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Eliza Webb was transported on the Mary, departing 3rd Jun 1823 and arriving 5th Oct 1823 with 127 passengers.
Built 1811, Ipswich,England 361 tons. 1817 Journey On Monday arrived the ship Mary, Capt. ORMON, from Calcutta, with merchandize—Passengers, Captain FAITHFUL and Lieut. HAMILTON: this vessel has brought 6 male prisoners from India, destined for Port Jackson; to which place it is expected she will sail to-morrow. Hobart Town Gazette, 24 May 1817. Ship News. On Thursday arrived from Calcutta, via Derwent, the ship Mary, Captain Ormon, with a various cargo. -Passengers from Calcutta, Captain Faithfull and Lieutenant Hamilton:-The Mary sailed from Calcutta the 23d of February, and left the Pilot the 1st of March. Sydney Gazette, Sat 7 Jun 1817. -------------------------------------------------- Convicts who sailed on the 'Mary' direct from Ireland - 1819 & 1836 - are currently being listed, incomplete data to date.
Mary (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 67 (35) |
| 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
Surrey Winter Assizes. Kingston. Jan 1. These Assizes ended yesterday evening, when sentence of death was passed upon the following convicts : … Eliza Webb, only 16 years of age, for uttering forged notes at Croydon; Two convicts are left for execution, viz. Eliza Webb, for passing forged notes upon the Brighton and Sussex Bank: … Baldwin’s London Weekly Journal, 11 Jan 1823. THE CASE OF ELIZA WEBB. It will be recollected by our readers that we gave an account of the trial of the unfortunate girl at the last Kingston Assizes, for uttering forged notes of the Brighton and Sussex bank to many shopkeepers at Croydon of which she was convicted, and received sentence of death. Since her condemnation she evinced no sense of her awful situation, which can only be accounted for from her extreme youth, not having attained her 16th year. The unfortunate girl is of low parents, and was born near Mitcham, in Surrey, where the gang to which she was attached, and that her ignominy, had induced her to join them. The Proprietors of the Bank have, in a most praiseworthy manner, interceded in the proper quarter for a commutation of her awful punishment ; and a few days since the gentlemen had an interview with the culprit in the condemned cell at Hlorsemonger-lane, to whom she confessed the names of the whole of her associates. Yesterday forenoon Mr. Walters, the Governor of the prison, received a reprieve for the unfortunate young woman, and she was instantly removed from the cell and placed amongst those convicts that are under orders for botany Bay for life. British Press, 8 Jan 1823.