Maria Wright

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Denis Pember on 20th March 2016

Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: Page 164... [Ref G0591] Goddard, James, 46, free by servitude, Perseus, 1802, 7 years, Protestant, labourer, Botany Bay. [Ref G0592] Goddard, Maria, 41, free by servitude, Minstrel, 1812, 7 years, Protestant. [Ref G0593] Goddard, Sarah, 8, born in the colony, Protestant. [Ref G0594] Goddard, Maria (Jun), 6, born in the colony, Protestant.

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Denis Pember on 20th March 2016

In the colony, Maria married William parkes January 2nd 1813. (no details). Then in 1819 Maria started a long term relationship with James Goddard (Convict, Perseus, 1802). The couple had two children. In the 1822 Muster... Goddard, John, free by servitude, Perseus, 7 years, farmer, Liverpool. Goddard, Sarah, 2, child of J. Goddard. Wright, Maria, free by servitude, Minstrel, 7 years, employed by J. Goddard, Liverpool.

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Denis Pember on 20th March 2016

Old Bailey proceedings - (www.oldbaileyonline.org) t18111204-15: MARY TILL and MARIA WRIGHT were indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 11th of November , from the person of James Lock , a watch, value 2 l. two dollars and seventeen shillings, and four one-pound bank notes, his property . JAMES LOCK . I live at Mill-bank Row, Westminster. On the 11th of last month I was in the Nag's Head public-house, Tothill Street, about ten o'clock, the two prisoners came in, I was drinking gin and water, I asked them to take some to drink, which they did, I sat there some time, and when I went out, they went out along with me. It rained very hard, I said I thought I should be locked out of my lodgings, Mary Till said she had a room, if I liked to go home with her for an hour or two, I told her I would go home with her, I went to her room, I sat myself down by the side of the bed, they were striking to get a light, and I fell fast asleep when they were getting a light, and in about an hour and a half I awoke by hearing the door shut, I found my stockings and shoes off, I felt for my pocket-book it was gone, and my purse was taken from my left hand breeches pocket, and my watch was gone also. I have it here now. I found my pocketbook on my left thigh, I felt inside of my pocket book, I found my notes were gone. I asked Mary Till if she new any thing of my money. Q. Was the other prisoner present then there. - A. No. I asked Mary Till if she new any thing of my purse, my money, and my watch, she said no. I got off the bed and opened the window, I desired the watchman to come up and give me a light, in the mean time he was coming up stairs she told me that my watch was on the mantle piece, I found it there. Q. How came you not to look there. - A. It was dark. The watchman came up and gave me a light, I asked Mary Till where the other prisoner was, she declared that she knew nothing of her, or of any money. I desired the watchman to go with me and take her to to the watch-house, he did and delivered her up to the night officer. Some of the notes have been found, and Mr. Edward's the gentleman that I took the notes off, is here to identify them RICHARD WESTBROOK . I am a constable. On the 11th of November about five in the morning, Mary Till was brought into the watch house by the watchman and the prosecutor, the prosecutor charged her with robbing him of four one pound notes and twenty-five or twenty-six shillings. I searched Till, I found nothing on her. On the next day I got a description of Wright. Cooper, I and the prosecutor went to the Fountain in Old Round Court, in the Strand. The prisoner Wright came in with two women, the prosecutor pointed out Wright, we took her into a private room and searched her, we found twelve shillings and sixpence on her, Cooper took her to Queen Square office; and I went to the watch house and took Till; on our way to the office Till said that she did not rob the man, but Wright did. Till said she had lodged her halves of the money in Mary Johnson's hands in the adjoining room to hers. I directly went to Mary Johnson 's lodging, I found in the table drawer this purse containing two one pound notes. Q. (to Prosecutor.) Look at these two notes - A. I am not a scholar, the notes I took of my master, he can speak to them. I believe his name is Thomas Edwards. THOMAS EDWARDS . Q. Are you the master of Lock. - A. He is employed by my father. The notes I can speak to, I paid Lock eight on the 9th of November, these are two of them. Q. (to Lock.) Had you been drinking. - A. I cannot say I was perfectly sober, I was sensible. Q. You being with two women I thought you might be a little intoxicated. - A. I cannot say I was intoxicated. JOSEPH COOPER . I apprehended Maria Wright in company with Westbrook, on Monday the 11th of November, between ten and eleven in the morning. We found her in the Fountain public house, the prosecutor indentified her immediately, we searched her and found two dollars, one shilling and sixpence. I took her to the office. I went to Mary Johnson 's room and found this green purse. Prosecutor. This is my purse. MARY JOHNSON . Q. Do you know the prisoners at the bar. - A. Mary Till came into my room about three o'clock on the Monday morning, she said that she had something that she wished to leave with me, I said she might. I did not see what it was, I never saw it at all. Till said nothing in her defence. Wright's defence. I know nothing about this young woman, nor yet about the prosecutor. I never saw them that evening. TILL, GUILTY , aged 27. WRIGHT, GUILTY , aged 25. Transported for Seven Years . First Middlesex jury, before Mr. Justice Grose.