Age at Conviction: 18

Crime Convicted of: Theft

Court Convicted at: Lancaster Quarter Sessions (held at The Old Moot Hall, Wigan)

Sentence Length: 7 Years

Ship Transported on: Prince of Wales

Where Arrived: Port Jackson, New South Wales

Departure Date: 13/05/1787

Arrival Date: 21/01/1788

Biography: Mary had stolen petticoats and other items belonging to a Charles Fenton at Crosby, Liverpool. She became pregnant either very shortly before her conviction date or soon after, whilst in jail and she gave birth to a daughter, also Mary, whilst at sea on board the Prince of Wales in July 1787 who was baptised onboard a month later.

Baby Mary died aged 9 months old, just three months after the First Fleet’s arrival. In the year that followed, Mary was sent to Norfolk Island where she went on to have a son, Francis with convict/soldier James Squires (ship- Charlotte) in 1790.

By 1792, Mary was returned to Sydney and