Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Mary Storrs 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 320 |
| 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
The Storrs family lived at Melling, a Lune Valley village, near Lancaster. Documents show the family were in poverty and had been removed from nearby parishes for becoming a burden on the ratepayers, Mary was an unmarried mother. Times were clearly hard enough for Mary, age 52 and her adult children Ellen Storrs (Eleanor), 31 and Edward, 18 who stole milk. All three were arrested and sent to Lancaster Castle to await the Quarter Sessions in October 1800. Found guilty, the family were each sentenced to 7 years transportation. The family awaited the long journey to the south coast in the gaol at Lancaster Castle. Ellen was sent first in May 1801 along with two young Manchester women; she was given £2 and 13 shillings to buy clothes and provisions for her new life and was put aboard the Nile, a ship which travelled in convoy with two other male convict ships. Next to go was Mary in September 1802, she was sent along with a number of other prisoners and put aboard the Glatton which transported both male and female convicts, her journey to Australia via Rio de Janeiro also took six months, arriving in March 1803. Edward was the last to leave Lancaster. In April 1803, he was sent to the prison hulks moored at Woolwich where he was held onboard the Retribution. A different turn of fate though meant he was offered a pardon in January 1804 on condition he served in the army. Mary arrived to find her daughter had already had a child, named Edward for his uncle/Mary's son and was now widowed. Mary gained her certificate of freedom in February 1811. Mary married farmer George Gambling (sometimes written as Gamble) ship- Barwell in 1818 when she was around 70 and they farmed on George's land, Toothill Farm at Petersham Hill. In the late 1820s and early 1830s they began to sell off the farm but lived as tenants on it. Some sources have Mary living until 1841 and George c.1848 though the last firm evidence I have found of Mary is in 1831, then aged 82 or 83. Gambling's Creek at the side of their farm is still found in the Lewisham area of Sydney today.
On Monday last, Mary Storrs, Ann Rogers, Catharine Osburne, Betty Baker, Ann Hamilton, Mary Mort, Mary Mills, Elizabeth Coulter, and Ann Chapman, female convicts, under sentence of transportation in our Castle, were removed to Chatham, in order to be put on board the Glatton, bound to New Holland. Lancaster Gazette, 14 Aug 1802
Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: Page 159... [Ref G0122] Gamble, George, 67, free by servitude, Barwell, 1799, Petersham. 45 acres, all cleared, 15 cultivated, 3 cattle. [Ref G0123] Gamble, Mary, 80, Glatton, 1802.
In the colony, Mary formed a relationship with George Gamble (Convict, Barwell, 1799). They married in 1818 at Sydney. In the 1825 Muster, the sisters? are together again, Ellen's relationship with John Gost, having broken down. Storrs, Ellen, free by servitude, Nile, 1801, 7 years, washerwoman, Sydney. Storrs, Edward, 20, born in the colony, son of Ellen Storrs, Sydney. Storrs, Mary, free by servitude, Glatton, 1803, 7 years, wife of George Gambling, Sydney. Gambling, George, free by servitude, Barwell, 1798, 14 years, landholder, Sydney.
It has been supposed that Ellen and Mary were siblings. However it is difficult to ascertain their birthdates. It appears that Mary may be much older than Ellen.
Ellen and Mary Stores, described as “singlwomen” and Edward Stores described as a labourer were all convicted for the same crime at Melling Parish, Lancaster at the Michaelmas Sessions of 1800. It is assumed here that they were siblings. Transcript of Lancaster Quarter sessions: Mary Storrs, Ellen Storrs and Edward Storrs of Melling parish, Lancashire Michaelmas Sessions 1800… Drawing indictment for stealing milk… Whereas Ellen Storrs, late of the parish of Melling, in the said county, singlewoman, hath at this sessions been convicted of felony, this court doth therefore order and adjudge that the said Ellen Storrs shall be sent and transported to some part beyond the shore for the space of seven years… Whereas Mary Storrs, late of the parish of Melling, in the said county, singlwoman, hath this session been convicted of felony…seven years… Whereas Edward Storrs, late of the parish of Melling, in the said county, labourer, hath at this session been convicted of felony…seven years. ... the prosecution of Mary Storrs, Ellen Storrs and Edward Storrs at this session for felony for doing which this shall be said receivers warrant. Mary was transported on Glatton, arriving March 11th 1803. Her sister Ellen was transported on the Nile in 1801.