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Mary Witherington was transported on the Harmony, departing 9th Sep 1828 and arriving 14th Jan 1829 with 101 passengers.
Details for the ship Harmony Ship Name: Harmony Rig Type: S. Built: St. Johns Build Year: 1818 Size (tons): 373 Notes: Source:Website http://www.hawkesbury.net.au/claimaconvict/index.php Original sources:Sources The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/6, pp.491-497 Bateson, Charles & Library of Australian History (1983). The convict ships, 1787-1868 (Australian ed). Library of Australian History, Sydney : pp.360-361, 386
Harmony (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 494 |
| 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
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 20 March 2020), July 1828, trial of MARY WITHERINGTON (t18280703-101). MARY WITHERINGTON, Theft > simple larceny, 3rd July 1828. 1449. MARY WITHERINGTON was indicted for stealing, on the 4th of June , 3 spoons, value 8s.; 4 blankets, value 8s.; 2 table-cloths, value 5s.; 5 sheets, value 14s.; 1 counterpane, value 4s.; 1 bolster, value 2s.; 3 pillows, value 3s., and 1 table-cover, value 1s., the goods of Ann Stanley , widow, her mistress . ANN STANLEY. I am a widow . The prisoner was in my service for about eight months - I missed all these articles from my house, and saw them at the office. JAMES SAYERS . I am a pawnbroker. I have three spoons pawned by the prisoner at different times in January and May. JULIUS HOCKLEY . I am a pawnbroker. I have some blankets and other articles pawned by the prisoner. WILLIAM CORDWELL . I am a pawnbroker. I have two sheets and a table-cloth pawned by the prisoner in May and June. WILLIAM MARCHANT . I am a pawnbroker. I have some articles pawned by the prisoner between December and May. JOHN BURCHALL . I am an officer. I took the prisoner, and found fifteen duplicates in her housewife, and some in a tea-cup in her bed-room. FRANCIS FAGAN . I took the prisoner, and on her person I found two duplicates, which relate to this property. CHRISTOPHER JOHN STANLLY . I am son-in-law to theprosecutrix. I found two duplicates in the prisoner's bed-room.(Property produced and sworn to.) GUILTY . Aged 28. Transported for Fourteen Years . https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/print.jsp?div=t18280703-101
Mary Herbert (Witherington) died in Launceston buried in a unmarked grave.
wife of Daniel Herbart Tamania
Married Daniel Herbert in 1835 in Tasmania. Died and buried in Ross, tasmania