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Mary White was transported on the Janus, departing 23rd Oct 1819 and arriving 3rd May 1820 with 109 passengers.
Rig Type: S. Built: New York 1810 Size (tons): 308 The Janus was also a whaling ship. 1819/20 voyage: Female convicted women embarked in England and then in Cork, Ireland. One Rebecca Connolly embarked at Cork but due to ill health was returned to Depot. Sailed on 19 Dec 1819. Arrived at Port Jackson, NSW 3 May 1820. On 20th May, 68 of the women was boarded on the Princess Charlotte bound for Van Diemen's Land, to Port Dalrymple and Hobart. A formal enquiry was held as to the treatment of the women by the Captain and his crew. Note: Not all of the women from Ireland have been included yet on this Register. Currently being updated. Two of the Women convicts, Mary Long, and Lydia Elsden claimed to be in a pregnant condition on arrival. Mary Long claimed the Captain, thomas Mowat, was the father of her child, and Lydia Elsden claimed the Chief Officer, John Hedges, was the father of her child, to which they both swore before the Magistrate.
Janus (generic)References
| Primary Source | Colonial Secretary Index. Tasmanian Convict Records. |
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Colonial Secretary Index. WHITE, Mary. Per "Janus", 1820 1820 May 16 - On list of convicts transhipped from the "Janus" to the "Princess Charlotte" & forwarded to Port Dalrymple (Reel 6007; 4/3502 p.38) -------------------------------------------------- Following their arrival in NSW per Janus, sixty-eight of the women were embarked on the 'Princess Charlotte' on 16th May, bound for Van Diemen's Land. They were obliged at first to put back into port for a week because of unfavourable winds however soon resumed this second voyage. Twenty-five women were sent to Port Dalrymple and forty-three to Hobart. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON13-1-2$init=CON13-1-2p51 List of Prisoners per Princess Charlotte to Port Dalrymple. Mary White, age 30, servant, Co Cork, Summer 1818, 7 years. -------------------------------------------------- Tasmanian Conduct Record. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON40-1-9$init=CON40-1-9p232 19. Mary White. per Janus 1820 & P. Charlotte, 1820. Tried at Cork, Lent 1819, 7 years. Transported for Vagrancy. Feb 11 1828. Ux. Simmons/ D. & Disy. Fined 5/-. -------------------------------------------------- Marriage Record. https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD36-1-1p89j2k Marriage in Church of St Johns, Launceston, 18 July 1820, Francis Symonds, of the New River, bachelor, and Mary White, of the New River, widow. Both signed with X.