Date of Conviction: 22/01/1794

Age at Conviction: 31

Crime Convicted of: Theft

Court Convicted at: Lancaster Quarter Sessions (held at the New Bailey, Salford)

Sentence Length: 7 Years

Ship Transported on: Indispensable

Where Arrived: Port Jackson, New South Wales

Departure Date: 01/10/1795

Arrival Date: 30/04/1796

Biography: Mary was a widow from Manchester. She was taken to Lancaster Castle as part of a group of 17 prisoners. She had stolen a pair of buckles. Mary was described by John Higgin, the Castle’s Governor along with Rebecca Lewin as ‘two of the most infamous women I ever had under my care and other prisoner’s behaviour has improved since I got quit of them’.

Mary married convict Charles Evans (ship- Pitt) in Sydney soon after she arrived in July 1796. However, the marriage quickly broke down as in August 1798, Mary had a son, John, with a John Sadler (ship- Royal Admiral). She was free in 1801.

Mary passed away, aged around 58 (probably 48), in February 1811 and was buried in the Old Sydney Burial Ground.