Sarah (Woolley) Mason (abt. 1768 - 1809)

Born about 1768 in Holborn, Middlesex, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of John Ryan — married 5 Nov 1791 (to 1800) in Norfolk Island, New South Wales, Australia

Wife of William Mason — married 20 Apr 1807 in St. Johns, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 12 Apr 1809 at about age 41 in Mackenzies Creek, near Pitt Town, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Sarah (Woolley) Mason was born in Holburn, Middlesex, England.

Sarah (Woolley) Mason was a convict on the Second Fleet.

• Ancestor of Australian entertainer Natalie Imbruglia^[1]

Sarah was convicted of Feloniously Stealing 4 yards of printed cotton^[2]. She was sentenced 28/10/1789 to 7yrs transportation aboard the "Neptune" in 1790^[3]... the Neptune was also known as the "Hell Ship".

• Shipped to Norfolk Island
• 1793 husband John leaves her and her daughter behind on Norfolk Island^[4] - but later sends for them and their family continues to grow.
• There is no documentation of John Ryan's death, only the supposition that he disappeared. Sarah Woollsey is listed as having 100 acres of land.

MARRIAGE 1:
Married John Ryan (Birth about 1767; Death about 1800 (Age 33) on 5 November 1791 at Norfolk Island, Australia

MARRIAGE 2:
Married William Mason on 20 April 1807 in the Parish of St John, Parramatta, New South Wales^[5][3].

DEATH:
Mrs Sarah Mason died, aged 41 years, on 12 April 1809 as the result of being thrown from a Chaise and died about a half hour later, near MacKellar's Creek, ^[6]. Sarah was buried at the Green Hills Cemetery.

Death possibly registered at Richmond, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia.

Notes

Note N00133Sarah Woolley

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Burial Stone at Green Hills Cemetery

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Sarah Woolley website : http://www.gencircles.com/users/stanley11/1/data/47

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John Ryan and Sarah Woolley were probably one of the couples married on 5 November 1791 by Reverend Richard Johnson when he visited Norfolk Island. According to Phillip Gidley King's Journal, "Several of the Settlers requested my permission to marry some of the best-behaved female convicts; As the Rev. Mr Johnson, Chaplain to the Territory came here in the Atlantic, I requested him to marry them; Upwards of one Hundred Couples were married in the course of three Days". No records for these marriages have survived.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Natalie Imbruglia." Who Do You Think You Are? (Season 9 Episode 3). SBS One 1 May 2018.
2. ↑ Old Bailey Proceedings Online: October 1789, trial of SARAH WOOLLEY ANN WHITE (t17891028-56):
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Australian Royalty Sarah Woolley:
4. ↑ "Natalie Imbruglia." Who Do You Think You Are? (Season 9 Episode 3). SBS One 1 May 2018.
5. ↑ "New South Wales, Australia, St. John's Parramatta, Marriages, 1790-1966" [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Citation details: no 241Text: William Mason of the Parish of St John Parramatta and Sarah Rian [sic] of ditto were married in this church by banns this twentieth day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and seven by me Henry Fulton. William signed the register and Sarah made her X markin the presence of Brien Riley who signed the register and Sarah Cobcroft who made her X mark
6. ↑ The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) Sun 16 Apr 1809 Page 2 Sarah Woolley Death by Accident: On Wednesday last Mrs Mason, wife of Mr William Mason of the Green Hills, was unfortunately thrown for a chaise near MacKellar's Creek, and expired in about half an hour.
7. ↑ Dunn, Cathy. Romance among the Pine Trees : Marriages November 1791 Norfolk Island (2021), p.20.

• NSW marriage 2 registration #376/1807 V1807376 147A
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