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Voyage
Transportation
Mary Day Underhill was transported on the Brothers, departing 20th Nov 1823 and arriving 5th Apr 1824 with 91 passengers.
Brothers (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 112 |
| 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
Convicted at age 23yrs 5 Apr 1823 - Warwickshire Assizes, England April 1823 Mary Day Underhill & Thomas Bock were tried at the Warwick assizes for administering a drug (savin) to Ann Yates with the intention of bringing about an abortion. Both were sentenced to 14 years’ transportation. Departure 20 Nov 1823 Aboard the vessel Brothers Arrival 5 Apr 1824 - New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land Ticket of Leave Granted at age 29yrs Jul 1829 - Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia Married William Callaghan per Ocean, 22 Feb 1831, St James, Sydney, NSW, and had 2 children with William Certificate of Freedom Granted at age 37yrs Aug 1837 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death 20 Apr 1868 - Residence of Son-in-law John Rodwell, Clematis Cottage, Goulburn, New South Wales
Marriage. NSW BMD. Ref: 1050/1831 and 5148/1831, William Callaghan and Mary D. Underhill, CJ district. Church of England, Sydney, St James’s.
The matching baptism is for 1793 rather than 1800 (I suspect she may have lied about her age), even though convict records indicate 1800. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGDL-V9YJ I believe she married a William Callaghan in NSW in 1831, possibly had issue. And died in 1868 in the Goulburn district. The database result for the death entry indicates a father's name of "Undrill" and mother's name of "Day" (all from NSW BDM database). Unfortunately, no baptism/other records confirm her mother's maiden name of Day. This could well have been an assumption by the informant.
At the late Warwick assizes, Thomas Bock and Mary Day Underhill were indicted capitally for having administered a decoction of a certain noxious drug called savin, to Ann Yates, spinster, with intent to cause her to miscarry. It appeared by the evidence on the trial, that Ann Yates, a respectable young woman, was seduced by Buck, who was a married man, and who, in conjunction with Underhill, persuaded her, when she had been pregnant three months, repeatedly to drink decoctions of the herb savin. The desired effect was not however produced, and her child is now living. Mr. Justice Park sentenced both the prisoners to 14 years transportation. The prisoner Underhill having begged for mercy, the Judge said- “Not the least mercy will be shown you, I never passed a sentence that I think to be more right.” Exeter Flying Post, 24 April 1823.
New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary’s Papers, Main Series of Letters Received. 1824 - 7 May. Commended, by James Hall, Surgeon Superintendent, Mary Day Underhill, "for her honesty, zeal and humanity, in the care of the sick.
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Brothers - 1824 Indent No; 11 Name; Mary Underhill [Day] Trade or calling; Seamstress ? Trial where & Date; Warwick - 15 April 1823 Sentence; 14 years Age; Year of birth; 1800 Native Place; Birmingham Height; 5 ft. 2 1/4 in Eyes; Hazel Hair; Dk. Brown Completion; Ruddy pock pitted Remarks [Behaviour on board ship] Excellent Additional remarks noted against name; Protestant ----------------
Tickets of Leave. Parramatta. Underhill Mary Day, Brothers 1 , Sydney Gazette, 30 July 1829. ------------------------------------------------- Certificate of Freedom obtained during the last week: Underhill Mary Day, Brothers (1) Sydney Gazette, 2 Sept 1837.
One of 39 women on board “Brothers” who landed in NSW. Surgeon’s Comment on Conduct on board during the voyage. Mary Ann Underhill - extremely good
Underhill was convicted, with Thomas Bock, engraver, for administering to a young woman, Ann Yates, an infusion for purposes of procuring a miscarriage. Bock was sent to Van Diemen's Land on Asia, arriving 19 January 1824. Both Bock and Underhill received a 14-year sentence.