Mary Small (1758–1824)
Mary Parker (1758-1824), a servant, was found guilty on 26 April 1786 at the Old Bailey, London, of stealing clothing from a washing line. (It was her second offence. In September 1785 she was sentenced to six months in the House of Correction, Clerkenwell, for the theft of two tablecloths.) Sentenced to seven years transportation, she arrived in Sydney in 1788 aboard the Lady Penrhyn as part of the First Fleet.
Parker married John Small on 12 October 1788; they had seven surviving children.
Mary Small was accidentally drowned in a waterhole near her home at Meadowbank on 4 April 1824.
* information from Mollie Gillen, The Founders of Australia: A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet (1989), p 275
Additional Resources and Scholarship
- proceedings of trial, Old Bailey, London, 26 April 1786 (pdf)
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Small, John (husband)
- Oakes, Rebecca (daughter)
- Hughes, Mary (daughter)
- Patfield, Sarah (daughter)
- Small, John (son)
- Small, William (son)
- Small, Thomas (son)
- Small, Samuel (son)
- Small, Priscilla Mason (daughter-in-law)
- Small, Elizabeth (daughter-in-law)
- Small, Charlotte (daughter-in-law)
- Small, Rachel Rebecca (daughter-in-law)
- Hughes, Matthew (son-in-law)
- Oakes, Francis (son-in-law)
- Patfield, George (son-in-law)
- Small, Priscilla Mason (sister-in-law)
- Armstrong, Elizabeth (granddaughter)
- Byrnes, Ann (granddaughter)
- Devlin, Susannah (granddaughter)
- Hutchinson, Mary (granddaughter)
- Quaife, Margaret (granddaughter)
- Spurway, Ann Patricia (granddaughter)
- Muriel, Rebecca (granddaughter)
- Sprent, Susannah Hassall (granddaughter)
- Small, Mary (granddaughter)
- Oakes, Lucy (granddaughter)
- Wicks, Elizabeth (granddaughter)
- Smith, Susannah (granddaughter)
- Alderson, Susannah (granddaughter)
- Johnson, Ann (granddaughter)
- Ruinart de Brimont, Elizabeth (granddaughter)
- West, Martha (granddaughter)
- Cowper, Eliza (granddaughter)
- Hughes, Martha (granddaughter)
- Small, Sophia (granddaughter)
- Shaw, Mary (granddaughter)
- Small, Rebecca (granddaughter)
- Hughes, Charlotte (granddaughter)
- Small, Jane (granddaughter)
- Powell, Mary (granddaughter)
- Marsden, Elizabeth (granddaughter)
- Patfield, Elizabeth (granddaughter)
- Small, Priscilla (granddaughter)
- Gallard, Susannah Martha (granddaughter)
- Howard, Harriett (granddaughter)
- Keogh, Rebecca (granddaughter)
- Midson, Charlotte (granddaughter)
- Hughes, Robert (grandson)
- Oakes, Francis Rowland (grandson)
- Hughes, James Henry (grandson)
- Oakes, Rowland Hasall (grandson)
- Oakes, Samuel (grandson)
- Patfield, George (grandson)
- Hughes, Matthew Henry (grandson)
- Small, Thomas (grandson)
- Small, William (grandson)
- Oakes, James Lawry (grandson)
- Hughes, Thomas Hassall (grandson)
- Oakes, John Leigh (grandson)
- Small, Robert (grandson)
- Patfield, John (grandson)
- Small, William (grandson)
- Small, Thomas (grandson)
- Small, Samuel (grandson)
- Patfield, Thomas (grandson)
- Oakes, William Henry (grandson)
- Small, John (grandson)
- Small, George (grandson)
- Small, Samuel (grandson)
- Patfield, Samuel (grandson)
- Small, Samuel (grandson)
- Small, Timothy (grandson)
- Small, Henry (grandson)
- Hughes, William Charles (grandson)
- Small, James (grandson)
- Hughes, Henry Francis (grandson)
- Small, George Septimus (grandson)
- Small, James (grandson)
- Small, Joseph (grandson)
- Patfield, Joseph (grandson)
- Small, Andrew Octavius (grandson)
- Small, John Joseph (grandson)
- Small, Henry (grandson)
- Small, Reuben (grandson)
- Small, Robert George (grandson)
Citation details
'Small, Mary (1758–1824)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/small-mary-18834/text36726, accessed 24 January 2025.
Life Summary [details]
Alternative Names
- Parker, Mary
Birth
26 August,
1758
London,
Middlesex,
England
Death
24 April,
1824
(aged 65)
Meadowbank, Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
Cause of Death
Cultural Heritage
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