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Mary GOTTAM
1785 - 1828 (~ 42 years)
Has 11 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Mary GOTTAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born - About 1787 from age given in death registration index
Baptised 20 Jun 1785 St. Margaret’s Church, Moreton Say, Shropshire, England 
- From PR entry (image on FMP)
"20. Bap. Mary daugh. of Edward & Mary Gottom"
Gender Female Crime 11 Mar 1801 Stafford, Staffordshire, England Conviction - Mary was sentenced to transportation for 7 years.
Transportation Mar 1803 New South Wales, Australia Arrival in Australia - Mary was transported on board H.M.S. Glatton, under the command of Captain Colnett, arriving in March 1803.
Crime 4 Jun 1804 New South Wales, Australia Conditional pardon - Date from NSW State Record index (photocopy ordered)
Land Between 1810 and 1821 - An index to NSW land grants and leases for the Sydney area, 1810-21 shows Mary obtained 23.5 perches (about one seventh of an acre).
(index entry details)
Also known as Mary GOTHAM Died 1828 New South Wales, Australia - From Australia Death Index, 1787-1985
(as on Ancestry)
There are two registations, both in New South Wales in 1828; given that there is no sign of another Gotham death registration until 1866 and that was in a different state it seems very unlikely that the two entries were for 2 different Marys.
One was in Sydney (Volume Number: V18287831 2C), the other in Parramatta (Volume Number: V1828870 12).
Index on the NSW Gov site gives age for both entries as 41 - more evidence that the two entries were for the same Mary. It seems probable that the Mary who was transported was the Mary whose death was recorded in 1828 (it is an uncommon surname and I am not aware of any Gothams having emigrated by this date, or of any other convicts or convicts wives whose death this could have been), but I have no firm evidence that it was this Mary.
Siblings3 brothers Patriarch & Matriarch 
Notes - (Research):Who was Mary?
The fact that she was tried at Stafford suggests she had committed her crime in Staffordshire suggest she was either closely related to the William who moved from Devon to the Stoke-on-Trent area in about 1800 or the longstanding 'Gottam' family who lived mainly around the Shropshire / Staffordshire border.
If the age given in the death registration was accurate (and I am right that the death was of the Mary who was transported), then this Mary was born about 1786 or 7.
Although the William who moved from Devon to Staffordshire had a sister Mary whose fate I do not yet know, she was baptised in 1776. A Mary Gottam, though, was baptised in Moreton Say (Shropshire) in 1785; I think it most likely that the Mary who was transported with this Mary from Moreton Say.
Understanding HO 10/37
In a column ' how employed' the main part was left blank for Mary, with the initials EC written in a sub-column on the right. I think this probably refers to her employment during the period when she was serving her setence, but need to check this and what 'EC' meant.
A column 'with whom lives' shows she was in the household of one Jas. Erratt.
Person ID I300222 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 26 Apr 2022
Father Edward GOTTAM, bap. 28 Dec 1758, St. Peter’s Church, Stoke upon Tern, Shropshire, England , bur. 16 Aug 1793, St. Margaret’s Church, Uxbridge, Middlesex, England (Age ~ 34 years) Mother Mary FORD, b. Abt 1765, (probably), Shropshire, England , d. Yes, date unknown
Other Partners: John MOOR m. 21 Apr 1796Married 13 Apr 1784 St. Margaret’s Church, Moreton Say, Shropshire, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 6 Nov 2014)
"Edward Gottam" to Mary Ford
Family ID F300063 Family Group Page | Family Chart