Mary Ward

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Penny-Lyn Beale on 16th October 2020

Mary Ward 1820 - Age; 21. Est birth year; 1799 1820 - Re assignment to Mrs Rickards; 1822 - Re assignment to John Richards 1822 - Petition of William Marsh for permission to marry Mary Ann Ward, a prisoner in the Parramatta Factory William Marsh. Free man by trade a farmer, able to support a wife and family (if any) 1823 - 7 Jan. Re permission to marry at Parramatta William Marshall - Free & Mary Ann Ward, Convict per L. Wellington Rev Samuel Marsden 1823 - 18 Jan. Reply 1825 - Convict Muster. Ward, Mary. Lord Wellington 1820. 7 years. Wife of William Marshall, Parramatta 1839 - 13 Goal Parramatta. Entrance Book. No; 972. Bond. Native Place; Durham. Religion: Protestant. Trade or calling; None. Year Born; 1798. Height; 5 ft. 4 inches. Stout. Complexion; Ruddy, Hair; Dark Eyes; Hazel 1839 - 20 Feb. Free. Committed. Admitted to Bail 17 March. 1839 - 21 May. Goal Sydney. Entrance Book. No; 1183. Mary Marshall. Offence; Larceny. Transported. Penal. Settlement. 7 years

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John William Ellis on 28th July 2019

Mary Ann Ward was born about 1795, probably in County Durham She was listed as a children’s maid when convicted of larceny at the Durham Assizes in October, 1818. She had stolen a piece of flat rope and a piece of other rope valued at 10d from each of three owners and was sentenced to transportation for seven years. She was transported in the ship Lord Wellington and sailed from England in June, 1819. They picked up more convicts in Cork later in June and sailed via Grand Canary and Rio de Janeiro to reach Sydney on 20 Jan 1820. Soon after her arrival she was assigned as a servant to Mrs Rickards who lived in Pitt Street, Sydney. Late in 1822 she was sent to the Female Factory at Parramatta, as it appears that Mrs Rickards failed to comply with Government regulations. In January, 1822, the Colonial Secretary followed up Mrs Rickards, as she had not entered into a bond when assigned a Government servant. In February, 1824, Mr Rickards was to be penalised under the terms of the bond as he had failed to look after Mary Ward as required. Both John and Sarah Rickards were former convicts although their past was disguised in the 1828 census. Mary Ward’s first daughter, Elizabeth was born in 1821. She married William Marshall (1789-1867) in Parramatta in January 1823. William Marshall was acknowledged as Elizabeth’s father in both the 1825 Muster and the 1828 Census and he claimed two children in his application for a land grant in September, 1824. Margaret Marshall is assumed to have been born just prior to this memorial being written. There is no reference to Mary Ann Marshall after she was listed as a subscriber to the fund for the Rev McGarvie in 1839. Her burial was not recorded, nor the baptisms of the two girls. Elizabeth Marshall is not mentioned after the 1828 Census. Her possible marriage was not recorded