Date of Conviction: 21/07/1818

Age at Conviction: 28

Crime Convicted of: Theft

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

Sentence Length: 7 Years

Ship Transported on: Lord Wellington

Where Arrived: Port Jackson, New South Wales

Departure Date: 28/05/1819

Arrival Date: 20/01/1820

Biography: Mary Ann, wife of James Knowland of Manchester, had stolen woollen cloth from a John Flint along with an Ann Burne (who got 14 days imprisonment). She travelled with her 15 month year old son, William.

Mary Ann was sent to the female factory on arrival. Four months after arrival, she applied to marry a William Hall (ship- Earl Spencer) at Parramatta, who was twenty years her senior. The family can be seen in the Parramatta population book for 1822 and they have a seven month old baby, also Ann.

This marriage is short, William passed away in August 1823 and Ann then married Thomas Greenbank (ship- Tottenham) in December the same year. Tragically Ann then died in June 1824. By April 1825, with both parents dead, eight year old William entered the male orphan school and Ann, presumably met the same fate, dying aged 17 in the female orphan school at Parramatta.