Mary (Butler) Randall (abt. 1765 - 1802)

Born about 1765 in Ireland

Wife of John Randall — married 5 Sep 1790 in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 29 Jul 1802 at about age 37 in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Mary (Butler) Randall was a convict on the Second Fleet.

Mary's date of birth is unknown. She passed away in 1802.

Mary (Butler) Randall has Irish ancestors.

Mary Butler was Transported to the New South Wales Penal Colony on the Neptune as part of the Second Fleet. She and another Irish woman, Mary Desmond, had been sentenced in September 1789 in the Old Bailey in London (Middlesex Gaol Delivery) to Transportation for 7 years for stealing “a basket of French beans", the property of Daniel Read at Covent Garden fruit-and-vegetable market. The Old Bailey trial can be seen here.^[1]

On 5 September 1790, Mary Butler married John Randall at St. John's Church Parramatta 'by Permission of His Excellency Arthur Phillip Esq Governor'. Witnesses were Edward Smith and John Dawson.^[2]

Mary had children:

• Lydia (1790-1793)
• Mary b.1793, married John Martin [Alexander 1788] in 1812.
• Frances (abt.1796-1870)
• John Randall Jr b.1797, worked as a seaman on coastal ships and may have died in 1830.

Mary Randall "of the parish of Parramatta" was buried on 29 July 1802 in St John's Cemetery, Parramatta.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 23 July 2023), September 1789, trial of MARY DESMOND MARY BUTLER (t17890909-14). https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t17890909-14-defend163&div=t17890909-14#highlight
2. ↑ New South Wales Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages Marriage Certificate: 91/1790 V179091 3A Groom: RANDEL, JOHN Bride: BUTLER, MARY District: CB [Church of England Parramatta, St John's]
3. ↑ New South Wales Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages Death Certificate: 1688/1802 V18021688 2A Name: RANDALL, MARY Father: not listed Mother: not listed District: not listed

• The Digital Panopticon Mary Butler, NSW Early Convicts Index, September 1789, Record ID nec11059 (https://www.digitalpanopticon.org/life?id=nec11059). Version 1.1, consulted 18th January 2019.
• The Digital Panopticon Mary Butler , Life Archive ID obpt17890909-14-defend163 (https://www.digitalpanopticon.org/life?id=obpt17890909-14-defend163). Version 1.1, consulted 18th January 2019.
• The Digital Panopticon Mary Butler, Convict Indents (Ship and Arrivals Registers), 26th June 1790, Record ID cin572 (https://www.digitalpanopticon.org/life?id=cin572). Version 1.1, consulted 18th January 2019.
• Butler, Mary – Convict from the Convict Stockade website at: http://www.historyaustralia.org.au/twconvic/1698
• Mary Butler, one of 1063 convicts transported on the Neptune, Scarborough and Surprize, December 1789 from the Convict Records database at: https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/butler/mary/84570
• Details for the convict Mary Butler (1790) from the Claim a Convict website at: http://www.hawkesbury.net.au/claimaconvict/convictDetails.php?convictId=2003
• Mary Butler from the Irish Convicts to New South Wales 1788-1849 database at: http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/cgi-bin/irish/irish.cgi?requestType=Search2&id=2469
• Link - Mary Butler 1750–1802 from the Australian Royalty website at: https://australianroyalty.net.au/individual.php?pid=I58382&ged=purnellmccord.ged
• Link - https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KPSS-RF1