Margaret Fownes (c.1741-1788), a widow, was found guilty on 4 August 1784 at Shrewsbury, Shropshire, of assault and the theft of a canister, linen cloth, and money. Her death sentence was commuted to 7 years transportation. She arrived at Sydney aboard the Lady Penrhyn in January 1788 as part of the First Fleet.
Fownes was buried at Sydney Cove on 18 June 1788.
* information from Mollie Gillen, The Founders of Australia: A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet (1989), p 133
'Fownes, Margaret (c. 1741–1788)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/fownes-margaret-30923/text38289, accessed 28 October 2021.
c. 1741
Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
17 June 1788
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia