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Voyage
Transportation
Mary Wheat was transported on the Princess Royal, departing 6th Jan 1829 and arriving 9th May 1829 with 100 passengers.
Princess Royal (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 505 (254) |
| 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
New South Wales, Australia, Tickets of Leave, 1810-1869 for Mary Wheat Ticket of leave butts (NRS 12202). No 31/817 dated 19/11/1831 in liverpool New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867 (NRS 12210) Butts of Certificates of Freedom 1835 October 8, no 35/1120. 4' 9' ruddy freckled complexion dark brown hair and brown eyes NSW BDM Marriages 997/1832 V1832997 16 TIFFIN JOHN WHEAT MARY CF Sydney, Australia, Anglican Parish Registers, 1814-2011 for Mary Wheat Liverpool St Luke Composite 27 February 1826 - 23 September 1838 4/6/1832 Mary Wheat married John Tiffen. Chaplin Robert Cartwright. witnesses James Harvis and Joseph ??? Mary was 35 and John was 60 who came on board the Fame was free (7yrs)
Mary Wheat (33). stealing, on the 1st of June, one gown, two frocks, two skirts, flannel petticoat, and three men hats, the property of John Patterson. The prosecutor resides in Spinsters'-court. Church-lane. At about half-past one in the morning, a neighbour on returning home stumbled over handle of things in the passage of her house, which adjoins that of the prosecutor. She called another neighbour, who procured a light, and having examined the bundle, recognized some of the property belonging to Mrs. Patterson. They proceeded to her house, and when about to enter, the prisoner came out, with three men’s hats, belonging to Mr. Patterson, in her possession. A watchman was called, and she was taken into custody. It appears that the door of the house had been left unlocked enable a son of Mrs. Patterson's to get in when he came home. The prisoner being charged with the robbery, and on her defence at the trial, told a long improbable story about meeting a man, with the property in his possession, ho. she said, brought her to the house. A certificate of previous conviction for felony, Hull, was given evidence. Guilty. To be transported for seven years. In passing sentence, the Recorder expressed the determination of the Court, in all cases where the parties had been previously convicted of felony, to put the full penalty of the law into of the law into execution. The prisoner begged for mercy on account of her two infant children. The Recorder said that it was an act of mercy to her children to separate her from them, and that they would be taken care of far better than by her.—This woman’s life, it seems, has been continued scene of dishonesty, induced by an incorrigible propensity to spirituous liquors. Hull Packet, 22 July 1828. --------------------------------------------- Government Notice. Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 14th October, 1831. THE undermentioned Female Prisoners of the Crown have obtained Tickets of Leave, in compliance with the Regulations of 17th March, 1829, for good conduct in the situations respectively stated ; viz. : — County of Cumberland. LIVERPOOL. Wheat Mary, Princess Royal (2) , in Service.