Maria Israel (abt. 1773 - 1849)

Wife of Thomas Chaffey — married about 1791 in Norfolk island

Descendants

Died 19 Oct 1849 at about age 76 in Sandy Bay, Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)

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Note

According to Tasmania Convict Records (online) (15 Aug 2017), Ian L Gordon proposes that, as "Israel" is an unlikely British name, her name was probably Icheral or Acherill.

However, mtDNA (direct female line) from descendants turns up east-European Jewish names, so a Jewish ancestry is likely for Maria.

The crime for which Maria was convicted took place in Sidney's Alley, which is just off Leicester Square in Soho, London. This suggests that she was living in London at the time, and may well have been born there.

Convict Indents record Maria's age as 17, therefore her birth year as 1773.

Age at her death is given as 87.

Migration

Maria Israel was a convict on the Second Fleet.

Convicted at The Old Bailey, Middlesex Gaol Delivery, on 22 April 1789, for stealing linen.

Transported in Lady Juliana to NSW, arriving 3 June 1790 then to Norfolk Island in Surprize arriving 7 August 1790.

Buried

St David's Park

"Settler's wife."

Sources

• Family records
• Norfolk Island archives.
• Tasmania Convict Records (online), citing Flynn M, (1993) The Second Fleet p.359.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #157956096
• Diugital Panopticon
• Libraries Tasmania, Names Index, Death Record ID. Name:1188445

Chaffey, Maria Record Type: Deaths Gender: Female Age: 88 Date of death: 19 Oct 1849 Registered: Hobart Registration year: 1849 Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1188445 https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/NamesIndex/1188445