Date of Conviction: 23/04/1817

Age at Conviction: 22

Crime Convicted of: Theft

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

Sentence Length: 7 Years

Ship Transported on: Maria

Where Arrived: Port Jackson, New South Wales

Departure Date: 15/05/1818

Arrival Date: 17/09/1818

Biography: Mary, a single woman of Manchester, had stolen a watch from a Mr Geary. She had already been imprisoned before for theft of umbrellas and shawls. She left Lancaster Castle on the 14th March along with eleven other female convicts and was put on board ship on the 17th March and was sent to Van Diemen’s Land. During the voyage, like many of the women she suffered from constipation and slight fever onboard. Within a week or so of arrival at Sydney, Mary was transferred onto the Elizabeth Henrietta and sent to Port Dalrymple in Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania).

In Van Diemen’s Land, Mary met and formed a common law relationship with James Miller (ship- Indefatigable) and from 1819 went on to have four children (a girl and three boys) at Launceston. She had several assault charges made against her in 1825 one of which she was bound over for but despite this, now free by servitude, she still got her certificate of freedom that year. Mary died in February 1840 and is buried at the Old Anglican cemetery at Campbelltown (Tasmania) under a named headstone along with her partner James.