Mary Turner

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iain Frazier on 28th February 2025

Family connections for Mary (Turner) are: TURNER/WILKS Mary (Wilks) was born about 1766 & became a servant. She was tried as Mary (Turner) for theft of a handkerchief at Worcester Assizes on 5 3 1785, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 22 1 1788 after a voyage of 12months on First Fleet ship LADY PENRHYN. In 1790 she was sent to Norfolk Island where she apparantly produced a child-not clear if David (Batty) was the father.:>>> 1.John (???) was born on Norfolk Island & died young there. .. >>>Mary (Wilks) was returned to Port Jackson on 7 3 1793 on KITTY. She associated secondly with David (Batty) & produced 4children. She was Free by Servitude by 1800. She died on 21 1 1808 age42 mother of 5known children & was buried at St Phillips CofE Sydney Old Sydney burial ground. David (Batty) was born in 1762. He was tried at Westminster Sessions for Peace on 5 7 1787, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 9 7 1791 after a voyage of 6months on Fleet ship ALBERMARLE. He was Free by Servitude by 1800. He was issued his Pardon in 1803. He was recorded in 1816 in Sydney. He died on 13 12 1818 age56 & was buried at Old Sydney Burial Ground St Phillips CofE on 3 12 1818. [Some details taken from this Website] REFERENCES Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony. Irene Schaffer & Thelma McKay 'Exiled Three Times Over! Profiles of Norfolk Islanders Exiled in Van Diemens Land 1807-1813' James Hugh Donohoe 'Norfolk Island 1788-1813-The People and Their Families' Reg Wright 'Forgotten Generation of Norfolk Island & Van Diemens Land'

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John on 26th May 2022

Mary Turner was around 19 years of age when convicted of stealing at Worcestershire on 5 March 1785 and sentenced to 7 years transportation. She was sent on the ship “Lady Penrhyn” and in February 1787 the ships of the first fleet sailed to establish a penal colony in NSW. On 20 January 1788 the last of the eleven ships of the First Fleet arrived at Botany Bay. Captain Arthur Phillip's search for a more suitable site led him to Port Jackson. The rest of the fleet sailed into Sydney Harbour on 26 January 1788. Mary was sent to Norfolk Island in 1790 on "Sirius" and returned to Port Jackson in 1793 on "Kitty" it was believed she had one son on Norfolk Island John who didn’t survive She had a relationship with David BATTY in 1794 at Sydney and they had 4 children, they were David 15/03/1794, Richard 28/8/1797-12/6/1799, Ann 2/2/1800, and Thomas 13/9/1802-17/10/1870 Mary`s last name was it Turner? And was Wilks a alias? Mary was convicted under the name Mary Turner and buried as Mary Wilks Old Sydney Burial Ground: Mary Wilks is recorded as buried in the Old Sydney Burial Ground 21 Jan 1808 as is her infant son Richard Batty buried 12 June 1799 and her common law husband David Batty 3 Dec 1818 age 56.

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Iris Dunne on 27th December 2021

Find A Grave Memorial ID No. 30223111 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30223111/mary-wilks

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John on 27th December 2021

Mary Turner alias Wilks was around 19 years of age when convicted of stealing at Worcestershire on 5 March 1785 and sentenced to 7 years transportation. She was sent on the ship “Lady Penrhyn” and in 1787 the ships of the first fleet sailed to establish a penal colony in NSW. Mary was sent to Norfolk Island in 1790 on "Sirius" and returned to Port Jackson in 1793 on "Kitty" it was believed she had one son on Norfolk Island John who didn’t survive She had a relationship with David BATTY (Third Fleet) in 1794 at Sydney and they had 4 children, they were David 15/03/1794, Richard 28/8/1797-12/6/1799, Ann 2/2/1800, and Thomas 13/9/1802-17/10/1870 Mary was convicted under the name Mary Turner and buried as Mary Wilks as the Old Sydney Burial Ground: Mary Wilks is recorded as buried in the Old Sydney Burial Ground 21 Jan 1808 as is her infant son Richard Batty buried 12 June 1799 and her common law husband David Batty 3 Dec 1818 age 56.