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There are currently 2 researchers who have claimed Margaret Barclay
- Researcher (7022)
- Researcher (Tabitha Park)
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Biographies
Crime: Stealing
Convicted at: Glasgow Court of Justiciary
Sentence term: 14 years
Ship: Louisa
Departure date: 21st August, 1827
Arrival date: 3rd December, 1827
Place of arrival New South Wales
Passenger manifest Travelled with 89 other convicts
hight 5’2 and three quarters
single
was born in Paisley
protestant
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D Wong on 22nd March, 2020 wrote:
National Records of Scotland
Title Precognition against Margaret Barclay for the crime of theft
Dates 1827
Accused Margaret Barclay, Age: 16, Address: Thread Street, Paisley, Renfrewshire.
National Records of Scotland
Title Trial papers of Margaret Barclay, late prisoner in the tolbooth of Paisley, for the crime of theft.
Dates 4 May 1827
Pled guilty. Found guilty in terms of confession. Sentenced to transportation beyond the seas for 14 years.
High Court of Justiciary. Western Circuit, Spring: Glasgow.
Ancestry Convict Indents:
Margaret Barclay was listed as 18 years old on arrival (listed as 16 at her trial).
Native Place: Paisley.
Occupation: Muslin sewer/house servant/all works.
Margaret was single, 5’2¾” tall, ruddy freckled complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes, MB:CT on right arm by her own statement.
Assigned to Gilbert McLeod, Sydney.
Dec.1831: Permission to marry John McDonald (Minerva 1824) - John was 27 and had a TOL - Margaret was 22 and on Bond.
1832: Married at Scots Church, Sydney. May have had 7 children, cannot pick them out on the NSW BDM.
1832: TOL Liverpool - Trade: Milliner.
17/6/1843: COF.
Submitted by Researcher (Tabitha Park) on 23 March 2020
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- The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/6, p.280
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