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Mary BOLTON
She
was tried at
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
on
12 March 1785 for burglary with a value of 61 shillings.
She
was sentenced to transportation for
7 years having been originally sentenced to death,
and left England on the
Lady Penrhyn
aged about 29 at that time (May 1787).
Her occupation was listed as servant.
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Doubt as to her identity in later records because of inconsistent use of her name.Possibly married Samuel Day on 2 November 1788 but regardless were known as a couple for 25 years. At Norfolk Island they adopted two daughters with the surname Sullivan.
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