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Voyage
Transportation
Richard Stratton was transported on the Mary Anne, departing 6th Jul 1835 and arriving 11th Nov 1835 with 307 passengers.
Built in France 1772 of 298 Tons first sailed as a British convict ship from Portsmouth 16/02/1791.
Mary Anne (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 106 |
| 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
Place of birth: Herefordshire Crime: stealing money. He stole 3 1/2d from a basket carried by a seven year old boy at Hempel Hempsted. Trial: Hertfordshire assizes, sentenced to 7 years transportation. "The Learned Judge inquired about the prisoner's parents, and finding that they were unlikely to take much care of him ..." [County Chronicle, Surrey Herald and Weekly Advertiser for Kent 4 March 1834] Hulk: Euryalus hulk at Chatham, received from Hertford 13 March 1834, age 14, stealing 3 1/2d, to NSW 30 June 1835 per Mary Ann. Character from Gaoler: 'character good, connexions indifferent' Transported on the 'Mary Ann' arrived Port Jackson 26 October 1835 Description in indent: 15, cannot read or write, Protestant, single, native place Herefordshire, no previous conviction, 4ft 3 1/4in, ruddy and slightly pockpitted, light hair, blue eyes, scar on top of head, nail of left thumb split, mark of a scald near right elbow, scar inside top of forefinger of right hand 1837 he is at Paterson, assigned to W. Owen. 1840 23 September Absconded from William Dun of Paterson. Admitted to 4 October 1840 Newcastle Gaol from Sydney for being illegally at large. To be sent to the Bench at Paterson. [Gov Gaz 7 Oct, Newcastle Gaol Entrance and Description books] Description in 1840: from Newcastle Gaol Description Book: 5ft 1 1/2 in ; slight make, fresh complexion, light hair, hazel eyes, scar lower and upper right arm