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Mary Savage was transported on the Alexander, departing 4th Nov 1815 and arriving 4th Apr 1816 with 88 passengers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Fleet http://www.jenwilletts.com/convict_ship_alexander_1788 The Alexander was built at Hull in 1784 by Walton & Co. She was taken up by the East India Company in 1786. Convict Transport-Barque built Ship. 452 tons, 114ft long, 31ft wide. Arrived with 177 male Convicts (14 dv) Carried 30 Crew + 41 Marines Master: Duncan Sinclair She was the largest of the eleven vessels of the historic First Fleet to Australia. The First Fleet consisted of two Royal Navy escort ships, HMS Sirius and HMS Supply accompanied by six convict transports, the Alexander, Charlotte, Friendship, Lady Penrhyn, Prince of Wales and the Scarborough, and three store ships, the Borrowdale, Fishburn and Golden Grove. Convicts on the 1st Fleet Alexander are listed under Lady Penrhyn, Scarborough & Alexander.
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| Primary Source | Tasmanian Record - https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON13-1-1$init=CON13-1-1p54 - List of 60 female convicts embarked to H.M.C. Brig Kangaroo for the Derwent, 10 April 1816. Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. |
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Irish Convict Database Mary Savage, age 31, ship Alexander II (1816), Tried at Dublin City, 1815, sentence 7 years. Trade- Market woman. Mary Savage was on a “List of 60 female convicts embarked to H.M.C. Brig Kangaroo for the Derwent, 10 April 1816.” https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON13-1-1$init=CON13-1-1p54 7. Mary Savage, ship - Alexander, Tried at Dublin City,. May 1815, sentence –Seven years. Tasmanian Conduct Record - https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON40-1-9$init=CON40-1-9p12 Several incidents of drunk and disorderly and one of gross indecency in the tap room of the Plough public house at Kangaroo Point. Committed to gaol as unable to pay sureties.