| [Index] |
| Mary WILLIAMS (1767 - 1805) |
| convict |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
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William HUMPHRIES (1791 - 1863) Edward HUMPHRIES (1793 - 1796) Elizabeth HUMPHRIES (1795 - 1830) Edward HUMPHRIES (1798 - ) Mary HUMPHRIES (1800 - 1892) Susannah HUMPHRIES (1803 - 1877) |
Mary WILLIAMS (1767 - 1805) + Edward HUMPHRIES (1765 - 1804) |
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| b. 1767 at Wales, UK |
| m. 14 Feb 1791 Edward HUMPHRIES (1765 - 1804) at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| d. 24 Dec 1805 at Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia aged 38 |
| Children (6): |
| William HUMPHRIES (1791 - 1863) |
| Edward HUMPHRIES (1793 - 1796) |
| Elizabeth HUMPHRIES (1795 - 1830) |
| Edward HUMPHRIES (1798 - ) |
| Mary HUMPHRIES (1800 - 1892) |
| Susannah HUMPHRIES (1803 - 1877) |
| Grandchildren (3): |
| Mary Ann TURNER (1822 - 1895), John TURNER (1825 - 1899), Sarah TURNER (1826 - 1911) |
| Events in Mary WILLIAMS (1767 - 1805)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 1767 | Mary WILLIAMS was born | Wales, UK | 18 | ||
| 14 Feb 1791 | 24 | Married Edward HUMPHRIES (aged 26) | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 18 | |
| abt 18 Dec 1791 | 24 | Birth of son William HUMPHRIES | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 18 | |
| 16 Nov 1793 | 26 | Birth of son Edward HUMPHRIES | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 18 | |
| 11 Dec 1795 | 28 | Birth of daughter Elizabeth HUMPHRIES | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 18 | |
| 13 Mar 1796 | 29 | Death of son Edward HUMPHRIES (aged 2) | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 18 | |
| 28 Aug 1798 | 31 | Birth of son Edward HUMPHRIES | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 18 | |
| 1800 | 33 | Birth of daughter Mary HUMPHRIES | Windsor, New South Wales, Australia | 18 | |
| 25 Jan 1803 | 36 | Birth of daughter Susannah HUMPHRIES | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 18 | |
| 04 Nov 1804 | 37 | Death of husband Edward HUMPHRIES (aged 39) | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia | 18 | |
| 24 Dec 1805 | 38 | Mary WILLIAMS died | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia | 18 | |
| Personal Notes: |
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Mary Williams - convict in Second Fleet on the Neptune in 1790
Which Mary Williams? Mary Williams, who was illiterate, married Edward Humphreys/Humphries on 14 February 1791 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and died on 24 December 1805 as Mary Humphries. A witness to the wedding in 1791 was another Mary Williams, also illiterate. There are 4 Mary Williams who are known to have arrived in the Colony of New South Wales, all convicts, between 26 January 1788 when the first European settlers arrived in Sydney and 14 February 1791 the date of the wedding. The question then becomes which Mary Williams was the bride at this wedding, and which Mary Williams was the witness? Mary Williams (1), born about 1749 according to the age recorded during transportation, arrived on the Lady Penrhyn on 26 January 1788. She had been sentenced to 7 years transportation at the Old Bailey, Middlesex, in 1786. Dennis Bruce Gosper stated in his book "The Pragmatic Pioneers", 1991, that perhaps she had a daughter who came out on the Lady Penrhyn with her on the basis that it was "relatively common for children to accompany a parent", and that perhaps this daughter married Edward Humphreys/Humphries. This supposed daughter would also have had to be in her teens in 1788 to marry in 1791. Children are known to have accompanies their mother on later transports but this does not mean that the samee occured on the 1st Fleet. These children on later transports did include teenagers but they were more likely to be younger. It is improbable to conjecture a teenage daughter travelling with her mother in the 1st Fleet is as a wife for Edward Humphreys/Humphries. Mary Williams (2), born about 1754 according to the age given in the 1828 census, arrived on the Lady Juliana on 6 June 1790. She had been sentenced to 7 years transportation at Maidstone, Kent in 1789. This Mary Williams was transfered to Norfolk Island on the Surprise on 7 August 1790. Her husband-to-be received a grant of 60 acres on Norfolk Island . 