Mary Walton

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Maureen Withey on 8th May 2023

Absconded prisoners. 1. Mary Walton, Mary Ann (2), 20, Durham, 5 ft. 2½, haz. eyes, lt. hair, fair comp. Factory, Parramatta. Sydney Gazette, 3 July 1823. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The following reports may also refer to this person: JANUARY 6.-Mary Ann Walton, prisoner of the crown, charged with stealing a red shawl and black lace square from Mary Roberts. Convicted and sentenced to the Factory for 6 months. Sydney Gazette, 13 Jan 1825. JULY 26. - Mary Anne Walton, prisoner of the crown, was charged by her master, with having stolen from him a gold breast-pin, set round with pearls. The property was discovered in the box of a prisoner of the crown, to whom the fair delinquent presented it as a token of remembrance. There were other charges against the prisoner of neglect of Work, and harbouring men in her master's house at late hours in the night. She was sentenced to the Factory, to be confined in a solitary cell there, on bread and water for the first fourteen days, and to remain for the term of twelve months restricted to that Establishment. Sydney Gazette, 4 Aug 1825. Police Reports. Sydney. Sept 21. Mary Walton, 14 years, servant to James Walton of Parramatta, was ordered to be turned into the Factory, her master having allowed her to leave his service. Sydney Gazette, 23 Sep 1826. The Tickets of Leave granted to the following Persons have been cancelled : Mary Ann (3), Mary Walton, for being absent from her Service without Leave. Sydney Gazette, 31 July 1830. Mary Ann Walton was brought before their Worships, and charged that she had been found, contrary to the wish of her master, in the sleeping apartments of one Mr. Day, during the. night of Wednesday the 13th October instant. She had been deprived of her ticket of leave, and returned to the factory on a somewhat similar charge, on a former occasion, Mr. Day being a married man, altho’ in sort “put asunder.” She bears the name. of a very useful servant in every capacity, save one, and to that she seemed anxiously, to adhere; to wit, that of a wet nurse, but she had ventured illegally and in an erroneous quarter to accomplish her end, so that she entertains no hope of realizing her aim, but is certain of punishment. Sentence — one month in class No. 3 in the Factory. The King V. Day. Constantine Malloy, a constable, deposed that he received information that Mary Ann Walton was harboured in the lodgings of Joseph Day, dealer and chapman, Windsor; that he detected, and apprehended her on the spot, and that she was a prisoner illegally under his protection. The Bench called another witness to establish the charge more fully, as the prisoner, had a pass from her master to proceed to a particular house, a respectable inn in the town, but she had infringed this liberty, and had escorted her paramour to his lodgings for his better safety, for he was tipsey at the time, Joe Day then said, “the girl (38 yours old) was at my house, gentlemen,— I would not tell a falsity — I’ve no room to deny it— I'll speak from my conscience— the girl was there — and there all the night —and should to-morrow night, if came again.” It was evident there was a penchant for “the girl”, encouraged in a manner not, strictly legal, and Mr. Day's defence seemed as if he were anxious the world should know he had yet the power of love and constancy within his breast. Fined fifty dollars for harbouring, and one for employing Mary Walton on his business, on the premises. No costs. The Australian, 26 Nov 1830.

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Maureen Withey on 3rd May 2023

A young woman, calling herself Mary Walton, apparently about 20 years age, was taken into custody, under suspicious circumstances, on Tuesday last, in this city by Mr Sanderson, officer of police. As the officer was returning from the gaol where he had lodged her, he met with two constables from Newcastle in pursuit of the prisoner. The young woman having been recognized by the constables, she was taken before a Magistrate, and charged with having stolen five one-pound notes from Alice and Ann Scott, of the Manor Chare, Newcastle, with whom she had lodged. She denied the charge; but being searched, four of the notes were found upon her, and it was ascertained that she had paid fifteen shillings for hire gig to bring her to Durham. She was delivered over the constables, and them taken back to Newcastle. Durham County Advertiser, 30 June 1821. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The young woman calling herself Mary Walton, who was in this city last week, has been fully committed to gaol, to take her trial the ensuing Assizes, on charge having feloniously stolen five one-pound notes, the property of Alice and Ann Scott. Durham County Advertiser, 7 July 1821.

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Maureen Withey on 3rd May 2023

Convict Application to Marry. John Jones, age 19; Born in colony; Free; disallowed, and Mary Walton, per Mary Anne (3), age 23, Sentence, 14 years; Bond. Requested by Revd. S. Marsden, Parramatta, 24 Dec 1827. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NSW 1828 Census Index. Mary Walton, age 20, G.S. Mary Ann, 14 years, protestant, Servant, Jas. Day, Windsor district. ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW Convict Index. Mary Walton, per Mary Anne, 1822, Ticket of Leave, 30/301. District, Hawkesbury; Tried, Northumb. Ass.

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Maureen Withey on 6th January 2020

https://www.femaleconvicts.org.au/docs/ships/SurgeonsJournal_MaryAnn_1822.pdf SURGEON’S JOURNAL OF HIS MAJESTY’S FEMALE CONVICT SHIP MARY ANN 1822 MR JAMES HALL(2) SURGEON SUPERINTENDENT BETWEEN 27th OCTOBER 1821 and 23rd MAY 1822 108 convicts departed Portsmouth England on 25 December 1821 via Rio De Janeiro & arriving at Hobart Town VDL on 2nd May 1822 (45 women disembarked) and arriving at Port Jackson, New South Wales on 20th May 1822 (62 women disembarked) (1 woman died at sea) ADM 101/52/1 First seen by the surgeon 15 Jan 1822. Walton, age 18 or 17, When in Gaol, Smith gave her a severe blow in the right iliac region, causing a pain which she often feels rather severe, this happened 2 or 3 months ago: her menses have since then been irregular, & did not appear lately, as they ought to have. She now has Epistaxis, pulse regular. Many other entries. 8 Feb: No pain in the coccis – belly hard & swoln, no stool since yesterday, nor water, but I suspect she deceives me, as she is somewhat simple; & by her statement has not passed more than a few ounces of urine for many days, yet she has never lost her appetite and takes her dinner daily. p.m. Has vomited her tea, which appears to have had mixed with it, primarily, some Sulphate of Zinci; for what motive I cannot discover. The patient says that the nurse gave her the tea, - so much mystery hangs over this girl’s conduct that I shall stop noticing her statement of complaints; the belly is much swoln. 21 Feb, This is a girl of great wickedness & this has been before intimated. Some weeks ago she scalded her breast & belly; the curative process was very irregular, but was at last completed. After a few days she was again scalded in the same parts & these would not heal, but vesicated & began to ulcerate. Today I was suddenly called to her, she said she was very ill: she cried; the pulse was quiet, the skin cool, but the tongue very white; it seemed as if chalk had been applied to its surface; examining her hands to see if they were white, I saw her fingers stained by Argentum Nitricum. After many enquiries & threats, she confessed she had applied the caustic to her tongue, & had swallowed the remainder, (a juice of about ?j.) four hours, or more, ago. She had no reason to justify her conduct. A careful examination of the now extensively denuded & partly ulcerated surface of the thorax & abdomen; and examination of the Cataplasma, shewed to my amazement, minute portions or particles of Emplastrium Lyttæ, which she had applied to prevent the scalded surface from healing: & she now confessed that she wilfully scalded herself. Full details in the full report, follow link.