Mary Stevens

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At the Assizes for this county, which ended on Saturday at TAUNTON, ... Mary Stevens, ... for stealing cotton. sentenced to seven years transportation,,,
04 April 1799 - Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Bath, Somerset, England

Mary was sentenced at Ilchester Court during the Somerset Lent Circuit hearing on 28th March 1799 to "Stealing Goods val. 30/- of Thomas Andrews". This was for 17 yards of printed cotton. She was committed by William Phelips clerk, for stealing 17 yards of printed cotton, property of Thomas Andrews, worth 3/9. Ilchester Goal. Listed in Goal Calendar for Lent 28-3-1799. She was sentenced to transportation for 7 years. She had been held at the Castle of Taunton. The sentence was confirmed at the Summer Circuit 1799 and the Lent Circuit the following year. She arrived in Australia on the "Earl Cornwallis" on 12 June 1801. The ship left England on 18th November 1800, master Jas. Tennent, and 193 male and 95 female convicts. 27 male and 8 female convicts died during the voyage.
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Title: Mary Stevens, one of 296 convicts transported on the Earl Cornwallis, August 1800.
Author/Creator: Great Britain. Home Office.; State Library of Queensland.
Subjects: Stevens, Mary;
Earl Cornwallis (Ship);
Convicts -- Australia -- Registers;
Australia -- Genealogy
Publisher: Canberra A.C.T. : Australian Joint Copying Project
Is Part Of: Criminal : Convict transportation registers [HO 11]
Date: 1948-1990
Language: English
Notes: Sentence details: Convicted at Somerset Assizes for a term of 7 years on 28 March 1799.
Vessel: Earl Cornwallis.
Date of Departure: August 1800.
Place of Arrival: New South Wales.
Source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 284
Other title(s): British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database.
Convict transportation registers.
More title information - other title(s): Stevens, Mary
Record number: 21133277960002061
Link to this record: http://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/SLQ:SLQ_PCI_EBSCO:slq_alma21133277960002061
Great Britain. Home Office, & State Library of Queensland. (1948). Mary Stevens, One of 296 Convicts Transported on the Earl Cornwallis, August 1800., Criminal : Convict transportation registers [HO 11].

Immigration records show Mary Stevens Where listed? Ilchester, When March 1799, Sentence- Seven Years, Ship- Earl Cornwallis, When arrived- 1801, When term expired- March 1806, date of certificate 5th Jan 1811. Hair black, eyes hazel- other notes are in the side of the margin but they are hard to decipher.
(Certificate of Freedom- details)

1800 Oct
Letter Dated: 1800, Oct 13; Mary Stevens, Ship: Earl Cornwallis, Year: 1801, Convict, Trade or Calling: Convict; NSW AUS; Original Remarks: On list of convicts on board the "Earl Cornwallis". [Biog Item No. 140153244]
Colonial Secretary's In-letters Index 1788-1825
Colonial Secretary's In-letters Index 1788-1825, compiled 1970s for SRNSW.; (Source Reference: Reel 6028; 2/8283 p.29).

Mary Stevens, Court: Gaol Delivery/Assizes, Tried: 28 Mar 1799, at Somerset [SOM ENG], Sentence: 7 years, Arrived per Earl Cornwallis 10 Jun 1801, at Sydney [NSW]; Certificate issued: Certificate of Freedom number 442; Original Remarks: [Destination] Beyond Seas.
Published in "Convicts to NSW 1788-1812", compiled & edited by Carol J. Baxter, published by Society of Australian Genealogists, Sydney, 2002.; Convict Indents &c.; SRNSW ref: 4/4004 pp13-32; SRNSW ref: 2/8283 pp21-32; TNA ref: HO 11/1 pp275-288, Reel 87; Ship source: Earl Cornwallis 1801, Volume entry number: 18701.

Mary received her Certificate of Freedom on 5 January, 1811.

Mary Stephens; Convicted: 1799 Ilchester [SOM ENG] 7 years; Arrived per Earl Cornwallis, Status: Convict; Occupation/Residence &c, NSW [NSW AUS]
A Return of Convicts taken in the [NSW] General Muster between 5 February and 5 March [1811]; As also those who are not actually Convicts but have been so and are at present in the Colony; TNA ref: Reel PRO 6 Vol. 10/5, published in "General Musters of New South Wales, Norfolk Island and Van Diemen's Land", edited by Carol J. Baxter, published by ABGR, Sydney, 1987.; Book Entry# 5556