5 April 1791 which he sold in 1795. In November 1791 Rev. Richard Johnson visited Norfolk Island and married all those who wanted to be married. At that time this Mary Williams, literacy unknown, married Richard Knight the man with whom she was already co-habitating, a marine who had arrived on the Scarborough in 1788. The 1806 muster records her as Mary Williams (people were recorded with the name that they had been transported under) married to Richard Knight. The 1811 muster records her as Mary Williams (people were recorded with the name that they had been transported under) having been sentenced at Maidstone in 1789. She died in 1832 in Sydney as Mary Knight. She could not have been the witness at the wedding of Mary Williams and Edward Humphreys/Humphries as on 14 February 1791 she was on Norfolk Island. Mary Williams (3) arrived on the Lady Juliana on 6 June 1790. She had been sentenced to 7 years transportation at the Old Bailey, Middlesex, in October 1787. Mary Williams (4), born about 1768 according to the age of 21 recorded in a gaol document on 26 May 1789, arrived on the Neptune on 28 June 1790. She had been sentenced in Monmouth, Wales on 19 July 1788 to death by hanging commuted to transportation for Life. She had been caught on 17 July 1788 for the burglary at the house of David Hoskin, where a bundle of clothing, a pair of buckled shoes and some ribband were stolen. She was victualled in the country goal until 5 November 1789. She was then transferred from county gaol to the embarked on the Neptune in November 1789. The Neptune left England with the Second Fleet on 17 January 1790. Dennis Bruce Gosper stated in his book "The Pragmatic Pioneers", 1991, that records exist in London to show that this Mary Williams died in prison in England and that she therefore was not embarked onto the Neptune, and did not arrive in Port Jackson. This, however, disagrees with the 1802 muster of New South Wales which records a Mary Williams (people were recorded with the name that they had been transported under) who arrived on the Neptune in 1790. There was a Mary Williams who married William Whiting, a convict from the First Fleet in Sydney on 28 June 1798. This is co-incidentally the day that the ship carrying Mary Williams (4) sailed into Port Jackson, so the Mary Williams who married William Whiting was not Mary Williams (4). She also cannot be Mary Williams (2) as she is known to have married Richard Knight in 1791 on Norfolk Island. Nor can she be Mary Williams (3) as there was not enough time between the day that she sailed into Port Jackson on 6 June 1790 for her to have met William Whiting, have decided to marry him, and to have obtained permission from the Governor. The only Mary Williams available to marry William Whiting was the fellow 1st Fleet convict Mary Williams (1). Mary Williams (1) was about 20 years older than her husband William Whiting. She was also illiterate, and died as Mary Whiting in Sydney in 1801. She also could not have been the witness at the wedding of Mary Williams and Edward Humphreys/Humphries on 14 February 1791 as, from 28 June 1790, with the exception of records to do with her transportation, she was Mary Whiting. This leaves Mary Williams (3) and Mary Williams (4), one of whom was the bride, and one of whom was the witness. Mary Williams (3) is not recorded in the 1802 muster but Mary Williams (4) was. We also know that the wife of Edward Humphreys was still living in 1802. The conclusion to be drawn is then is that the Mary Williams who married Edward Humphries was Mary Williams (4) from Wales, and the witness to the wedding was Mary Williams (3) from London, Middlesex. On 18 December 1791, the day that her son William was baptised, Mary Humphries (nee Williams) was a witness at the wedding of William Mashman and Margaret Clarke at Sydney. Margaret Clarke had also arrived on the Neptune in 1790. |
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| - Reference = Judy DeClosey 19 Sep 2014 (Death) |