Rebecca Ridout --------------------------------------------------- Col Sec Letters re Moreton Bay. List, dated 19/6/1838, of Female prisoners eligible for conditional remission of sentences of convicts transported to Moreton Bay with remarks showing the characters of the prisoners. Assigned servants. Rebecca Rideout, (also spelt Ridout) or Mary Ryan, Sovereign -------------------------------------------------- She was on a list of female prisoners being sent to Sydney from Moreton Bay, dated 9 May 1839. But... Letter from Moreton Bay, to Colonial Secretary, 9 May 1839. Letter re 2 female prisoners to remain in Moreton Bay- one in hospital, the other as her nurse. In margin: Rebecca Rideout - Sovereign Mary Mathews, Palambam. Details re Rebecca Rideout – employed in Factory as Constable & Asst to Matron – disgraceful conduct- in Brisbane hospital for accouchement. Recommends her removal as soon as convenient from Moreton Bay. -------------------------------------------------- Letter from Moreton Bay to Col Sec. Dated 30 July 1839. Enclosed- Letter from Surgeon Ballard re Rebecca Rideout and Mary Mathews. - to remain at Moreton Bay – Rideout weak & Mathews to care for her & child. -------------------------------------------------- Moreton Bay Convict Record Mary Ryans, convicted in this colony in the name of Rebecca Ridout, Soverign, Tried at Nottingham Q.S. 14 Jan 1829, 7 years for stealing handkerchief. Laundry maid. Colonial conviction: S. Court Sydney, 3 Aug 1836, Receiving, sentence – 7 years. Died Moreton Bay 1839.