Date of Conviction: 22/01/1817

Age at Conviction: 40

Crime Convicted of: Theft

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

Sentence Length: 7 Years

Ship Transported on: Friendship

Where Arrived: Port Jackson, New South Wales

Departure Date: 03/07/1817

Arrival Date: 14/01/1818

Biography: Margaret was a widow from Manchester and had stolen a pair of shoes from S. Ridgway and had already served two past sentences. She was described as “a helpless old woman” by the ship’s surgeon after the voyage.

She died in October 1821 and was buried, aged 45 at St John’s Cemetery, Parramatta.