20 Aug 1806 Muster (Nepean) Housekeeper for John Lees who she later married.
Mary Stephens; Arrived per Earl Cornwallis, Status: P (Prisoner); Occupation/Residence &c: Housekeeper, [Lives with] John Lees
General Muster of New South Wales 1806; TNA ref: Reel PRO 72 Vol. 10/37, published in "Musters of New South Wales and Norfolk Island 1805-1806", edited by Carol J. Baxter, published by ABGR, Sydney, 1989.; Book Entry# A4207

Mary Stephens; Arrived per Earl Cornwallis, Concubine; Children: 1 male natural, 2 female natural
Marsden's Female Muster 1806; ML ref: Vol. MSS 18, published in "Musters of New South Wales and Norfolk Island 1805-1806", edited by Carol J. Baxter, ABGR, Sydney, 1989.; Book Entry# C1164

Mary Stevens; Arrived per Marquis Cornwallis, Status: F (Free); Occupation/Residence &c, Mustered at Windsor [NSW AUS], Wife to John Lees; Victualling: Off Stores, Children, 7 children off stores; Editor's Remarks: Ship should be "Earl Cornwallis"
General Muster of the Inhabitants of New South Wales commencing on 17th October and ending 16th November 1814; SRNSW ref: Reel 1252 Vol. 4/1225, published in "General Muster of New South Wales 1814", edited by Carol J. Baxter, published by ABGR, Sydney, 1987.; Book Entry# 1328


Mary Stephens; 7 years; Arrived per Cornwallis, Status: FBS (Free by Servitude); Occupation/Residence &c, Windsor [NSW AUS], Wife of J Leese [Biog Item No. 110420121]
General Muster of New South Wales 1822; TNA ref: Reel 72 Vol. HO10/36, published in "General Muster & Land and Stock Muster of New South Wales 1822", edited by Carol J. Baxter, published by ABGR, Sydney, 1988.; Book Entry# A20121

Mary Stephens; 7 years; Arrived per Earl Cornwallis 1801, Status: FS (Free by Servitude); Occupation/Residence &c, Evan [NSW AUS], Wife of John Lees
A General Muster List of all the inhabitants (with the exception of the Military) of the Colony of NSW for the years 1823, 1824, 1825; TNA ref: Reel PRO 66 Vol. 10/19 & 10/20, published in "General Muster List of New South Wales 1823/1824/1825", edited by Carol J. Baxter, published by ABGR, Sydney, 1999.; Book Entry# 41630

Denis Pember on 19th September, 2015 wrote:

Mary married John Lees (Soldier, NSW Corps, Ganges, 1797). They married at Sydney, 20 November 1809. They had 11 children.

Denis Pember on 19th September, 2015 wrote:

Baxter, Carol; General Muster of New South Wales, 1811 [Ref 5556] Stephens Mary, Earl Cornwallis, tried 1799, Ilchester, 7 years.

Baxter, Carol' General Muster of New South Wales, 1814 [Ref 1328] Stevens Mary, Marquis Cornwallis?, 7 children off stores. Wife to John Lees.
## Unable to locate entry for 1828 census.

Name:Mary Stevens
Date of Conviction:28 Mar 1799
Place of Conviction:Somerset
Vessel:Earl Cornwallis
Port of Arrival:Sydney
Date of Arrival:10 Jun 1801
Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
Original data:
New South Wales Government. Indents First Fleet, Second Fleet and Ships. NRS 1150, microfiche 620'96624. State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
New South Wales Government. List of Convicts: Minerva, Speedy, Royal Admiral, Minorca, Canada, Nile. NRW 1151, microfiche 625. State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
New South Wales Government. Bound manuscript indents, 1788'961842. NRS 12188, microfiche 614'96619,626'96657, 660'96695. State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.

NameMary Stevens[User-submitted-comment]
Arrival DateJun 1811
VesselE Cornwallis
ProvinceNew South Wales
TitleFemale
Year(s)1817
Place of ConvictionIlchester
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New South Wales, Australia, Settler and Convict Lists, 1787-1834
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STEVENS, Mary. Per "Earl Cornwallis", 1801

1800 Oct 13

On list of convicts on board the "Earl Cornwallis" (Reel 6028; 2/8283 p.29)
State Records NSW- http://colsec.records.nsw.gov.au/s/F53c_so-sti-14.htm#P6142_214640

Mary married John Lees on 20 Nov 1808 in St Phillips Church, Sydney, NSW, Australia.³⁶³ (John Lees was born in 1771 in Staffordshire, England ³⁶⁴ and died on 28 Aug 1836 in Nepean River, New South Wales, Australia ³⁶⁵.)