Mary Minikin

Date of Conviction: 21/01/1807

Age at Conviction: 39

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: 02/07/1808

Arrival Date: 26/01/1809

Biography: Mary, the wife of Richard Minikin of Manchester had stolen a pocket book containing several bills of exchange at Manchester along with Mary Kell (also transported on the Aeolus).

Mary was free by servitude by 1814. In 1819, Mary was recorded as a washerwoman. In 1822 she was employed by John Macarthur at Parramatta; she was living with a Peter Macguire at Richmond in 1825 and in 1828, now aged 60, was employed by a Robert Wright at Richmond.

To date I have not found any further records of Mary after this time.