Date of Conviction: 21/01/1807

Age at Conviction: Unknown

Crime Convicted of: Theft

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

Sentence Length: 7 Years

Ship Transported on: Aeolus

Where Arrived: Port Jackson, New South Wales

Departure Date: 02/08/1808

Arrival Date: 26/01/1809

Biography: Mary was the wife of John Kell of Manchester. Along with Mary Minikin who was also transported on the Aeolus, they had stolen a pocket book containing several bills of exchange at Manchester.

Mary received a free or absolute pardon on the 31 March 1810. Just two weeks earlier, on the 19th March, she had married George Plant, a private of the 102nd Regiment who had arrived in 1808 (military ship- Recovery). By 1816, Mary was recorded as a widow but by 1818 and again in 1820 and 21 as a servant. Despite being noted a widow, it seems that was unlikely the case as her husband George, who had transferred into the 73rd Regiment returned to England and was discharged from duty in 1814 (eventually going into the Royal Hospital Chelsea for Army pensioners).

After 1821, no further records of Mary have been found to date.