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Item: 188929

Surname: Allen (Thornton)

First Name: Mary Ann

Ship: Earl of Liverpool 1831. Lord Liverpool 1831

Date: 24 December 1833

Place: Maitland

Source: Maitland Marriage Register p. 93

Details: Marriage of Edward Thornton aged 28 to Mary A. Allen aged 29. Witnesses John Hosking of Maitland and Ann Ratcliffe of Maitland

 

Item: 106264

Surname: Baker (Thornton)

First Name: Mary

Ship: Surry 1840

Date: 1841 February

Place: Newcastle

Source: Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle. Marriages p10

Details: Marriage of John Thornton aged 27 and Mary Baker aged 17. Witnesses John Webster and Ann Smith of Newcastle

 

Item: 108392

Surname: Baker (Thornton)

First Name: Mary

Ship: Surry 1840

Date: 1840

Place: -

Source: AO NSW Convict Indent Fiche No. 744

Details: Age 17. Cook (good). Native of London. Tried on 3 February 1840 and sentenced to 10 years transportation for man robbery. 4ft 8in, Ruddy complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes. Small mole on left cheek, seven small moles on upper right arm, and one on lower J.M.J.N.E. on upper left arm, five dots on back of left hand. Hanged in Maitland in 1844 for the poisoning of her husband John Thornton

 

Item: 11227

Surname: Thornton

First Name: Mary

Ship: -

Date: 1844 13 April

Place: Newcastle

Source: MM

Details: Convicted of murder of John Thornton. To be executed at Newcastle on 17 April.

 

Item: 11370

Surname: Thornton

First Name: Mary

Ship: -

Date: 1844 20 April

Place: Newcastle

Source: MM

Details: Executed on Wednesday 17 April 1844 aged 20 or 21 for the murder of her husband

 

Item: 106269

Surname: Thornton

First Name: Mary

Ship: -

Date: 1844 3 February

Place: Mulberry Creek

Source: MM

Details: Mary Thornton and Joseph Vale committed for trial for the murder of John Thornton

 

Item: 106272

Surname: Thornton

First Name: Mary

Ship: -

Date: 1844 19 March

Place: Maitland

Source: MM

Details: Mary Thornton and Joseph Vale found guilty of the wilful murder of John Thornton by poisoning him

 

Item: 173510

Surname: Thornton

First Name: Mary

Ship: Surry 1840

Date: 28 January 1844

Place: Newcastle gaol

Source: State Archives NSW; Gaol Entrance Book, Item: 2/2020; Roll: 757

Details: Mary Thornton nee Baker and Joseph Vale admitted to Newcastle gaol from Maitland charged with murder. Sent for trial

 

Item: 105670

Surname: Thornton

First Name: Mary Ann

Ship: -

Date: Baptism January 1844

Place: Abode: Newcastle

Source: Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle. p.11

Details: Daughter of William and Harriett. Baptism

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