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Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Margaret Wood was transported on the Morley, departing 17th May 1820 and arriving 30th Sep 1820 with 124 passengers.
The "Morley" was built on the Thames, England in 1811. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Morley in 1817, 1818, 1820, 1828 and 1829 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1820 and 1823. 1829 Voyage. 200 Male English Convicts. Commander; Harrison. Richard Lewis; Surgeon Superintendent arrived 2 Dec 1829. All convicts survived the voyage.
Morley (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 326 |
| 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
Margaret was the wife of George Wood from Warrington. She had stolen from a William Pilling. She left Lancaster Castle along with eleven other convict women at the end of April 1820 and arrived on board ship on the 28th that month. Ship surgeon Thomas Reid described the Lancaster women as displaying 'riotous conduct and mischievous behaviour'. Margaret was given report of 'excellent' and assigned to a Mr Rowley for either general service or farm work though two months after arrival, Margaret was jailed with hard labour for two months for being drunk and neglecting her duty. This was however, her only infraction as a convict. The following year in October, 1821, Margaret married convict William Tucker (ship- Lord Melville) at Hobart; it is not clear whether she was still married to her husband of two years previous or not at the point of their marriage. They were recorded as living at the Lower Clyde (Hamilton) but after this, records of Margaret disappear.
Last week, the following female convicts, under sentence of transportation, were removed from Lancaster Castle, and put on board the ship Morley. lying at Woolwich, bound to New Holland, viz.. Mary Ann Ashton, Mary Ann Smith. Margaret Wood, alias Furnival, Mary Taylor, Catherine Maginnis, Mary Tomlinson, Margaret Oldham, Sarah Dowries, Elizabeth Evans, Elizabeth Duncan, Margaret Rogers, and Mary Jones. Lancaster Gazette, 6 May 1820.
https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON13-1-2$init=CON13-1-2p56 and following pages. List of female convicts from Morely (3), Master, Brown, in 1820, who landed at Hobart, not Sydney. Margaret, wife of George Wood, Convicted at Lancaster Q.S.., 2 Aug 1819, 7 years.