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Transportation
Mary Slater was transported on the Mary Anne, departing 25th Dec 1821 and arriving 20th May 1822 with 109 passengers.
Built in France 1772 of 298 Tons first sailed as a British convict ship from Portsmouth 16/02/1791.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 130 |
| 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
Mary had stolen a watch and other articles at Manchester. Whilst in Lancaster Castle, her description was taken stating she was born at Longwood near Huddersfield and her maiden name was Hurst. She had a sallow complexion, dark brown hair, was a little pitted with the small pox and had a rather long face. She has been convicted of a felony three times. Her husband was a soldier but went abroad 13 years ago (straight after their 1808 marriage). Mrs. Pryor, a close friend of reformer Elizabeth Fry witnessed the Lancaster women coming onboard ship and complained that "the prisoners from Lancaster Castle arrived, not merely handcuffed, but with heavy irons on their legs, which had occasioned considerable swelling, and in one instance, serious inflammation". It seems there was some confusion over whether Mary was meant to be left at Hobart (as the indent suggests) but the 1822 muster shows she went to Parramatta. Recorded as 36 upon arrival, extra details say Mary was 5ft 4 1/2 and had dark eyes and was a servant. Mary married fellow convict Thomas Gale (ship- Indian) in May 1823 at St Johns, Parramatta and soon after was assigned to him where they farmed a large acreage together at Kissing Point. Mary finally collected her certificate of freedom in 1844 when she was now 58. Her hair was still brown at this time but she had lost all her front upper teeth and had a scar each side of her mouth and another on the back of her middle left finger. That same year, Mary was widowed when husband Thomas died. Mary remarried the following year, in 1845 to Henry Staples at Hunter's Hill. Mary passed away at home at Kissing Point on the 28th February 1850, aged around 64 after accidentally scalding herself lifting a full kettle of boiling water whilst drunk on Christmas Day the year before. Lack of proper medical care available over the two months between the accident and her death was the chief cause.
Convict Requests for permission to marry Thomas Gale, convict per Mqs Wellington, and Mary Slater, convict per Mary Ann. Requested by Revd. Thomas Hassall, Parramatta, 7 April 1823. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Convict Assignments Sept 24 1823. Mary Slater, per Mary Ann, was assigned to Thomas Gale, resident at Kissing Point.
Colonial Secretary Index. SLATER, Mary. Per "Mary Ann", 1822. 1823 Apr 7 Re permission to marry at Parramatta (Reel 6010; 4/3508 p.98) 1823 Sep 24 On list of prisoners assigned (Fiche 3291; 4/4570D p.115) ---------------------------------------------------- NSW 1828 Census Index. Thomas Gale, age 61, T.L. Indian, 1810, Life, protestant, Labourer, at Kissing Point district. Has 20 acres of land, all cleared and 8 acres cultivated. Mary Gale, age 47, G.S. Mary Ann, 1823, 14 years, protestant. -------------------------------------------------- Convict Index. Mary Slater, per Mary Anne, 1822, Certificate of freedom, 14 May 1844. Wife of Thomas Gale, per Indian, (1810). (As stated on her CF.)
married Thomas Gale 1823 in New South Wales. On 1828 census