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Mary Wilson was transported on the Neptune, Scarborough And Surprize, departing 30th Nov 1789 and arriving 26th Jun 1790 with 1084 passengers.
Neptune 809 tons built on the River Thames 1779. The largest ship of the Second Fleet.
Neptune, Scarborough And Surprize (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 29 (16) |
| 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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New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents Name Mary Wilson Date of Conviction 3 Oct 1786 Place of Conviction Carlisle Vessel Neptune Date of Arrival Jun 1790
Family connections for Mary (Wilson) are: WILSON Mary (Wilson) was tried at Carlisle city Quarter Sessions Cumberlandshire, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 26 6 1790 after a voyage of 6months on Fleet ship NEPTUNE. She left Norfolk Island on 6 11 1794. [Noted Ref:'Forgotten...' suggests Mary (Wilson) second wife to James (Shears) had returned to Port Jackson]. a Mary (Wilson) is recorded as sentence expired on stores on Norfolk Island in February 1805. a Mary (Wilson) is recorded with James (Shears) in the clean-up party of Norfolk Island from 1813-14 after the final evacuation. [Some details taken from this Website] James (Shears/Sheers/Shiers) was born about 1735or47 & became a butcher. He was tried for highway robbery on 2 7 1784 & assaulting Charles (Wright) by First Middlesex Jury at Old Bailey on 7 7 1784, sentenced to death by hanging at Tyburn, held probably at London/Middlesex Gaol Delivery & at Newgate prison until sentence remitted to Life in Africa on 19 3 1785, transferred to hulk CERES at Woolwich London on 5 4 1786 & arrived in NSW as a convict on 26 1 1788 after being on board for 12months on First Fleet ship SCARBOROUGH. [Some details taken from this Website] References: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony. Irene Schaffer & Thelma McKay 'Exiled Three Times Over! Profiles of Norfolk Islanders Exiled in Van Diemens Land 1807-1813' James Hugh Donohoe 'Norfolk Island 1788-1813-The People and Their Families' Reg Wright 'Forgotten Generation of Norfolk Island & Van Diemens Land'