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Mary Ridgeway

Convict list of the "Mary Ridgeway"

There were only 7 convicts aboard the Mary Ridgeway from Adelaide to Sydney, NSW. All of them were convicted in Adelaide in March 1840, and sentenced to imprisonment / labour in NSW. They were :

• William Brown
• David Chambers
• Jeremiah Collins
• James Fox
• Patrick Mullins
• Edward Myers
• James Pye

     
LIST of 7 MALE CONVICTS by the ship Mary Ridgeway STEPHENS, Master; arrived from SOUTH AUSTRALIA 
the 20th April, 1840 

Columns represent: Last Name, First Name, Age, Read/Write, Religion, Marital Status,
Children, Native Country, Occupation, Offence, Trial Place/Date, Sentence, Former Conviction,
Height, Complexion, Hair Color, Eye Color, Features


  
1.  Brown     William    23  Neither  Protestant    Single       Newcastle on Tyne Co. Northumberland,  
Blacksmith 2 years       Street robbery             Adelaide     09-Mar-1840    Life      None
5' 5¼"                   Sallow & freckled          Black, Grey

Slight perpendicular scar top of centre of forehead.
Diagonal scar over right eyebrow, brig on upper W, L, man, and anchor inside 
lower right arm, scar on knuckle of third finger of left hand, man and woman 
on upper, JS, WL, anchor and mermaid on lower left arm, scar on back of 
third and little fingers of same, scar back of right thumb.   
                                                      
2.  Chambers  David      40  R & W    Presbyterian  Single       Glasgow    
Baker                    Stealing a box of cigars   Adelaide     06-Mar-1840    7 Years   7 Years
5' 3½"                   Ruddy & freckled           Light sandy  Grey

Lost two front upper teeth, nose a little cocked, mole on left cheek bone, 
two small moles on right side of neck, scar on right elbow, breast and arms 
hairy, the latter freckled, nearly bald on crown of head. Chambers arrived 
originally to Van Diemen's Land in the York, 1828, under sentence of 
transportation for seven years, tried in Edinburgh.

3.  Collins   Jeremiah   30  Neither  Catholic      Single      Cork City           
Waterman                 Street robbery             Adelaide    09-Mar-1840     Life      None
5' 4"                    Dark ruddy                 Dark Brown  Hazel

Scar over left eyebrow, another on right brow, mark of a boil outside right 
elbow, fore, middle and third fingers have been fractured, scar on cap of 
right knee, mark of two boils outside right leg.

4.  Fox       James
                         Street robbery             Adelaide    07-Mar-1840     Life

Died on the passage

5.  Mullins   Patrick    23  R & W    Catholic      Single      Co. Londonderry     
Groom                    House Robbery              Adelaide    05-Mar-1840     Life      None
5' 0¾"                   Ruddy & freckled           Brown       Grey

Scar on left side of the forehead near the centre, small mole on lower part 
of left side of neck, another over outer corner of left eyebrow, two scars 
inside right wrist, forefingers of right hand enlarged from a fracture, scar
back of same, small mole inside left elbow, anchor back of left hand, large 
scar below right knee.

6.  Myers     Edward     21  R & W    Jew           Single      London                   
Teacher of languages and music     Obtaining money under false pretences 
Adelaide      7 years    None
4' 9"                    Fair                       Brown       Grey

Sister, Mary Hartwell, came out a prisoner in the ship John Renwick, large 
scar on palm of right hand, uses crutches.

7.  Pye       James      27  R        Catholic      Married     Norwich             
House carpenter          Highway robbery            Adelaide    05-Mar-1840    Life      None
5' 10"                   Dark Sallow                Black       Brown

Diagonal scar over inner corner of left eyebrow, both little fingers 
inclining inwards, breast a little hairy, scar outside right knee, scar on 
cap of left knee


Transcriber's Notes:
Eliminated the column for children as none of the men had any.

Contributed by Australian Immigrant Ships/Alex Rogers

Formatted by Sheila Tate for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 3 June 1999

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