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Transportation
Mary Ann Thompson was transported on the Grenada, departing 1st Sep 1826 and arriving 23rd Jan 1827 with 88 passengers.
Grenada (generic)References
| Primary Source | UK Prison Commission Records- Lancaster Gaol- Register of Crown Cases- 1820-1826 |
| 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 Ann had pick pocketed two shillings and six pence from John Tattersall at Manchester. Whilst she was in jail at Lancaster Castle her description was taken. She said she had been born at sea and had a fresh complexion with brown hair, grey eyes, skin pitted from smallpox and two small brown moles near her left elbow. She had already been jailed in the New Bailey three times before. During the early part of the voyage, the ship's surgeon recorded that Mary Ann was suffering from dysentery. She was purged with magnesium sulphate and treated by blood letting and a catheter. She was deemed well by October 18th but symptoms began again later that month and she was treated again with mag.sulphate, blood letting and calomel. By the 16th November she was discharged off the sick list as fit for duty again. Mary Ann married soon after arrival in August 1827 to convict Richard Hodgson (ship- Eliza) at Castlereagh. However, in October 1828, she was in the female factory at Parramatta. her husband was still in Castlereagh as a groom to a local publican. By 1832, Mary Ann was given permission to remain in Evan parish, where she held a ticket of leave. The following year, in January 1833 she received her certificate of freedom. Further details at this time, now aged 34, stated that she had been born in America and was a house servant. her physical description was similar as before, though with the addition that she had 'short teeth'. Following Richard's conditional pardon in 1835, it has not been possible to follow their trail further.
ADM 101/30/6/1 Medical journal of the Grenada, female convict ship, for 4 August 1826 to 1 February 1827 by Alexander Nesbet, Surgeon and Superintendent, during which time the said ship was employed in a voyage to New South Wales. (Described at item level). Folio 2: Mary Thompson, aged 28, Convict; sick or hurt, Dysentery; put on sick list, 3 October 1826; discharged 16 November 1826 to duty.
New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1827 No; 344 Richard Hodgson Age: 27 [1800] Ship; Eliza 1. Life . Bond. Mary A Thompson. Age; 27 [1800] Ship; Grenada 4. 7 years. Bond. Granted - 14 Jul 1827 Rev. Fulton, Castlereagh